Additive

Additive is a modpack, developed for Fabric, designed as an alternative to OptiFine. It includes the majority of OptiFine's features, such as built-in shader support, a vast improvement in rendering and logic performance, extra features for resource packs to utilize, a zoom feature, OptiFine and custom capes support, and (https://skywardmc.org/additive/optifine-features). It also includes a small amount of (https://skywardmc.org/additive/extra-features), such as input fixes for MacOS and Linux along with a free and easy-to-use world hosting feature.

This modpack is built and kept in sync with our other project, (https://modrinth.com/modpack/adrenaline), a lighter alternative without the quality-of-life mods. Want your own mods that aren't included in Additive? Don't worry! You can easily add your favorite mods after installation.

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# 📥 Installation Guide

Please be sure to read Sodium's (https://github.com/CaffeineMC/sodium-fabric/wiki/Driver-Compatibility) section on the wiki before installing Additive. It contains some important instructions on preventing crashes and other performance issues.

If you would like to install the modpack, go to this page on (https://skywardmc.org/additive/installation). You can install the modpack with a third party launcher or our standalone installer. After you install, you can figure out how to tweak things to give greater optimizations in the (https://skywardmc.org/additive/post-install) section of the wiki. This includes procedures such as increasing your allocated memory and tweaking your game settings for your device.

After installing the modpack, you can easily add your favorite mods so long as they are compatible with the Minecraft version you are playing on. The wiki also has some recommendations on possibly improving performance further with other mods that are not suitable to be included in Additive by default.

# ⭐ Features

### 🚀 Major performance improvement

Additive is based on and kept in sync with the (https://modrinth.com/modpack/adrenaline) modpack. Adrenaline's aim is to significantly improve rendering and game logic performance, along with memory and hardware usage, without compromising on the game's looks or features in any way. This is done with various optimization mods that are actively tested for stability and improvement. Some mods are also pre-configured. Adrenaline wouldn't exist without projects like (https://modrinth.com/mod/sodium), so I advise you to donate to mod authors and contributors if you can.

For the list of performance mods that are included, see this (https://skywardmc.org/adrenaline/performance-features).

### 🔍 OptiFine alternatives

Additive utilizes various mods that offers the same features that OptiFine did while also being modular so that you can remove features you don't want or features that are incompatible with other mods. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Major performance boost from (https://modrinth.com/modpack/adrenaline)
• OptiFine resource pack features
• Built-in shaders support
• Dynamic lighting from held objects
• Better grass and snow
• OptiFine donator capes (and (https://skywardmc.org/additive/supporter-cape))
• (https://skywardmc.org/additive/optifine-features)

### 💡 Other things

Additive also includes some extra features unrelated to OptiFine, although I aim to keep this list of mods minimal. Mods are suitable for the "other features" section if they are lightweight and unobtrusive. This includes things like:

• Small input fixes for MacOS and Linux players
• World hosting feature which lets you effortlessly open your LAN world freely and securely
• Borderless fullscreen window setting in the video settings
• (https://skywardmc.org/additive/extra-features)

### ⚙️ Source-available

All mods in Additive are either open-source or source-available, which means you can view the code of mods and see exactly what they are doing. Additive is also available as (https://github.com/skywardmc/additive) so that you can easily view what's being changed, contribute if you would like to, or fork the modpack to create your own project. If you would like to view the mods shipped with Additive, simply look at the dependencies in the Modrinth page or look in the Git reposi