I am using iris with Sodium but most mods and texture packs require optifine for the custom textures. I have a decent computer (Ryzen 5 3600 & GTX 1080) and used to always make sure I had Optifine, but now I only get 60 fps with it (no shaders), whereas vanilla I got around 200 fps. ago. Phosphor (another optimization mod by the Sodium devs, targeting the built-in lighting system) . ago. A Attlaan New Member Attlaan Joined Aug 4, 2021 Messages 6. This is my first attempt at building a "Proper" Castle. Rubidium + a bunch of other render optimization mods that are not compatible with Optifine gives me 60 fps. 3 and then install Fabric Loader. Almost seemed like there was more stuttering too. 2+. The Fabulously Optimized modpack is the closest in terms of features, and as of right now the CEM implementation isn't complete and there's no support for custom skies (although such mod is already. I think there's Sodium reforged or Chlorine. To give an example. Edit. Turbulent_Tax2126 • 1 yr. ago. Emissive textures with sodium (fabric) I am currently trying to get an emissive (glowing) ores texture pack so I can have a better experience while mining in 1. Plus I forgot only very few uses development versions of both. Second laptop: GPU: Intel Graphics 630 CPU: Intel core i5 RAM: 8GB FPS: Multiplayer, 30, Singleplayer, 40, Optifine MP, 40 Optifine SP, 40 Sodium MP, 35, Sodium SP, 35. TL;DR: If you only want performance, use Simply Optimized. 16. I think there was a mod for the zoom, I forgot the name but if you search it you'll probably find it ( btw it gets updated I think) AP_Gaming_9 • 1 yr. In this video, we're comparing Sodium VS Optifine for Minecraft on the Lunar Client. STOP USING OPTIFINE GODDAMIT ! Tips. however, on lunar, I get 60-200 max. I think it would be easier for Lunar to use OptiFine so as to not have to transfer all their mods to Fabric (idk if they use Forge but I do know fabric doesnt support 1. ago. Now I know sodium is meant to be better and I want all the fps I can get, but really for me it seems the sodium doesn’t deliver the 600 fps that it says but. It is unlikely to be soon. Reaction score. 15 versions that makes it not load (and thus render) distanced chunks unless you zoom in to look at them. I generally wouldn't recommend using optifine as it leads to a lot of compatability issues. Lunar Client has less FPS than Optifine. Sodium consistently ranks better for me. 18. Forge: A programming interface. 19. Phosphor is a Minecraft mod which works to optimize one of game's most inefficient areas-- the lighting engine. Optifine is for features. 18. 18. Starlight x Create would be better, but it was. teamchar1ie • 4 mo. Plus I forgot only very few uses development versions of both. I personally just play 1. OptiFine is really old and hasn't had any meaningful perfomance-related updates in a long time. Solid 100 ish fps (1440p, 32 render distance, on Linux with. Although these are some mods that will work with sodium and help performance increase more. You can get everything on fabric from emissive textures to. idk if MX350 is high end, but iris+sodium gives me 2x~3x more fps than optifine. X, 1. Note Optifine and default handle chunks differently, I had to bump up chunks to get it to render the same details on the sides, but even then 40 chunks Optifine gave the same as 32 default (and probably more. You'll also want to grab the Fabric API mod if you plan on using more Fabric-based mods. If you have a positive experience with Optifine, that's because lots of devs have had to go out of their way to put up with it - it's not usable because it's inherently good, it's usable because it rightfully has an unpleasant reputation compared to its alternatives. With a combo of Sodium (and Iris if using shaders) + Lithium + Starlight, I get more fps than OptiFine. Hoffmanm106 • 2 yr. Nightcaste. I am comparing 1. Performance. Windows - Iris (Sodium): 315 fps. With Phosphor, the amount of time the game takes to generate chunks can be halved for some. 2 even though it is not the most recent version? I’ve wanted to use it for a while but I’ve held off because it won’t be updated for few more weeks or so. "more performance" modpack (available on Curse Forge) have pretty similar performance than Optifine novaday, but they also add server optimisation, which make solo far more performant than Optifine alone My sister is playing in an older laptop and the game was barely working (around 5 FPS top). CurseForge is a plattform for mods for different games, including Minecraft. This is like Lithium but more experimental Starlight LazyDFU. Sodium is a free and open-source mod for Minecraft 1. Yeah, first few days OptiFine gives you a full-on 25 fps, the next week, you can't tell the difference between with or without OptiFine. With these mods I. 3 yr. With optifine and the same shaders it never goes over 60% like it's being throttled. ago. is there. My main concern is fps rather than visual fidelity, though I hope to be able to turn my render distance up higher with sodium. 