I'm kinda in the same boat as you are, something that feels like vanilla, but just a bit different. I tried Optifine, its really good, i love the better water, the zoom, and my fps really went up. Try it.
hey guys i have a crapy computer so i can get mods but not huge ones so what are your sugestions hope there good seeya
Try tree capitator, rei's minimap, armor status HUD, backpack mod, damage indicators, inventory tweaks, more stackables. Check these out. Only backpack mod adds new content, but not much stuff. All these mods are cool and dont change vanilla minecraft much
Modular Power Suits is a fairly minor tech mod, just ways to craft the suit and it's different upgrades, doesn't require anything other then Forge. Fun just for the relatively easy to make jet pack, and ESPECIALLY the glider wings. Can all be done with vanilla materials if it doesn't detect any other tech mods like Buildcraft or Industrial Craft.
Try tree capitator, rei's minimap, armor status HUD, backpack mod, damage indicators, inventory tweaks, more stackables. Check these out. Only backpack mod adds new content, but not much stuff. All these mods are cool and dont change vanilla minecraft much
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1. Dungeon crawler
2. SPC
3. Custom NPCs
4. Railcraft
5. Dimensional doors
But, some of these require MCForge.