What is the difference between mcpatcher and optifine

I've always used MCPatcher, and found it to not only be great for easily enabling HD Texture packs, but it's also really easy to use for adding in your favorite mods to the client. MCPatcher and OptiFine don't exactly play well together, without a lot of extra work. I can't think of any "cons" to using just MCPatcher, and as I have no need to use OptiFine, I can't give you any pros, or cons, of using it.

User Info: DarthPyro I prefer Optifine. I have a decent computer so I don't necessarily need it, but all of the options it comes with to fine tune is great in addition to having a built-in MCPatcher. User Info: Demonocchio. I thought the way they changed textures and packs, that you didn't need an external thing to enable HD textures anymore? Demonocchio posted Technically, you don't need to use any external mods to enable texture packs Is that the same as what Optifine or MCPatcher do, or is it a separate program that does something else?

Sorry, I'm just getting confused a bit. Nothing to apologize for. Modloader does exactly what it sounds like it should do, it allows you to load mods in your client. There is a bit of a divide in the community, over which mod loading system is "better".

But, you might find yourself seeing mods that look really cool, and will require Forge User Info: moonrazk. Then download mods and put them in the mods folder. And some to the coremods folder. That's it. TC, OptiFine not only [usually] gives you a FPS boost, it also have a lot of options, mainly graphic-wise, like anti-aliasing, mipmap, etc. Minecraft 1. This is a great opportunity to help add some more consistency and convenience to OptiFine.

For this update, I'd like to suggest merging the mcpatcher folder with the optifine folder in resource packs. The idea is to simply bring all of OptiFine's resource pack features into a single folder. No more going back and forth between two completely separate file directories, with one being the remains of the now 3 years outdated MCPatcher.

Is it a good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Tell me what you guys think, especially you resource pack creators. What are your arguments for or against this? The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:. I like the idea, could also merge the features that started on Optifine but now exist in vanilla e.

Unfortunately, I think you did suggest this way too late as 1. Sorry, something went wrong. OptiFine Wiki. Wiki Help Rules Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?