2. Indium. 16. Terrain generation is noticeably faster with Starlight over Phosphor. Are there any vanilla minecraft shaders that I can combo with it that dont require optifine. 91K subscribers. Optifine is a mod. Help. sodium optimize much more than optifine,but dont support shader,there's a fork named iris that support some of them,or canvas,that dont work with sodium,but offer some. Depends what do you want optifine for I guess. Thanks! [deleted] • 2 yr. "OptIfInE bAd!!1!" Well Halogen worse. From there, find the profile titled ‘Fabric'. Optifine is also more well-rounded with its added features like Connected Textures, Custom Entity Models, and a lot more customizability. But all are in early testing and likely have still many bugs. Imagine a machine that can't handle 60fps in vanilla and only manages 20. sodium is on 1. 2. neptune-orbits • 2 yr. Optifine is a mod. Optifine is banned for 1. 19 Comparison Lentern 3. Sodium is a new mod that massively increases performance, a lot more than Optifine. Iris is spefifically designed to improve your frames while running shaders. Fabric performs better than vanilla even with no mods, but with Lithium and Phosphor it is leagues ahead. OF when the settings of Sodium are set to actually match default OF. swagaap. I know sodium for sure, but not sure about lithium and phosphor. • 2 yr. Yes, that's the official one and yes, it should be safe. Rubidium is also a Forge port of Sodium, except it's maintained and supports shaders via Oculus (Forge port of Iris) You should use Rubidium as well as RoadRunner (Forge port of Lithium) and Sulfuric (Forge port of Phosphor. instead of OptiFine these days. Lunar C. 3. I get that it’s not the best, but the mods I use are mostly client side mods so they are compatible, and I hardly use shaders so optifine is just the easier choice and performance usually isn’t a problem. It either crashes the game before I load in or I get into the menu, and the game crashed right as the world is about to load. 32 Chunks Optifine ~252fps. • 8 mo. I mainly play on a server, if that matters. This makes a big impact. 14. sodium and magnesium are effectively the same for different platforms. Optifine can be better(in my case) if you have an older low-mid spec'd computer/laptop, because sodium is probably optimized to better utilize features that some older processors/partsSodium is a free and open-source optimization mod for the Minecraft client that improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes graphical issues in Minecraft. When you download Optifine, put the JAR file in the mods folder. As people have mentioned, Iris for shaders, okzoomer is also great for optifine zoom features. 26 Chunks Sodium ~99fps. In many cases, Sodium alone can give much better fps than OptiFine. As others have mentioned you can get the same effects from other, far better mods now like Iris, FoamFix, Rubidium, Sodium, Phosphor, VanillaFix, and a host of others. Optifine is a mod that pretty much everyone has used for years that allows you to fine-tune the settings and increases performance. On the other hand, Fabulously Optimized has mods which add compatibility for resource packs that "require" OptiFine, as well as stuff like zoom and dynamic lights. Sodium is just a rip-off with 1/8th of the actual features, yet it's "sleek" and "minimal", which makes it the "hit for hardcore gaming" or some shit. Btw: why don’t you just test the performance yourself? It’s not a simple one or the other answer. Fabric is the new kid on the block, that seems to be quite popular now and prefered when it comes to. Optifine gives many visual advantages that only one man has secretly been able to recreate with sodium ( the man’s Bdubs ) OptiFine's mindshare is enormous. x and so on) and has more mods for certain versions like 1. With 6-8 is more than enough. 