DynamicRenderDistance

Dynamic Render Distance 1.3.1

Added

• Forge 1.16.5 (Forge 36.2.42+, Java 8). Client-only, with the same settings screens, HUD, key binds, /drd commands and JSON config as the other versions. No additional mod required.

Changed

• Lower Fabric minimums: 1.3.0 asked for the Fabric Loader and Fabric API builds it was compiled against (for example Fabric Loader 0.18.4 and Fabric API 0.92.7 on 1.20.1). 1.3.1 asks only for the oldest build of each Minecraft line it works with.
• Fabric 26.1.2 now requires Fabric Loader 0.19.5 or newer: Architectury API 20.1.14 crashes the game at startup on older loaders.
• Forge now starts at the first recommended build of each line (43.1.0, 47.1.0, 61.1.0) instead of accepting every build, betas included.
• Forge 1.21.1 now requires Forge 52.1.2 or newer: on older 52.x builds the mod could not register its HUD. Update Forge if the game says the mod needs a newer version.

Fixed

• A NaN typed by hand into checkIntervalSeconds or cooldownSeconds in config/dynamicrenderdistance.json no longer breaks saving. Before, the next change from the settings screen, a preset, a toggle key or /drd failed with an error and left the config file cut short. Such a value now falls back to the default (5 and 10 seconds).
• Minecraft 1.21.11 on Forge and NeoForge: the log no longer shows "Couldn't load mod/dynamicrenderdistance pack metadata" every time a world is loaded.

Unchanged

• No gameplay change: render distance logic, HUD, settings screens, key binds, /drd and the config file work exactly as in 1.3.0.
• All Minecraft versions and loaders from 1.3.0 remain available. Nothing removed.

Compatibility

• Client-side only: servers do not need it.
• Fabric needs Fabric API and Architectury API, NeoForge needs Architectury API, Forge needs nothing but Forge.

Architectury API is required on Fabric and NeoForge only.