Mod name

FarSight

Curseforge link

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/farsight-fabric

Other links

No response

What it does

Extends render distance in servers by temporarily keeping loaded chunks

Why should it be in the modpack

Compared to Bobby #46 it automatically clears the chunks (therefore doesn't fill up the storage or keep showing old data), seems to have less bugs and is available for 1.18

Why shouldn't it be in the modpack

ARR, works better with Starlight than Phosphor (notably Bobby is the opposite)

Categories

Graphics optimization, Works like Optifine/Bedrock Edition/Forge/etc

Additional details

Tests by Probattler:

Phophor + farsight 1.17.1
Phosphor + Bobby 1.17.1
Both of them producing missing chunks blocks, chunks not rendering sometimes

While for
Starlight + Farsight 1.17.1
No chunk and rendering issues and better performance than phosphor

While
Starlight + Bobby 1.17.1
still less performance and still the chunk rendering issues like before

I'll postpone decision until Phosphor vs Starlight is settled.

With my tests, I loaded a the hypixel duels lobby entirely, I was getting around 20-35fps with high settings and a low end pc, sometimes even averaging upto 40-50, overall having much better performance than #46 and #240 .

curseforge link goes to forge version this is the proper link https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/farsight-fabric

Thanks, fixed.

After long time using it i didn't notice a performance drop on my high-end pc and my friends didn't noticed anything too both on their high-end and low-end pc.
(i and my friends are both using modified FO for minecraft 1.18.1 with phosphor)