MultiMC is one of the best overall Minecraft launchers and is great for machines that are older and less powerful. Their most recent update also brings support for Microsoft accounts.

TLauncher is another free Minecraft launcher available for download online. It was one of the first alternative Minecraft launchers released with the advanced capabilities expected of launchers today. With a large community following and one of the most consistent track records, TLauncher is one of the most popular Minecraft launchers on our list today. I can earn a little money for my work if you click on my links (and next on the white 'SKIP' button in the corner top right).It offers an intuitive UI that is easy to navigate, excellent support, and great performance. If you want to change the version of the pack, open it with Winrar, open pack.mcmeta with the notepad, then change the number at the end of the line 'pack_format' Backup the blockstates folder, to reactivate all additional templates! This will remove all additional templates. Paste them into the assets/minecraft/blockstates folder. Go to the assets/minecraft/blockstates_correcting_ThonkUtil folder

We need to reset the default blockstates for each of them. Maybe the mod ThonkUtil won’t recognize the extra block patterns, so you’ll have black and purple textures. **If you find bugs, you can present them in the comments, thanks** Optifine is recommended for Blocks 3D effect, to take advantage of additional variants Additional packs are available on curseforge for each of them. The pack contains additional variants for ores, plants and fungi. However, I have yet added normal and specular maps for even more realism.

The 3D effect works without shaders, without normal maps and is permanent. I also worked on armor, boats, wagons, chests, the explosion model. A very long work, but personally rewarding. Here is my pack 'Blocks 3D effect' in which I added a 3D effect to each block. For the complete pack, see on curseforge** **Direct download is a 15Mo demo (site upload limit).

Curseforge texture packs