The Downfall Of Minecraft's Performance
Minecraft's Performance Issues
This transcript discusses the performance issues in Minecraft and how it has affected gameplay. It explains the basics of lag, FPS and TPS lag, and how they affect the game. The transcript also covers the decline in performance over time, generating new worlds, normal gameplay, and generating new chunks. Finally, it talks about Mojang's attempts to improve performance.
Understanding Lag
- FPS lag occurs when your graphics card can't process frames fast enough.
- TPS lag occurs when calculating a new tick takes longer than 50 milliseconds.
- Generating a new world takes longer with each update.
Decline in Performance
- Average FPS declines over 40% from its peak in version 1.13.
- Lag spikes increase as newer versions are released.
- Average FPS drops significantly from version 1.7 to version 1.19.
Generating New Chunks
- Average FPS drops significantly when generating new chunks.
- Maximal time needed to calculate a single tick is far extended from the safe area of 50 milliseconds.
Mojang's Attempts to Improve Performance
- Update Aquatic caused enormous lag spikes and bad multiplayer performance.
- World generation became 14% faster in the next update.
- Light calculations were moved to another thread which reduced lag spikes.
Introduction
The video discusses the issue of Minecraft's poor performance and how it can be improved.
Minecraft Performance Issues
- Minecraft's performance has been decreasing due to its increasing demands.
- CPUs have become more complex with multiple cores, but Minecraft still only uses one core.
- Vanilla Minecraft cannot provide playable performance, but modding can improve it.
Modding for Improved Performance
The video shows how modding can significantly improve Minecraft's performance.
Results of Modding Experiment
- With three mods that do not change the game's behavior, average FPS increased from 55 to over 140.
- Lowest FPS during the experiment rose from 5 to over 13 FPS.
- mspt decreased from 125 milliseconds to only 48, which means that the game didn't skip any ticks at all.
Conclusion on Modding
- It is not necessary to completely rewrite the entire game from scratch to achieve great performance.
- Proper multi-threading could further improve the game's performance.
Conclusion
The video concludes by highlighting a bigger problem affecting Minecraft's community.
Bigger Problem Affecting Community
- There is a significant issue with server hosting companies shutting down without warning or explanation, causing players to lose their progress and items.
- This problem needs attention and resolution.