How to install shaders on Minecraft (Java)

Learn how to install shaders on Minecraft in 3 ways: with Forge, with Fabric and only with Optifine.

How to install shaders with Forge (2022):

1. Minecraft

1.1 Launch Minecraft and go to settings Create an installation @ Udisen.com @
1.2. Click on it with the left mouse button and select “release 1.14.4” (if you need Minecraft 1.14.4, if 1.12.2 – then select release 1.12.2, etc.) from the list “use version”
1.3. Start the game and go to the main menu and exit after a few seconds. Close the launcher

2.Forge

2.1 double click on the downloaded Forge file and click OK. After installing Forge, click OK again.
2.2. launch the launcher and select the Forge installation. Login (if required)
2.3. press play button
2.4 start the game and exit after a few seconds and close the launcher

3. OPTIFINE
3. 1. select the “run” command in the Windows system menu and write “% appdata%” in its text dialog box, click the “OK” button
3. 2.open the folder “.minecraft” somewhere in Roaming
3. 3. go to the “mods” subfolder and place the downloaded Optifine file here

4. The shaders themselves

4.1. Go to Minecraft from the Forge installation and click the “Options” button. Next, click the “Video Settings” button. Then click the “Shaders” button
4.2. You can click the “Open shaderspack folder” button, but if the game crashes, you need to restart the game and follow steps 4.1, and then find and open the “shaderpacks” folder in the “.minecraft” folder (. Minecraft \ shaderpacks) and put the downloaded shader files
4.3. select the added shader (be guided by the names) in the game menu and click the “Finish” button

How to Install Shaders with Fabric (2022):

1 Minecraft

1.1 Launch Minecraft and go to settings Create an installation @ Udisen.com @
1.2. Click on it with the left mouse button and select “release 1.14.4” (if you need Minecraft 1.14.4, if 1.12.2 – then select release 1.12.2, etc.) from the list “use version”
1.3. Start the game and go to the main menu and exit after a few seconds. Close the launcher

2.Fabric

2.1 double click the downloaded Fabric file and click the Install button. Once Fabric is installed, the word Done appears. Close the launcher.
2.2. launch the Minecraft launcher and select the Fabric installation. Login (if required)
2.3. press play button
2.4 start the game and exit after a few seconds and close the launcher

3. OPTIFINE

3. 1. select the “run” command in the Windows system menu and write “% appdata%” in its text dialog box, click the “OK” button
3. 2.open the folder “.minecraft” somewhere in Roaming
3. 3. go to the “mods” subfolder and place the downloaded Optifine, Optifabric, Fabric API file here

4. The shaders themselves

4.1. Go to Minecraft from the Forge installation and click the “Options” button. Next, click the “Video Settings” button. Then click the “Shaders” button
4.2. You can click the “Open shaderspack folder” button, but if the game crashes, you need to restart the game and follow steps 4.1, and then find and open the “shaderpacks” folder in the “.minecraft” folder (. Minecraft \ shaderpacks) and put the downloaded shader files
4.3. select the added shader (be guided by the names) in the game menu and click the “Finish” button

How to install shaders only with OPTIFINE (2022):

1 Minecraft

1.1 Launch Minecraft and go to settings Create an installation @ Udisen.com @
1.2. Click on it with the left mouse button and select “release 1.14.4” (if you need Minecraft 1.14.4, if 1.12.2 – then select release 1.12.2, etc.) from the list “use version”
1.3. Start the game and go to the main menu and exit after a few seconds. Close the launcher

2.Optifine

2.1 double click on the downloaded Optifine file and click the “Install” button. After installing Optifine, a window will appear in it, click OK. Close the launcher.
2.2. launch the Minecraft launcher and select the Optifine installation. Login (if required)
2.3. press play button

2.4 start the game and exit after a few seconds and close the launcher

3. The shaders themselves

3.1. Go to Minecraft from the Forge installation and click the “Options” button. Next, click the “Video Settings” button. Then click the “Shaders” button
3.2. You can click the “Open shaderspack folder” button, but if the game crashes, you need to restart the game and follow steps 4.1, and then find and open the “shaderpacks” folder in the “.minecraft” folder (. Minecraft \ shaderpacks) and put the downloaded shader files
3.3. select the added shader (be guided by the names) in the game menu and click the “Finish” button

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