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\n\nDistant Horizons allows you to achieve extreme (256+) chunk render distances at a low performance cost.
\nNow you can finally enjoy that mountain top lookout tower.\n\n
\n\n\n### This photo was taken with a Minecraft render distance of 8 and a mod distance of 512. \n\n
\n \n# FAQ:\n\n### **Q: Forge or Fabric?**
\nA: MC 1.20.6 and newer - NeoForge and Fabric are both in the same jar.
\nMC 1.20.4 and older - Forge and Fabric are both in the same jar. \n\n
\n\n### **Q: Shaders?**
\nA: Yes, but only with certain shaders.
\n- Optifine: DH partially works with forward rendered shaders.\n- Iris (and equivalent ports): DH 2.1.0+ only works with Iris 1.7+ and only with shaders built with DH support in mind. \n - DH 2.0 and older don't work with Iris.\n\n
\n\n### **Q: Does this work with player created structures?**
\nA: Yes.\n\n
\n\n### **Q: Does this render using my GPU?**
\nA: Yes.
\nDistant Horizons uses OpenGL or Vulkan for graphics rendering.\n\n
\n\n### **Q: Is there multiplayer support?**
\nA: Yes\n\n**client side only:**
\nIf you only have DH installed on your client LODs will be saved between sessions, although you have to explore the world to load them.\n
\n\n**Server and Client:**
\nIf DH is installed on the server and client, LODs will automatically be sent to each connected user that has DH installed and has `Distant Generation Enabled` set to true, disabling distant generation on the server will prevent LODs from being sent to the users.\n\n
\n\n### **Q: My game is stuttering, help!**
\nA: Try each of the following steps:\n1. Use a concurrent garbage collector like ZGC for Java 21+ or Shenandoah for Java 8-17\n - This can be done via your JVM arguments (args)\n2. Increase Minecraft's allocated RAM\n - For CPUs with 4-8 cores: try allocating 6-8 GB\n - For CPUs with 10+ cores: try allocating 12-16 GB\n3. Lower DH's CPU load in the DH config menu\n4. Disabling DH's \"Distant Generation\" in the DH config menu\n5. Lower DH's \"Graphics Preset\" in the DH config menu\n\n
\n\n### **Q: Where can I download the Bukkit plugin?**
\nA: The bukkit plugin has its own separate download page:
\nhttps://modrinth.com/plugin/distant-horizons-support\n\n
\n\n# Extended FAQ:\n\n\n![](\"https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/wikis/_hidden/shared-images/images/faq-button-general.png\")
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\n\n\n![](\"https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/wikis/_hidden/shared-images/images/faq-button-mod-support.png\")
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\n\n\n# Discord:\nJoin our Discord for news, updates, and help:
\n[discord.com/invite/xAB8G4cENx](https://discord.com/invite/xAB8G4cENx)\n
\n\n\n# Support us:\n\nIf you want to help with development, join our [discord](https://discord.com/invite/xAB8G4cENx) and let us know!\n\nOtherwise, if you can't help with development but still want to support Distant Horizons, check out our donation page:
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