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Prism launcher is a alternative to Minecraft's official launcher (which kinda sucks, a lot). Using Prism allows you to easily manage multiple Minecraft versions, add mods & texture packs with ease, and install shaders. It's really easy and will take you about 10 minutes to do.
Download Prism Launcher
Follow straight forward installation (next, next, agree, etc.)
In the top action row, click settings and navigate to accounts in the sidebar, then add your Minecraft account (supports Mojang and Minecraft)
Once you've added the account, leave settings and in the top action row click add instance, this screen should pop up!
Select the Minecraft version you want to play on, then at the bottom right select the modloader (I personally recommend fabric)
A modloader is exactly what the name says, it's just a loader for mods!
Once you've created the instance, highlight it and click edit in the top action row. You should see this menu
In this menu, as you can see on the left sidebar, you can add mods, change your shaderpacks, or spice up your texture packs.
That's it, enjoy the Prism experience!
Here's a list of mods I recommend:
- Sodium (!!! must have !!!)
- Iris Shaders (if you want to use your installed shaders)
- Mod Menu (shows all your downloaded mods and their configs in-game)