How to install Optifine HD

For 1.6 and up

Installation for Minecraft 1.6.x

A. Easy

• Use the official launcher to download and start once Minecraft 1.6.x


• Start Magic Launcher


• Click “Setup”


• Select Environment “1.6.x”


• Click “Add” -> select the OptiFine ZIP file


• Click “OK”


• Login and play

B. Not so easy

• Use the official launcher to download and start once Minecraft 1.6.x.


• Go to the minecraft base folder (the official launchers shows it when you click “Edit Profile” as “Game Directory”)


• Go in subfolder “Versions”


• Rename the folder “1.6.x” to “1.6.x_OptiFine”


• Go in the subfolder “1.6.x_OptiFine”


• Rename “1.6.x.jar” to “1.6.x_OptiFine.jar”


• Rename “1.6.x.json” to “1.6.x_OptiFine.json”


• Open the file “1.6.x_OptiFine.json” with a text editor and replace “id”:”1.6.x” with “id”:”1.6.x_OptiFine” and save the file


• Copy the files from the OptiFine ZIP file in “1.6.x_OptiFine.jar” as usual (you can use the 1.5.2 instructions for this) and remove the META-INF folder from “1.6.x_OptiFine.jar”.


• Start the official launcher


• Click “Edit Profile”


• Select “Use version:” -> “release 1.6.x_OptiFine”


• Click “Save Profile”


• Click “Play” or “Login” to start the game

Installation for Minecraft 1.6.x with Forge

A. Easy

• Use the official launcher to download and start once Minecraft 1.6.x.


• Use the Forge installer to install Minecraft Forge


• Use the official launcher to start once Minecraft with the Forge profile.


• Start Magic Launcher


• Click “Setup”


• Select Environment “Forge9.10.X.Y”


• Click “Add” -> select the OptiFine ZIP file


• Click “Advanced”


• In the field “Parameters” add “-Dfml.ignorePatchDiscrepancies=true”


• Click “OK”


• Login and play

B. Not so easy

• Use the official launcher to download and start once Minecraft 1.6.x.


• Use the Forge installer to install Minecraft Forge


• Go to the minecraft base folder (the official launchers shows it when you click “Edit Profile” as “Game Directory”)


• Go in subfolder “Versions”


• Go in subfolder “Forge9.10.X.Y”


• Copy the files from the OptiFine ZIP file to “Forge9.10.X.Y.jar” as usual (you can use the 1.5.2 instructions for this) and remove the META-INF folder from “Forge9.10.X.Y.jar”.


• Start the official launcher


• Select profile “Forge”


• Click “Edit Profile”


• Select the checkbox “JVM Options” and in the field next to it add “-Dfml.ignorePatchDiscrepancies=true”


• Click “Save Profile”


• Click “Play” or “Login” to start the game

For Minecraft 1.5 and down

If possible start with a clean minecraft.jar and check the mod compatibility section above.

A. Easy Installation

• 1) Download and start the Magic Launcher


• 2) Click Setup, click Add, select the downloaded zip file


• 3) Click OK, login and play Minecraft

B. Manual Installation

Windows/Linux Instructions:

• 1) Locate your minecraft.jar file. On Windows, it’s in %APPDATA%/.minecraft/bin


• 2) Create a backup of minecraft.jar


• 3) Open minecraft.jar in an archive editor (WinRar/7-Zip/etc)


• 4) Delete the META-INF folder.


• 5) Copy (drag and drop) the .class files from the downloaded zip file into the jar file, replacing previous files.


• 6) Run Minecraft and test!

Mac Instructions:

• 1) Locate your minecraft.jar file. On Mac, it’s in <home>/Library/Application Support/minecraft/bin


• 2) Create a backup of minecraft.jar


• 3) Rename minecraft.jar to minecraft.zip and double-click it to extract the contents


• 4) Rename the resulting folder to minecraft.jar and open it


• 5) Copy the .class files from the downloaded zip into the minecraft.jar folder, replacing previous files


• 6) Run Minecraft and test

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