Veil of the Ancients

🌐 Patch 4.2 - Multiplayer Update

This patch introduces several quality-of-life and performance improvements specifically optimized for multiplayer environments.

🆕 New Additions

• Item Highlighter [Neo/Forge] – Highlights newly acquired or recently picked-up items in your inventory for better visibility and management.

• Cracker's Wither Storm Mod: V-Sides Soundtrack – Adds an extended atmospheric soundtrack to enhance the Wither Storm encounter.

• DespawnTweaker – Customizes despawn behavior to reduce lag caused by excessive entities.

• BadOptimizations – Applies backend fixes to poorly optimized vanilla logic for better TPS.

• Create Ore Excavation – Enables vein mining using tools from the Create mod, streamlining resource gathering.

• DoesPotatoTick? – Diagnostic tool to help track performance issues and identify lag sources.

• FastFurnace – Rewrites furnace tick behavior for better performance during smelting.

• Fast Item Frames – Optimizes item frame rendering and allows use of colored item frames for more visual customization.

🔁 Replacements

• Embeddium Extra was replaced with Chloride, a more advanced and optimized fork of Embeddium++ / Sodium++.

🔧 General Notes

• All mods were updated for performance, compatibility, and stability improvements.

• Expect smoother TPS under heavy multiplayer load and less rendering overhead.