Minecraft Instillation
This is a guide to a clean Minecraft instillation BUT!
There are some detailed settings added to this guide to get the most out of Minecraft,
Some of you may see jagged edges on the side of blocks, low fps/lag, unstable mods or some other issues,
those issues can be caused by outdated java or a setting. (with a non modded Minecraft)
If you do not wish to tweak settings follow the guide up to number 4:settings and stop there only reading 1,2 and 3
Caution: A clean install means ALL single player maps, mods will be removed and any player profiles, server names saved will have to be re-added
1:Downloading
Minecraft
Java
Windows users:For 32Bit click "windows Offline" and for 64Bit click "windows Offline (64-Bit)"
P.S. please install the latest driver for your graphics card as updates can include bug fixes and performance tweaks
2:Uninstall
Over time files build up/ become outdated, here we will do some house work :diamondtiara:
Uninstalling:
Minecraft
Java
3:Installing:
Firstly we need to install java click the Java file you installed earlier and follow the instructions to install once installed you can now move on to installing Minecraft.
For Minecraft click the icon and run the game once to the title screen, this will generate files for .minecraft folder.
4:Settings:
BTW i dont know how to do this in MAC as i do not use the OS! :adorkable:
Java and Graphics card
first lets adjust some java settings, open control panel and find the java icon as you open it click the java tab at the top of the java control panel, click the view button double click Runtime Parameters and type the following:
*Case Sensitive* -Xmx2G
Note: the amount of ram you want to allocate to java can be changed if you need more ram to run certain mods by changing the 2 to 4, if you come across issues change back to 2.
Now double click the box under Path and copy all the text in there for later use,
click ok, apply and close all your windows you opened.
Right click your desktop and click your graphics card setting.(the option may look different as there are many types of graphics cards)
Since graphics card menu's can change please take time to look for similar options as i explain,
look for program association's a menu that gives settings to specific programs,
in my menu i go to Manage 3D settings and click the Program Settings tab,
then i click the Add button i search for the location of the java program installed earlier,
you can paste the java location you copied earlier and follow that to find the right program.
Once you have created a program association to Java you can now adjust the settings in the association,
read the description of each setting carefully some can improve quality or performance depending how good or bad your pc is,
Once you have finished with the settings click apply and close the menu.
Minecraft:
Open Minecraft and click edit profile,
tick the box to the left of the following settings:
Resolution: you can change this to your screen's size if you dont know keep it to its original size.
Executable: highlight the text here and delete it then paste the java location you save earlier in the Java and Graphics card guide.
JVM Arguments: delete the old text and replace with: -Xmx2G
now click Save Profile.
Start Minecraft till you reach the title screen, click options then Video Settings.
For Newer PC's change these settings: (try these settings first!)
Graphics: Fancy (makes leaves transparent and other changes)
Smooth Lighting: Maximum (makes lighting less blocky)
GUI Scale: *to your liking* (at higher resolutions most of your screen would be covered by menu's or chat)
Brightness: *to your liking* (some monitors have deeper blacks and brighter whites, changing this setting to your liking is preferred)
Particles: ALL (Particles generated in minecraft)
Use Vsync: *to your liking* (limits your frame rate to 60FPS)
Use VBOs: ON (renders block more efficiently increasing FPS, may cause crashes when turned on)
Render Distance: *to your liking* (our server currently uses 10 chunks max so its not worth going any higher
)
Max Framerate: *to your liking* (caps the frame rate if you wish to save on resources)
View Bobbing: ON (Aid to emulate walking)
Attack Indicator: *to your liking* (changes the way the attack indicator is shown)
Clouds: Fancy (makes clouds look 3D 2D or remove them completely)
Fullscreen: ON (choose between fullscreen or windowed mode)
Mipmap Levels: OFF (this setting can cause lines to appear between blocks at a distance if you want that)
Entity Shadows: ON (Entities have there own shadows)
For Old PC's change these settings:
Graphics: Fast
Smooth Lighting: OFF
GUI Scale: AUTO
Brightness: *to your liking*
Particles: Minimal
Use Vsync: *to your liking*
Use VBOs: ON
Render Distance: (Lower till your frame rate increases to a playable speed)
Max Framerate: UNLIMITED
View Bobbing: OFF
Attack Indicator: *to your liking*
Clouds: Fast
Fullscreen: OFF
Mipmap Levels: OFF
Entity Shadows: OFF
And thats it!
to my knowledge this will give you a solid performing Minecraft!
if you have any issues please comment below
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Id thought id share this with eveyone :3
Following this guide with the settings could be better than optifine as your eliminating the bottleneck of not having GPU associations with Java.
Edited by TiberiusMoon, 09 April 2016 - 06:35 PM.






