Citric

Core Optimization Mods

• Sodium – The foundation of Citric, Sodium replaces Minecraft’s vanilla renderer with a much more efficient one, drastically improving frame rates.
• Lithium – Optimizes physics calculations, AI processing, and world ticking, reducing unnecessary CPU usage and improving server-side performance.
• Palladium – Provides deduplication, improved memory control, shader/chunk/nbt optimizations and enchanced mob AI.
• Alternate Current – Replaces Minecraft’s redstone simulation with a more efficient system, reducing lag from complex redstone contraptions.
• FerriteCore – Reduces memory usage by optimizing how Minecraft stores block and chunk data, helping with RAM efficiency.

Rendering & FPS Enhancements

• More Culling – Prevents Minecraft from rendering unnecessary parts of the world by aggressively culling blocks, reducing GPU workload.
• Entity Culling – Skips rendering entities that are not visible to the player, drastically improving performance in entity-heavy areas.
• Cull Leaves – Optimizes the rendering of tree leaves by reducing transparency calculations, helping with GPU load.
• ImmediatelyFast – Removes various animation delays and improves immediate rendering of UI elements, increasing responsiveness.
• Exordium – Optimizes rendering of GUI elements to use fewer resources, improving performance in menus and inventory screens.

Chunk & World Optimization

• Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (CCME) – Replaces vanilla’s chunk loading system with an asynchronous, parallelized approach, significantly improving chunk loading speeds.
• Async – Further optimizes async operations, reducing main-thread overhead related to chunk loading and saving.
• ScalableLux – Enhances block lighting updates for better multithreading efficiency, reducing lag spikes caused by lighting calculations.
• Collision Fix – Fixes inefficient collision detection, preventing unnecessary CPU cycles from being wasted on physics calculations.

Memory & Backend Improvements

• Enhanced Block Entities – Improves how Minecraft handles block entities like chests and signs, reducing FPS drops in areas with many interactive blocks.
• ToadLib – A lightweight performance library that enhances compatibility between optimization mods.
• YetAnotherConfigLibrary – Provides an advanced configuration system for Citric, allowing for fine-tuning of settings.
• Noisium – Optimizes noise generation, which is critical for terrain and biome generation, reducing world-gen lag.

Essential Dependencies

• Fabric API – The core library required for most Fabric mods, ensuring compatibility.
• Sodium Extra – Adds additional configuration options to Sodium, allowing for further tweaking of graphics settings.
• Text Placeholder API – Provides an optimized text rendering system, reducing lag in UI-heavy environments.
• Cloth Config API – Enables smooth configuration management for all mods in Citric.

These optimizations work together to create an ultra-lightweight, high-performance experience, ensuring maximum FPS without unnecessary visual enhancements. Citric is designed for players who prioritize raw performance over aesthetics.