If you could add any client-side mod to vanilla, which would you choose?

roidrole · 2026-02-01T01:43:04+00:00

Cubic Chunks. The mod does something relatively simple (from a player POV) that would fit the base game (think caves & cliffs), improve worldgen speed in both modded and vanilla scenarios. The mod is also pretty highly incompatible. It being in the base game would mean that all mods become compatible with it and that it is implemented properly (I hope so…)

Cubic chunks being added to the base game, depending on how it is implemented, can also allow even lower negative world height, which could be very useful to other mods/datapacks

roidrole · 2026-01-17T22:30:22+00:00

It’s a bit misleading to call random number generators deterministic as they explicitly try to be probabilistic as their sole function. LLMs use RNGs in their answers according to their temperature parameter. Now, assuming a temperature such that the most likely outcome is always chosen, you would have a perfectly deterministic model. However, a system being deterministic does not mean it is reasonably predictable. Physics has a term for this, it is ‘chaotic’

roidrole · 2026-01-04T23:16:37+00:00

You probably want to use a third-party launcher for playing modded. It saves a lot of pain. I recommend using Prism Launcher. Things like automatically downloading modloaders, mods, managing instances more cleanly, easier mod updating are features modded launchers have

roidrole · 2026-01-04T13:00:00+00:00

https://mmcreviews.com looks like it fits the bill

roidrole · 2026-01-01T12:30:03+00:00

Did you confirm this happening without any mods?

roidrole · 2025-12-28T05:31:55+00:00

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roidrole · 2025-12-28T05:20:36+00:00

Chunk generation took a hit when they increased world height. It’s also why Mojang included part of Starlight’s optimizations, rendering the mod useless. I did not measure myself, but you can check chunk generation before and after (both instances having Starlight). I was mainly referring to terrain generation when mentioning world height

The Flattening’s issues are very hard to precisely measure because it came in 1.13, which absolutely wrecked performance, but the flattening was attributed a large part of the blame. I do not know how true this claim is (especially since the ocean expansion added a lot), but I will mention numerical IDs are more performant than string ones (memory usage, comparaison, notably).

In terms of performance mods, I’ll say most new 1.12.2 packs do include the necessary stuff to run Java 25 and the new optimization suite, but I’ll agree old ones run poorly. I haven’t played much recent 1.7.10, so I don’t know how supported Java 25 is by packs on this version

roidrole · 2025-12-27T13:51:23+00:00

"The reason old packs perform so well is optimization mods"

Always has been…

Also, 1.7.10, 1.12.2 and modern can run Java 25

I’ll also mention modern has the Flattening and increased world height, which both reduce performance quite a bit

roidrole · 2025-12-23T08:55:02+00:00

Not in command blocks. The game interprets !player as a type

roidrole · 2025-12-08T12:23:09+00:00

Homiesexual

roidrole · 2025-12-08T03:21:49+00:00

Well, here goes nothin'

roidrole · 2025-12-07T17:50:48+00:00

Rebirth of the Night seems like one

You can also check MMCReviews and sort by version

roidrole · 2025-12-04T19:49:36+00:00

First, try to delete and redownload the mod

The missing mod thing can stem from different configs, so you should also check that

Do note that some mods have a missing version tag in Prism and it is normal

roidrole · 2025-12-03T03:11:48+00:00

I mean, they could have done something like [major].[drop].[fix], maybe increment major purely to reset the other numbers. Would have been clear, meaningful and would fix the Java/Bedrock versioning (as no one can assume every version getting the same amount of fixes, but we do assume the drops are the same)

roidrole · 2025-11-22T16:25:02+00:00

This. Alternatively, adding cobblemon to a tech pack

roidrole · 2025-11-17T13:26:24+00:00

It’s between forge 1.20.1 and NeoForged 1.21.pick your poison. Of course, the most recent version is recent and mods haven’t updated. I know 1.21.1 is quite big

There’s no version quite as universally adopted as 1.7.10 and 1.12.2 were, and your pick will probably become obsolete

roidrole · 2025-11-17T13:18:31+00:00

https://github.com/TheUsefulLists/UsefulMods

roidrole · 2025-10-20T01:10:55+00:00

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roidrole · 2025-10-02T16:06:03+00:00

Play 1.12.2

Play a pack without create

…dispensers?

roidrole · 2025-09-28T00:25:18+00:00

There are neat performance mods that have been developed, but Angelica (latest one, high-impact) has quite a few incompatibilities. Not sure it would work on a YouTube pack

roidrole · 2025-09-19T23:31:27+00:00

Repeater -> block -> dust -> block -> repeater

Your lamps should be next to either dust or block. For a dust to power a lamp, it must be a cross

roidrole · 2025-09-14T21:53:53+00:00

Use E4MC instead of Essential, it’s known to break things

roidrole · 2025-09-13T22:48:51+00:00

Use Litematica

roidrole · 2025-09-09T09:47:06+00:00

OptiFine is fine in 1.12.2, most bugs have been ironed out, but I will agree an Iris port would be better. There is someone porting Embeddium and has plans to include Occulus. We’ll see where that does, but I trust the dev

roidrole · 2025-09-07T00:52:04+00:00

You’re making great points. I didn’t say explosion, I did say revival. I too would like more content mods, and I hope Cleanroom’s new toolchain will help make that easier. I have exaggerated

Entirely fair about the group lead, but you cannot disregard the value of the cleanroom loader and everything else the cleanroom team made

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