I’m setting up a Forge 1.20.1 server with some friends. In the particular way we will be playing the game, spotting an opponent first is a huge advantage, except some of us have gaming setups and some play on potato laptops. Therefore I am wondering if there is a server side fog mod—as this would fit the theme—that is basically mandating a maximum render, while still looking smooth. Thanks in advance
Rendering is always done client-side. You will not find a server-side mod that changes rendering. Sodium and Embeddium, that @woodythewizard mentioned, are client-side mods.
Edit : Your best bet would be core shaders, which load as resource packs and not mods. You may be able to have those as server resource packs and force people to use them; the closest thing to what you're looking for might be something like this - https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/fog-shaders.
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I’m setting up a Forge 1.20.1 server with some friends. In the particular way we will be playing the game, spotting an opponent first is a huge advantage, except some of us have gaming setups and some play on potato laptops. Therefore I am wondering if there is a server side fog mod—as this would fit the theme—that is basically mandating a maximum render, while still looking smooth. Thanks in advance
If you are looking for optimization mods, there is sodium (fabric) or Embeddium (forge).
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Will there be a setting to set a maximum server render distance?
Not that I know of.
But if you want to reduce lag either play with optifine for 1.20.1 enabled (fyi you need Java [from java.com] and optifine [Optifine.net])
or just have a low render distance.
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Rendering is always done client-side. You will not find a server-side mod that changes rendering. Sodium and Embeddium, that @woodythewizard mentioned, are client-side mods.
Edit : Your best bet would be core shaders, which load as resource packs and not mods. You may be able to have those as server resource packs and force people to use them; the closest thing to what you're looking for might be something like this - https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/fog-shaders.
Here is also a guide on how to add resource pack prompts to servers. https://nodecraft.com/support/games/minecraft/adding-a-resource-pack-to-a-minecraft-server