19. Optifine vs. I'd say that's probably the main reason it's still so popular. PiBombbb • 1 yr. ago. if you are looking for "connected textures" and "varried textures" check out vanilla tweaks. In terms of performance, Sodium & co. 19. Optifine vs Sodium FPS Stress Test. 571 upvotes · 425 comments. Aug 31, 2021. An example of this is the create mod: when shaders are used with oculus the contraption. 6. If you want to use shaders, then you could try rubidium and oculus. BetterFPS is an option. This is what I would recommend until the next version of Sodium is released (no ETA). Hence things like Sodium (client render engine), Lithium (Server Optimizations (even SP clients have a built in server, it's been like this for years), and Phosphor (Lighting engine) mods have been made to supplement Optifine usage. ago. 10. Its support on Fabric/Quilt even. You'll need the Optifabric mod. Sodium + Iris Bundle. In theory, OptiFine should work better due to having more optimizations. Personally, I think Sodium is better, but it seems Optifine gives you a bit more FPS. I'm also using the "Stay True" resource pack. If you don't want to bother downloading every single one, check out the Fabulously Optimized modpack. ago. Optifine is the "easiest" way, but it's a client only optimisation which is not really compatibility friendly. Be the first! Explore properties. Since both need to get updated independently for their advantage to be maintained, there is a case to be made that Optifine is the more stable, and therefore the better option for players to use. so, yeah, Optifine doesn't seem to be too well optimized right nowSodium #. Im not the creator of this mod nor associated in any way with the creator. It focuses solely on the client and works to greatly improve frame rates, reduce. 19. First I tried fabric and sodium, I went from 50~ fps to 70~ but it dips a lot. Also it took optifine like 2 months to get 1. ago. Go to your %appdata% folder and then the . 16+ clients which greatly improves rendering performance while fixing some graphical issues. ago. You can use Rubidium + Canary + Starlight + Saturn + FerriteCore + LazyDFU for performance, Oculus for shaders and Magnesium/Rubidium dynamic lights + Magnesium/Rubidium Extras for dynamic lights but that's about it. The bundled mods have been carefully selected to be safe in your worlds and provide noticeable speed benefits on any device. This plugin should be fully safe to use. My pc specs: i5 9400f 2x8 RAM GTX 1660 SSDThe subreddit for all things related to Modded Minecraft for Minecraft Java Edition --- This subreddit was originally created for discussion around the FTB launcher and its modpacks but has since grown to encompass all aspects of modding the Java edition of Minecraft. Though the difference in framerates may vary depending on the user's system, Sodium is likely to provide higher framerates in most cases. Sodium is better in terms of performance but also use lithium and starlight. When it comes to graphical and performance enhancements, these two mods are at the very top and are used by millions of. 20. Same thing here on m1 macbook air. OptiFabric + OptiFine OptiFine isn't compatible with Sodium, you should remove it. Radplay • 8 mo. Optifine and spyglass. People says sodium lithium phosphor is better than optifine but i get 60 fps on optifine and 30 fps with sodium lithium and phosphor. It's the same as asking Sodium devs to add OptiFine compatibility. 16 and better performance enhancing mod on the rise like Sodium, I wanted ask if you know any alternate mods for these following Optifine features: Optifine CTM (connected textures) Shaders. Easy as that, nothing complicated. Click it, and then, click the big green ‘Play' button. x, 1. I'm getting java for Christmas and I'm wondering which one to get I've seen videos of optifine and there is alot of settings to thru but I also heard sodium is better for fps which one should I use. sorry?I'm pretty sure lunar client has optifine built in (and possibly other optimization mods) along with shader support, hence why you get an fps boost. Iris alone drops my fps by like 59 compared to optifine. 16. 