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Optimizing Minecraft with LOD

Now, I'm no developer nor am I a coder; but from what I've gathered Minecraft renders every single block, including the entities. You can test this yourself with Optifine zoom or lowering your FOV (field of view). What I'm suggesting is to incorporate LOD--Level Of Detail--into the game. You can learn more about it with a quick google search (sadly can't link it) In a nutshell, it essentially lowers lowers the polygon count of a distant object in a 3D world (Yes, even a single polygon: a cube), which, in theory, should increase the performance of the game. As we all know, increasing the render distance in Minecraft lags; and it lags even the strongest of computers. And it's a shame because exploring is a great aspect of Minecraft: imagine, you're with your friend--dog or mate--you climb a mountain, and there you can see the horizon: the biome you've been looking for, about 4 kilometers away (4 thousand blocks) But, sadly, again, it's not possible for everyone; even those with the best of computers. Hope I can hear more from people that have a better understanding in coding.
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    I think they mean like Distant Horizon's.

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    its just completely mind boggling how a simple feature used by all open world games inst inside minecraft already where everything is about rendering and loading chunks.

     

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    Bedrock has it

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    I've wanted this for many years now. It is a necessary addition considering the future updates that will increase computer performance requirements.

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    YESSSS, This should be added!

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    This could allow Minecraft to have higher render distances, the game already can handle a huge amount of chunk without bad performance, I say some culling and LOD should be done in the Nether dimension as Bedrock Nether is capped at a low render distance.

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    Yes this should be a standard feature. Especially now that shaders & Vulkan come into Java its the perfect time to add this.

    Also when I first started to use these mods first thing I noticed was how predictable the end city spawn grid was. Also biomes arent THAT fit for such a draw distance. 

    I actually think the whole games generation needs rework and get modernizes with LoDs. The result of this will future proof the game for a long while again.