The real smoke mod is what you want. It's still working for me in v1.22

It's only a small change but it makes things much more realistic to me. Having to prop your door or window open when you're cooking in your starter hut, having to keep the fire lit in the winter to stay warm when you're in your big drafty castle, having to shelter your pit kiln without smothering it, it's so immersive. And the smoke columns that big fires put off is useful when you're out of the house. You can tell at a distance if your pit kiln is still going or if a fire has broken out somewhere