2. Puresteel_28 • 9 mo. Fast vs Fancy was a whole 1 FPS difference. Sodium has a bigger fps boost but doesn’t work with forge and also it can have steep fps drops occasionally and animations. youtu. It's shader-based, you can get a nice bloom effect (go in the mod settings. Sodium reduced pretty much all the stuttering and it had the highest FPS, bravo sodium. • 1 yr. Reproduction Steps. Sodium is better only in perfomance, but Optifine adds more customizations for. I dabble on lightly modded 1. ago. View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. ago. ago. For FPS, magnesium would probably be the best. The /r/feedthebeast subreddit is not affiliated or. Sodium improves rendering, phosphor improves the lighting engine, lithium improves general things like mob AI. OptiFine was one of the best mods, if not the best mod, in Minecraft versions 1. the difference vs the original list is that it encompasses more versions (e. 6 for 1. Sodium doesn't support 1. 2 is really not that much that most people will care. Sodium is the Mod that has. Open PolyMC, click add instance, click on Curseforge, search for “fabulously optimized” downloading and booting from this version should dramatically improve your Minecraft experience on the SD. That's why people recommend using Forge ports of Sodium, Iris, Lithium, Starlight, etc. The Forge ports are alright, but Forge itself is a bit heavy. Well, lets see what features these two mods give: Optifine: Use shaders:Yes Acces to advanced video settings:Yes Zooming:Yes Forge compatible:Yes Fabric. • 7 mo. That being said, there are Forge ports of both, they're called Rubidium and Oculus. • 2 yr. My sister is playing in an older laptop and the game was barely working (around 5 FPS top). ago. Also, Phosphor isn't really developed by the same people as Sodium and Lithium, since the original creator (jellysquid3_) stopped developing them and PhilPro95 took over Phosphor. why are you talking about other mods that we do not care about this is literally hypixel. 14. 20. 9. Possibly it is because I don't have a potato pc (ryzen 5 2600 rx580) You're running an AMD GPU and there is a bug in AMD's latest Windows drivers which causes Sodium's most. It also depends on the device, if optifine is better you can use optifine and if sodium is better you use sodium. Iris on the other hand will have to integrate the features from optifine into their system. On Magnesium i get about 180 to 200+ fps, but the game is reallly. apparently OSX stops supporting openGL at 4. Hi, I decided I would move from Optifine to sodium. It was built from the ground up to include that, along with better chunk gen algo, etc. If you have Optifine installed then it probably caused your problem. If Optifine offered dependable and impressive performance improvements, and the developer worked well with others, sure. 6 work with 1. ago. 45. and Iris and sodium are mods. Downvote this comment if this post is poor quality or does not fit the purpose of r/Minecraft. 4M subscribers in the Minecraft community. Smaller better mods may be fabric but bigger mods tend to be forge because forge does a lot of work for modders, fabric does very little so for big mods they have to do all the work for the mod plus what forge would have done. FabricSkyboxes. 12 as far as rendering goes. Switching to sodium - questions. 3 like the others, joys of using old installs :) 16 Chunks Sodium ~219fps. There is canvas renderer, In my case i got much more fps than with sodium, but it (logically) isn't compatible with sodium. But Sodium has came out and it is far superior to OptiFine in many ways. 17. Sodium is better in terms of performance but also use lithium and starlight. youtu. mostly looking for mods to make the game run smoother plus the zoom. Optifine vs Sodium FPS Stress Test. They're technically two mods. Otherwise, if you don't want something like Shaders, you can go for a combo of Iris+Indium+Sodium+Lithium+Hydrogen+Phosphor. Saw a old post on night vision for Fabrick/Sodium etc and thought id share. And for the bost well use the last version of create with flywell. 