Tuning Vanilla Settings Alongside the Shader
Trace Outlined Shaders is built to run smoothly on basic computers without causing heavy lag or sudden frame drops. Because it keeps vanilla lighting and colors instead of calculating demanding light rays or water reflections, most performance tuning comes down to standard Minecraft video options.
1. Press Esc and navigate to Options > Video Settings.
2. Lower your Render Distance and Simulation Distance by a few chunks if your computer struggles in dense biomes or large bases.
3. Set Graphics to Fast and reduce Particles to Decreased if you want extra headroom during combat or rain.
4. Leave Trace Outlined Shaders enabled in your shader menu, as its lightweight outline pass adds minimal strain compared to full lighting shaders.
Checking Performance Across Biomes
Press F3 while walking through forests, villages, or custom builds to watch your frame rate counter. Because the shader only draws clean borders over the familiar vanilla scene, your frame rates should stay close to your normal unshaded performance while still giving every biome a stylized comic finish.