Ascension of Ages

-BACK UP YOUR WORLDS, THIS UPDATE IS VERY RISKY!!
-UTILIZE JAVA ARGS: -Xms1G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=150 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50 -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem
-IF YOURE ON A SERVER, PASTE CONFIG FILES INTO SERVER FILES OR THEY WON'T UPDATE!
-major performance pass to make the pack playable on 16 gb systems, as well as a sharp reduction in CPU usage. numbers wise: old version averaged 52% CPU usage and 8.32 cores, current version (this) uses 19.4% CPU on average, and about 3.1 CPU cores. 
-old version used 16.35 gb working ram, 10.83 gb / 12 gb heap used
-new version uses 12.41 gb of working ram, 8.91 gb / 10 gb heap used. 
-worst lag spike came in at 18,625 ms and worst lag spike now is at 10,879 ms. 
-EMI load improved significantly, resulting in a time from 110 seconds down to 70 seconds. 
no memory leaks detected anymore
-launch time started at 243 seconds, now down to as low as 170 seconds
-however this came at a cost, your world may break upon launch. I HIGHLY recommend -starting a new world to feel these improvements
-tuned structure generation, sound physics (lowered calculations), updated mods, added config manager to force apply mod performance fixes
-removed divinerpg, ice and fire, as well as numerous structure mods that are too heavy and used often: WDA, WDA seven seas, CTOV, Towns and Towers, Structory, Explorify, several yung's entries, removed EMI loot / EMI professions, dimensional doors. 
-added replacements on a much smaller footprint: astral dimensions, chrono dawn, yggdrasil and loot integration, luki's structure mods
-removed 2500+ inactive sound-rate rows that impact performance
-cleaned up config files and everything else significantly
-fixed quest formatting, dependencies being broken, removed stale gates, removed item-leaks such as questing something not available until later
-consolidated hundreds of items into alltheores items, condensed common ores into ato ores from mods previously not integrated, kept unique ores separate. updated stage gating to reflect this as well