1 not . So yes, Linux is faster @ 46 to 41 fps, but the major difference is Sodium is far superior on both, allowing for even Ray tracing shaders. It's not out yet. Since the other performance mods are open source, they have little to no compatibility issues. Join. 19 (Image via @OptiFineNews Twitter/CurseForge) OptiFine and Sodium are two of the. Rubidium has a large variety of performance-improving options you can tweak to make your game run much better, both in terms of client-side fps and server-side tps. ReyManagan. MikemkPK. toml. But optifine does make your mod loading longer, but if you're doing vanilla or just light mods theres barely a difference in. . I really could use it. Sodium is better only in perfomance, but Optifine adds more customizations for the game. Out of mods side. Optifine or Magnesium? My friend and i have set up a small server including some forge mods, which tweak the game in small ways. optifine is doesnt increase fps by alot but still really good. Ahhh i see. Also sodium doubles the fps you get with optifineSodium vs lithium vs phosphor. I currently use optifine but am considering switching to sodium. Unzip it and the . #1 What do you think is better Feel free to rage in the comments about it 1 curry- Forum NerdVanilla vs Optifine vs Sodium CGDoctor8 76 subscribers Subscribe 2. 11. TL;DR: If you only want performance, use Simply Optimized. I did go ahead with Sodium Reforged though and it's a night and day difference in my performance (average FPS is much higher and far less micro stuttering). But there are. Optifine does not increase performance out of the box and is closed source, it is widely accepted truth. so i'm not using OptiFine. ago. The only things missing in FO vs OptiFine are custom skies (for resource packs) and anisotropic filtering. Are there any alternatives I could use? I'm obviously playing forge, which means Iris isn't an option either. So I'm guessing that lithium wouldn't be very effective on a server compared to the other two. 17. Processor 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1235U (12 MB cache, 10 cores, 12 threads, up to 4. alexlion2308 9 mo. Needless to say it performance somewhat better until you force it. Windows - Iris (Sodium) - No Debug overlay: 593 fps. And, at least in my case Sodium/Magnesium helped performance much more. Lithium is version 0. also,. Iris and Sodium aretwo different mods that work together. lordlucario_ • 1 yr. Also, to answer KilleDragon, Optifine alters 1. Unfortunately Optifine shaders are rendered in OpenGL and cannot render (will crash) in Vulkan. Bsl or sildurs or complementary. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a CommentFrom what I've heard iris/sodium is better than optifine, and I've tried it, and while it's not the best, it seems to be better than optifine in 1. 19 support, while sodium already had 1. 18. Sodium and Iris are made for Fabric, not Forge. Generally, unless they're specifically designed to work together, mods that overhaul the same features aren't usually compatible. Optifine supports shaders, which adds stuff like different lightings, far better shadows and dynamic darkness and waving water, leaves and fire. Any tips to improve performance with iris in 1. There isn't a singular mod that can replace OptiFine, but you can use the following mods: Performance improvements - Sodium, Sodium Extra, Lithium, Starlight, LazyDFU, FerriteCore, Enhanced Block Entities, Krypton, Alternate Current, Advancements Debug. The downside is there are no shaders for it yet, at least that I can find. Sodium is better only in perfomance, but Optifine adds more customizations for the game. by Charlesreddit6758 . Hi, I decided I would move from Optifine to sodium. If you want (almost) full OptiFine feature parity, use Fabulously. That's not going to be buttery smooth. Optifine is the "easiest" way, but it's a client only optimisation which is not really compatibility friendly. 7. 1 but it is pretty cool on the former version when you set it to canvas basic mode Reply replyA simple Minecraft modpack focusing on performance and graphics enhancements. My pc specs: i5 9400f 2x8 RAM GTX 1660 SSD AzureAquatic • MultiMC • 1 yr. sodium is increase fps by alot but is on the latest version. If you are using a shaderpack and the sky starts flickering, I recommend setting PlanetSkyOverride to false inside config/advancedRocketry. OptiFine does not improve FPS as much as Sodium but does add features like zooming, dynamic lights, resource pack additions, and so on, some of which can be replaced with other mods, with the notable exception of shaders. Install 1. Slide MaxFrames all the way to the right to "Unlimited". websites-eob. So, I'm playing the Crucial 2 Refresh modpack by Vazkii (not a promotion, just saying which pack I play) and it runs Sodium on forge, now, I usually use optifine to play with shaders and dynamic lighting, without optifine I'm unable to do this, does anyone know any shaders that are standalone or mods that add dynamic. With Optifine I usually get 100+ fps with lag spikes rarely happening, but with sodium reforged I rarely exceed 80 fps and get lag spikes happening extremely often, and increased lag when looking at oceans. Yeah but iris includes a version of sodium modified to work with it, so if. . Optifine is Forge-only, but with Optifabric, it can be run on Fabric - it's completely incompatible. Iris has version 1. Tried with default 2gb ram allocated, 4gb, and 6gb, no differences. 