What Feature Types Apply to This Request?

System

Other Type

No response

Is This an Enhancement to a Preexisting Feature?

• I confirm this request is an enhancement to a feature already in The Aether.

What Is Your Feature Request?

As the title suggests, a config to allow the world preview to be unfrozen. This would probably be off by default as most players I'd imagine wouldn't want it, and could interfere with worlds.

An issue with this is the possibility of players exploiting this to escape danger harm-free, but there could probably be a solution to that if this is implemented. One solution might be to create copies of chunks that are in render distance and use those to display the world, deleting them after a world is loaded, though this could be an issue for players with limited storage.

Why Should It Be in the Mod?

This would let the world seem more alive at the title screen and have a more dynamic world. Unfrozen worlds is also how the preview worked in the original mod, so it would technically bring it closer to the original releases, although that's up for debate whether that's always a good thing.

Does This Feature Improve Compatibility With Another Mod?

No response

Please Read and Confirm the Following

• I have confirmed this feature is either in the original Aether mod, or improves parity between The Aether and Minecraft or other mods.
• I have confirmed this suggestion is unique and has not been suggested already.

While it would make things closer to the original, we are unlikely to do this to avoid any issues it may cause; even if it were a config off by default I would not want it to break someone's world because of an oversight no one saw coming.