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A black hole, Far View and PvP packs
A black hole in the End, Catalyst Shaders on for everyone with a High Quality option, Far View to 256 chunks, PvP texture packs and Smart Particles for more FPS.
- The End has a black hole: a glowing disk swirls round it, the sky bends round its edge, and the void beams pour out of it. Switch it off under The End in Catalyst Shaders.
- Catalyst Shaders is now on for everyone. High Quality, off unless you pick it, draws finer soft shadows, smoother rays and a crisper picture - for strong graphics cards.
- Far View: one click on the launcher's Mods page installs Distant Horizons and shows the world 256 chunks far - mountains and coasts all the way to the horizon. It starts light on your computer, and the far world fills in over a few minutes of play. Catalyst Shaders works with it.
- PvP texture packs on the Mods page: Spunky PvP, CPVP Essentials, PvP Swords and Low Shield. None is on until you add it - each comes from Modrinth, checked.
- Smart Particles, on by default, for more FPS: particles out of view aren't drawn, and the ones that lag the most - campfire smoke, fire smoke and falling leaves - are gone. Every other particle stays.