1 sodium with 1. The bundled mods have been carefully selected to be safe. I've never seen anyone do a comparison of Sodium vs. Thank you! While some of the mods do work on a server, this is focused on the client. Yea I tried to replace optifine but there is no mod for connected textures and the. Posted by u/250r_go_brrrrrr - 1 vote and 3 commentsHowever, "is it out" is always 100% self-answerable via the website. Shaders that work on sodium? I've always used Optifine and Forge but recently I foud out about Fabric and Sodium, and the smoothness of everything is unbelievable (my laptot is not a potato, more like a. You also should consider switching to MultiMC if you haven't already as it is lighter than the twitch launcher and open source. 1 fabric but sodium seems to be incompatible with optifabric the game crashes when I try to launch it. As someone that migrated from optifine to sodium, you can 100% recreate the experience better and smoother with a few mods. Vanilla (no mods) is a bit stuttery, still gets pretty good FPS, around the 200 to 300 FPS range. Sodium is a more stable mod, that offers a better interface, ACTUAL performance gains even on high end hardware, however, the modular nature of the Fabric API means that collecting all the mods for full functionality (lithium, phosphor, etc) is a pain, and the straight competitor to Optifine, Fabulously Optimized can really only be installed if. r/Minecraft. (This is in 1,8 and all versions, fps may fluctuate on higher versions) I have a pretty trashy laptop, normal Minecraft (lowest settings) I get 60-40 fps. Iris is better for shaders, but if you want other fancy stuff like FreshAnimations then OptiFine is the way to go. Increible_Subnormal. • 3 mo. These features are core to the server. ago. Well Halogen worse. Even though my laptop has a 100hz refresh rate, it still bothers me. Hasn't got me killed yet though. OptiFine and Sodium are both replacements to Minecraft's rendering engine. Iris vs Optifine. Simply Optimized has C2ME, Fastload, MoreCulling and Immediately fast, so in theory it's faster than Fabulously Optimized. OptiFine isn't the only way to use shaders. View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit. ago. ago. My laptop runs amazingly with optifine (60-80 fps, vs vanilla 20-30), but is barely better than vanilla with all the optimal sodium mods (30-40). An unofficial community for Fabric, the Minecraft: Java Edition mod loader. 4. Although I am on linux with an amd cpu so im seeing. Starlight. Optifine felt just as stuttery and it had way lower FPS, a little weird that it performed worse than Vanilla. Improves game crashes Sodium Extra. There are still weird bugs in sodium that optifine still has but a big reason that it’s could develop so much faster is most likely that is uses a modloader that accelerates development and optifine is actually a native mod that injects directly into Minecraft without a modloader api or anything. SlimiSlime. Okay, now let's get into it. It is what I use, and a beta for 1. ago. 2) Sodium under Fabric. I know why, optifine has built in compatibility with shaders, sodium doesnt. Optifine felt just as stuttery and it had way lower FPS, a little weird that it performed worse than Vanilla. im_my_alt • 1 yr. ago. In my experience Sodium+ mods are very hardware dependent. Simply Optimized is a purely performance enhancing pack, with the only additional mod being Iris Shaders. *some* people did get less fps compared to optifine. 32 Chunks Default ~37fps. There was only one time where Magnesium didn't perform as I would have liked, I switched to Rubidium and everything was fine. ) SomeRandomPetey • 2 yr. 3 yr. AzureAquatic • MultiMC • 1 yr. 1 and . Optifine is great, I agree. Join. • 2 yr. I use complimentary shaders on medium (custom), run about 36 client side mods including their APIs and my rig aint half bad either. lowered it and that helped a bit to get like 75-90 FPS with stutters, but I'm coming back to the game after a while and wanted to try complementary shaders.