By downloading Fabulously Optimized, you have acknowledged the disclaimers.
We recommend and support five launchers, all of which can be used offline on 🪟 Windows, 🐧 Linux and 🍏 macOS.
See this table for a comparison between the launchers:
| Launcher | Tutorial | Install | Upgrade | Add mods | Support us and mods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CurseForge App | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ✅ Yes |
| Modrinth App | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ✅ Yes |
| Prism Launcher | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ⏺️[2] |
| MultiMC | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ❌ Manual | ❌ Manual | ⏺️[2] |
| MultiMC (auto-update) | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ⏺️[1] | ❌ Manual | ⏺️[2] |
| Minecraft Launcher (installer) | 🔗 Open | ✅ Easy | ✅ Easy | ❌ Manual | ⏺️[2] |
| Minecraft Launcher (manual setup) | 🔗 Open | ❌ Manual | ❌ Manual | ❌ Manual | ⏺️[2] |
Note
[1]: Updates to the modpack within the same Minecraft version are automatic. The modpack cannot be updated automatically across Minecraft versions.
[2]: These launchers support the modpack and its mods by increasing their download count, but not with monetary benefits.
Download Resource Packs separately
FO includes some resource packs for a better experience, but they can also be downloaded separately.
| Resource Pack | CurseForge | Modrinth | Planet Minecraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat Reporting Helper | CurseForge | Modrinth | Planet Minecraft |
| Fast Better Grass | CurseForge | Modrinth | Planet Minecraft |
- TheYTG123 on CurseForge who helped with Jumploader to release the 1.16.3 version a little faster
- triphora who suggested and helped with the Modrinth format, and formerly moderated the FO Discord server
- RozeFound for helping with Python scripts and providing lots of constructive feedback for the pack
- TheMadHau5, redbrain, Kichura for the fancy mod table
- RaptaG and Ultrasonic1209 for the Packwiz mod ignoring tutorials
- IMB11 for the fancy website
- vgskye for the fancy installer (and osfanbuff63 for the installer that didn't get released)
- Miroma for the current version of this readme
- All our fabulous translators
- Other people creating pull requests for the main project, wiki and other organization projects
- People who have created videos about the modpack
- Everyone who has suggested ideas and reported bugs!
Special thanks to:
- jellysquid3 for creating Sodium, Lithium, Phosphor which were the initial inspiration for creating the modpack
- LambdAurora for creating the list of OptiFine alternatives which the pack does get some mod ideas from, and LambDynamicLights
- comp500 for creating Jumploader - a mod that made the modpack possible in Minecraft 1.16.x, Indium - mod that provided the rendering API for Sodium for increased mod compatibility and packwiz - a tool that makes the MultiMC auto-update happen
- Mod devs who have joined the Discord and are discussing the modpack's development there
- All developers who made the mods that are, have been and will be in the modpack
- Everyone who uses, tests and shares the modpack!