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Frame Rate Drop in 26.2

I've seen a few others having this same issue so thought I'd post about it as well to bring attention to it. 

Ever since updating to 26.2 my frame rate has dropped drastically and the game has become super laggy despite not having changed anything in my settings. I even tried to install optimization mods to no avail as nothing, not even lowering all settings to potato, helps (and I have a pretty decent PC that ran shaders on maxed out settings in 21.1 smooth like butter). 

Please, for the love of all that's good, let this be something temporary that future patches will address and fix. This game is already horrendously optimized as is, we don't need it to be completely unplayable as well.

 

Would love to know if anyone else is experiencing the same issue.

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    I'm also experiencing this issue! Running 26.2 Java and *barely* getting 50-60 fps with shaders enabled, maybe 80-100 fps without them. This is also with performance mods installed (though I've tested with them removed and my performance is expectantly worse).

    Back on version 26.1.2 I had the same setup with my shaders also nearly maxed out and had a beautiful gameplay experience with 90-100+ fps in even the laggiest parts of my world. The difference between versions is day and night with this update and not in a good way.

    For those of us that play together on realms this is also deal-breaking. The servers automatically update when someone loads the new version resulting in everyone else also being stuck with this degraded performance. I understand the current entity updates and navigating the shift from OpenGL to Vulkan is an undertaking but as stated, the game is already horribly optimized. Now, there is an objective reality that a decent amount of people are going to be pushed out of playing the game by these changes making it physically impossible to play or enjoy.

    I implore for action to be taken on this.

    Edit: Forgot to mention my GPU isn't even being fully utilized now. I had it set to throttle and now it uses roughly 20% less despite trying to do everything in my power to remedy this.

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    Yep same here, I was multiple shaders around 90 fps on 26.1.1 and those same shaders with all the same updated mods im at 70 to 51 fps with the craziest lag spikes. Runs like trash.

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    I also have the same issue, I ran shaders max render distance 32 chunks, could open inventory while flying elytra around, and now I updated and its just so laggy,  The thing that lags the most is opening chests or going into your inventory, it freezes for a frame or two for like half a second. 

    I changed all settings to lowest but that barley helps. I did create a backup of the world. 

    I hope this is a wider problem so that Mojang recognizes it and fixes it

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    i also had this issue, i got my framerate pretty much back to normal by setting the graphics API to "Prefer OpenGL." even though default is supposed to be functionally the same, it seems to still drop frames. the setting doesn't appear to be visible on sodium, but if you search for "API" that will make it magically appear.

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    Samer issue for me running a high-end PC (albeit, with shaders and performance mods installed). Whereas in previous versions, I was able to get 160 fps consistently from high areas in the same jungle biome, I am now achieving around 106 fps at 100% GPU usage (reminiscent of the issues present with the 1.21.5 release about a year back). All the settings, mods and shader(s) are the same the only altered variable is the Minecraft version (26.1.2 got 160fps and 26.2 barely makes it past 106 fps). This is when the graphics API is set to OpenGL and Default.

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    It has been impossible to play the game for me since the start of the 26.1 Java snapshots, even if I go back to earlier game versions. In a (new) flat world with no spawning on, no weather updates, no time of day updates, and nothing growing, I open a chest... wait one or more minutes... tap forward... wait... nothing loads, blocks don't break, etc. 

    I have no mods, no shaders, and no other programs running on my computer. I have built nothing, there is no redstone, no animals, no mobs. It's got to be that the new engine, or something in the update, simply won't run on my 2021 computer. It ran perfectly in 25, (Java) no lag like this.

    For people with merely average machines, this update has broken the game entirely. 

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    It will soon become unplayable, and we'll have to migrate to Bedrock.

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    I am experiencing the same problem. I play on a 15inch MacBook Air M4 at native resolution, fancy graphics and 12 Chunks render distance (vanilla). I used to get 120 FPS with vsync and approx. 180 without. Since 26.2, FPS rarely exceed 70 FPS and vary dramatically, often dropping below 30 for no apparent reason. I have not changed any settings.

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    Hello, i have a issue that in 26.1.2 same mods+settings and photon shader on high preset gives 90+ stable FPS on my pc while 26.2 same mods+settings gives 40-50 FPS and very laggyin photon shader in any preset (Low,Medium,High).

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    Same problem here, was running shaders maxed out with 200+ fps and now I’m baremo getting to 100 and the low 1% keeps gerting Lowr giving me stutters

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    Same Here. Went back to 26.1.2. Please fix this.

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    This is happening to me as well!. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I've noticed this is happening especially with Complementary Shaders Unbound r5.8.1.
    I used to get 60+ FPS with 26.1.2, but as soon as I updated to 26.2 I've been sitting at around 20/30 FPS. I have not touched the shader settings.
    I thought it was a mod issue so I removed all the newly updated mods (Except Iris+Sodium), and it's still struggling. Removing Resource Packs didn't help either.
    I hope Mojang fixes this with a new patch, like 26.2.1 or something.

     

     

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    I was experiencing the same issue and had the worst frame stutters, but I found a fix (at least on my end).

    This sounds odd, but all I had to do was disable the Narrator feature under the Accessibility Settings, and everything seems to be back to normal.

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    I am experiencing the same problem. However, I found a temporary workaround. Surprisingly, I discovered that the lag worsens in full-screen mode.

    1. Borderless full-screen mode

    2. Turn off V-Sync

    3. Change to a refresh rate slightly higher than your monitor's refresh rate

    Doing this makes it playable, though not as good as before.

    Mojang needs to take this issue seriously.

    Good luck!

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    This is absurd. What happened to 26.2? The performance is terrible compared to 1.21. I have constant lag spikes and freezes. The game lags when there are a lot of entities like block displays, which wasn't the case in 1.21. I use a mac mini m1 8gb.

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    Hey I had the same problem and I've fixed it too. Basically I went to the options.txt and just removed all the text from the file (basically a full reset) (It will reset all your settings) and I then decided to redo all my settings manually and now my frames have jumped back to normal hope it helps.

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    I'm playing on an older M1 macbook with 8GB ram. I have been playing on 26.2 for a while when all of a sudden my FPS & TPS started tanking. Even with optimization mods and minimum graphics settings i'm averaging less than 30 FPS, and MS AVG cycling between 100-3000! thus it's true modded and vanilla, old and new worlds. But whatever the problem is has been the worst at my main base. I have been playing in this world since 1.20 (so 3 years now), and i have 3,500+ hrs in this world. i cannot lose it

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    Similar issue. FPS are fine, but game constantly freezes for split seconds.