Minecraft 1.7.2 has 17 OptiFine shaders on MineUniverse, with more than 5.4 million downloads combined. Miniature Shader is the most downloaded of them.
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Behind Miniature Shader, the ranking continues with PixelCraft Shaders, CH Motion, SI: Spectre [DISCONTINUED] and Chippa256 Shaders.
With 17 of 28, OptiFine shaders account for 61% of all shaders for 1.7.2. OptiFine ranks first of two shader loaders for 1.7.2, ahead of Iris (16).
Recent activity: one OptiFine shader got a new file for 1.7.2 in the last 30 days. Recently updated picks include VANAKAMSMPs Shader Pack, Am I Drunk? and Osh. Mojang released Minecraft 1.7.2 on October 25, 2013. Against its nearest versions, 1.7.2 has 9 more OptiFine shaders than 1.6.1 (8) and 15 fewer than 1.7.3 (32).
By downloads, the leading OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.7.2 are Miniature Shader, PixelCraft Shaders, CH Motion, SI: Spectre [DISCONTINUED] and Chippa256 Shaders.
MineUniverse currently has 17 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.7.2. Recent activity: one OptiFine shader got a new file for 1.7.2 in the last 30 days. Together they have more than 5.4 million downloads.
1. Install OptiFine for your Minecraft version (optifine.net) and start it once. 2. Download the shader pack .zip (do not extract it). 3. Put the .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks. 4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shaders and select the pack.
OptiFine has more: 17 shaders for Minecraft 1.7.2 support OptiFine, compared with 16 for Iris.
Yes. All 17 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.7.2 on MineUniverse are free to download.
