7 of the Best Performance Enhancing Mods for Minecraft
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Summary
Minecraft has been a remarkably popular game for many years, particularly for those who enjoy creating their own virtual worlds and landscapes using the in-game tools.
While the basic graphics and gameplay are intentionally primitive and essentially pseudo-8-bit, this can cause slower performance on some machines, especially given the blocky world’s demands for higher memory.
Several mods have been developed to improve performance, such as the Sodium mod, which optimises the rendering engine of the game for higher speed and reliability, and Lithium, which tweaks the mechanics to improve physics and AI.
ScalableLux is another useful mod that improves the handling of lighting, which has a significant performance impact in the game, particular when loading a new area with many light sources.
The ImmediatelyFast mod works by improving the “immediate mode” rendering, which players might recognise from the handling of maps, UI elements and block entities.
Dynamic FPS is another useful mod that detects the window state of the Minecraft window, tweaking the performance to free up PC resources depending on whether the game is minimised or not.
This is also helpful for those who like to alt-tab between windows, or have the game minimised for long periods.
