How to prevent lag?

[DiamondCreeper_]

quick question: I'm on forge 1.10.2 and i don't want to lag constantly, but i don't want to use Optifine because it ALWAYS crashes (WHY?!?!) so, how do i permanently prevent lag in Minecraft without the use of Optifine?

[larsgerrits]

There are a lot of stuff that can cause lag:

- Your computer isn't powerful enough

- You are using a too high resolution/high detailed resource pack

- You are using too many mods

- You have too much background tasks open

- You are doing way too much in-game and that's causing a lot of lag

- The render distance is too high (see #1)

- You set everything at max settings (see #1)

 

There are more causes that can cause lag, but fixing these can remove/reduce the lag significantly (unless #1 is applicable).

[DiamondCreeper_]

ok so how do you fix render distance? what should i set it to? etc. also i don't have a texture pack because i fear my game would crash

 

 

 

ps i don't set EVERYTHING at max settings.

 

 

[larsgerrits]

You have to set the render distance lower than it currently is and when the game stops lagging. And just a reminder, if your computer isn't powerful enough, fixing the other things might not have such a big impact if your computer just can't handle Minecraft.

[DiamondCreeper_]

ok so what NUMBER do i set it to?

[larsgerrits]

ok so what NUMBER do i set it to?

You have to set the render distance lower than it currently is

If it's currently e.g. 12, and it's lagging, you set it to e.g. 10. If it's still lagging, you set it even lower, until it stops lagging. I don't know what your machine specs are, and even if I did, I couldn't tell you what at what render distance you have to play.