Distant Horizons

Highlights:

• MC 1.21 support

• API version increased 2.0.0 -> 2.1.0

• Added "Auto" update branch that sticks to stable or nightly builds respectively.

• Increased LOD generation speed for pre-generated worlds.

• Reduced CPU usage when traveling over unchanged LODs.

• Fixed some mystery OpenGL related crashes.

• Reduced compression slightly to improve speed.

Full Changelog

Additions:

• "Auto" update branch
  • If the jar is a nightly (unstable) build it will only update to nightly builds and if stable it will only update to stable builds
  • This should fix issues with people accidentally updating to the nightly/stable build
• When generating LODs for pre-existing worlds, use the already calculated lighting
  • This should increase LOD generation speed significantly
• Chat low memory warning if the system has less than 4 GB of memory allocated
  • Should help some people diagnose why they're game is stuttering so bad
  • This warning can be disabled via the DH config
• Database file lock checking
  • DH should crash if the database is determined to be locked

Improvements:

• Config comment line spacing for easier reading
• Remove OpenGL multithreading
  • This should fix a lot of random crashing issues and with Sodium/Steamdeck
• Memory optimizations - JustALittleWolf
• Don't try generating/updating LODs for already processed chunks
  • This should reduce CPU use when flying over already generated chunks/LOD
• Rewrote F3 menu handling
  • Improved visuals
• Improve the warning message if the LOD Builder is overloaded
  • This specifically references mods like chunky causing holes due to generating faster than DH can keep up

Changes:

• LZMA compression preset 4 -> 3
  • Faster compression at a slight file size increase
  • The speed difference between 3 and 4 is pretty big with only a very minor file size change.
• Lower the default CPU presets
  • "I Paid For The Whole CPU" should no longer totally overload the CPU
• Increase world gen timeout from 60 sec -> 3 minutes

Bug Fixes:

• Fix MC 1.20.6 changelog screen blurring incorrectly
• Fix Forge/Neo levels not being unloaded
• File handler tooltip
• Auto Updater logging lists incorrectly
• DB Repos logging DhSectionPos incorrectly

Removals

• Blendium from the list of recommended fabric mods
  • This is because Blendium is no longer supported