Performance Tweaks
Extra performance options for lower-end machines.
WhereSettings › Performance
KindClient setting
Versions1.8.9 and 1.21.11
Performance TweaksExtra performance options for lower-end machines.
HUD
HUD Refresh RateAuto (FPS Mode)
World
Optimised World Swapping
Hide Foliage
Hide Wheat
Hide Beacon Beams
Hide Fences
+ 1 more setting, all listed below
Turning it on
- Sour Client menu, then Settings, then Performance, where it sits as Performance Tweaks.
- Change any row and it applies straight away. Reset puts the section back to defaults.
Good to know
- HUD Refresh Rate redraws the HUD less often than the world; the world and your crosshair stay at full frame rate.
- Hide Foliage and Hide Fences remove the models only. Fences still block you.
- Hide Stuck Arrows is worth it in bow fights: every stuck arrow is drawn separately each frame.
Every setting
In the order the game shows them. Indented rows only appear once the row above is set the way it says.
HUD1 setting
| HUD Refresh Rate | How many times a second the HUD (hotbar, chat, scoreboard, HUD mods) is redrawn. The world and your crosshair are always drawn every frame. Auto follows FPS Performance Mode: Extreme 60, Balanced 144, Quality 240. 60 gives the most FPS (about 8-10% in a busy lobby); 144 or 240 makes HUD animations smoother on a high refresh rate screen. | Auto (FPS Mode)Auto (FPS Mode), 60 (fastest), 144, 240 (smoothest) |
World6 settings
| Optimised World Swapping | Skips the forced garbage-collection pause when changing worlds (Hypixel game joins, nether / end portals) for faster, smoother world swaps. | On |
| Hide Foliage | Stops plants from being meshed at all - tall grass, ferns, flowers, saplings, mushrooms, dead bushes, crops, lily pads and vines. The quads are never built, so it is a real chunk saving, not just a hidden draw. On by itself in the Extreme FPS mode until you set it. | Off |
| Hide Wheat | Stops wheat crops from being meshed - handy on maps with big wheat fields. Hide Foliage already covers wheat along with every other plant; this one hides only the wheat. | Off |
| Hide Beacon Beams | Stops beacon beams from being drawn. The beacon block itself still shows. | Off |
| Hide Fences | Stops fences and fence gates from being meshed. They still block you - only the model is gone. | Off |
| Hide Stuck Arrows | Hides the arrows sticking out of players and mobs. Each one is a full entity render per frame, so this is worth real frames in a busy fight. On by itself in the Extreme FPS mode until you set it. | Off |