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Level of Detail - Render distance

I am a little bit surprised that Minecraft doesn't use a Lower amount of detail in its far away rendered visuals such as far away mountains. Of course this would lower the load to render since as you get closer to an object, the more detailed it would be (up to normal Minecraft graphics). After all many games use this and Minecraft is known for a bit more troublesome running, at least java is.

Plus if posible then it could be made an option to turn on and off or even have a medium for beter user flexibility in the graphic's settings. Thhis means thet those who could use it will and those who do not want it can ignore it, just like autojumping. 

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    Search "FarPlaneTwo"

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    As the other chap said, there are indeed workable prototype mods that do this but we'd like it officially part of the game.

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    Yes, as now we know that the 1.18 terrain is going to be HUGE... like big landscapes, so I think that a higher render distance would be needed to FULLY enjoy that terrain

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    This is a great idea. But combine it with a curved horizon instead of rendering out and infinite plan. There was an old N64 game called Tetrisphere. The game looks like you were peeling away layers of a sphere but the layout was actually a flat plan with vanishing points tweaked to look like a sphere. Minecraft could do a much less severe version of this to reduce rendering distance in a way that mimics real life. 

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    Add level of detail Mojang