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FPS Boost:

• Doubles the FPS (frames per second) for smoother gameplay.
• Decreases lag spikes, resulting in a more enjoyable gaming experience.

Support for HD Textures:

• HD textures and fonts without needing MCPatcher.
• Customizable terrain and item textures.
• Animated terrain and item textures.
• Custom HD font character widths, colors, block color palettes, lighting, and unlimited texture size.

Support for Shaders:

• Based on the Shaders Mod by Karyonix.
• Enhances visual effects with shaders to create stunning and realistic graphics.

Dynamic Lights:

• Handheld and dropped light-emitting items illuminate surrounding objects.
• Provides additional light sources for better visibility.

Variable Render Distance:

• Adjust render distance from Tiny to Extreme (2 x Far) in 16m steps.
• Sun, moon, and stars visible in Tiny and Short distances.

Configurable Smooth Lighting:

• Adjust smooth lighting from 1% (without shadows) to 100% (with full shadows).

Performance: VSync:

• Synchronizes framerate with monitor refresh rate for smoother gameplay.

Smart Advanced OpenGL:

• More efficient rendering with fewer artifacts.
• Fast mode for increased speed (with some artifacts).
• Fancy mode for higher quality (slower but without visual artifacts).

Fog Control:

• Configurable fog options: Fancy, Fast, OFF.
• Adjustable fog start distance: Near, Far.

Mipmaps:

• Visual effect that improves the appearance of distant objects by smoothing texture details.
• Adjustable mipmap level (OFF, 1, 2, 3, Max) and mipmap type (Nearest, Linear).

Anisotropic Filtering:

• Restores details in mipmapped textures for a more realistic look.
• Adjustable AF level (OFF, 2, 4, 8, 16) based on hardware support.

Antialiasing:

• Smooths jagged lines and sharp color transitions for a cleaner image.
• Adjustable AA level (OFF, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16) based on hardware support.

Better Grass:

• Fixes grass block side texture to match surrounding grass terrain.

Better Snow:

• Fixes transparent block textures to match surrounding snow terrain.

Clear Water:

• Provides clear, transparent water with improved visibility underwater.

Random Mobs:

• Utilizes random mob textures available in the texture pack.

Connected Textures:

• Connects textures for glass, glass panes, sandstone, and bookshelf blocks placed next to each other.

Natural Textures:

• Removes the repetitive pattern created by repeating blocks of the same type.
• Uses rotated and flipped variants of the base block texture.

FPS Control:

• Smooth FPS stabilizes FPS by flushing graphics driver buffers.
• Smooth Input fixes stuck keys, slow input, and sound lag by setting correct thread priorities.

Chunk Loading Control:

• Load Far option loads world chunks at Far distance, allowing faster render distance switching.
• Preloaded Chunks define an area where no new chunks will be loaded.
• Chunk Updates per Frame allow faster world loading.
• Dynamic Updates loads more chunks per frame when the player is stationary.

Configurable Details:

• Clouds: Default, Fast, Fancy.
• Cloud Height: Adjustable from 0% to 100%.
• Trees, Grass, Water, Rain and Snow, Sky, Stars, Sun & Moon, Depth Fog, Weather, Swamp Colors, Smooth Biomes, Custom Fonts, Custom Colors, Show Capes – all configurable options with ON/OFF or Default, Fast, Fancy settings.

Configurable Animations:

• Adjustable animations for water, lava, fire, portal, Redstone, explosion, flame, smoke, void particles, water particles, rain splash, portal particles, dripping water/lava, terrain, and items.

Fast Texturepack Switching:

• Quickly switch between different texture packs without leaving the world.

Fullscreen Resolution:

• Configurable fullscreen resolution settings.

Debug:

• Fast Debug Info removes the lagometer from the debug screen.
• Debug Profiler removes the profiler from the debug screen.

Time Control:

• Default, Day Only, or Night Only options (works only in Creative mode).

Autosave:

• Configurable autosave interval.
• Fixes the notorious “Lag Spike of Death” issue.

These features enhance Minecraft’s performance, graphics, and customization options, providing a more enjoyable and tailored gaming experience.