how to download and install shaders for minecraft 1.11.2

This will open up your File explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) and take you to the location where you need to put the Shaders file you downloaded. This will bring up a menu but you need to click on the ' Shaders Folder' button on the bottom left. Go to Options -> Video Settings -> Shaders. In this example I will be downloading Sildur's Vibrant shaders v1.29 Extreme. Go to you will notice that there are multiple versions, choose whatever you think your computer will be able to handle. For this guide I will be downloading Sildur's Vibrant Shaders. Please note, I don't recommend running Shaders if you do not have a good computer. In order to install Shaders you must have OptiFine installed. That should be it, you have successfully installed OptiFine! Make sure you have selected to use the OptiFine profile and then click play. You should see that the OptiFine profile has already been created for you. Open the Minecraft Launcher and go to the Installations tab. Now that you have Java 8 installed you will be able to open the OptiFine jar file that you downloaded, opening the file should bring up a box and you need to click the Install button. In order to open the jar file you just downloaded you need to have Java 8 installed, you can download that here: Warning: Please make sure you are using an adblocker otherwise you may accidentally download harmful software.

Go to and download the latest version (For this example I will be getting optifine for 1.16.5) Make sure you have started the version that you are trying to install OptiFine for at least once before installing otherwise OptiFine cant create a profile. OptiFine is a mod that improves the performance of Minecraft and is beneficial for you regardless of how good or bad your computer is. The first part of this guide will explain how to install OptiFine and the second part will explain how to install shaders.

How to download and install shaders for minecraft 1.11.2