The region shift is configurable under `grid-exponent`, which
allows setting the region shift to any value in [0, 31]. Note
that values above 6 affect the lock shift, as the lock shift
currently is computed as max(ticket shift = 6, region shift).
The shift is left configurable for now as the lower default
shift of 2 may have negative performance impacts.
The default region shift has been adjusted to 2 from 4, and
the empty chunk buffer has been reduced to 8 from 16. These
changes reduce, but do not eliminate, player spread
requirements. The previous block range was around ~1500 blocks
at VD = 10, but is now closer to ~900 blocks at VD = 10. This
roughly reduces the area that each player uses in the regioniser
by 2.5x.
Very early build, network configuration switching is supported
but not tested (note: changes need to be backported to Paper)
Changes:
- Supports per player mob caps
- Adds entity tracker optimisations which are not in Paper
(and will not be ported to Paper due to plugin conflicts)
- No longer reverts paper distance map optimisations, as
those are replaced by the NearbyPlayers class
These changes should bring Folia in-line with Paper's optimisations
at least (probably more given the entity tracker optimisations),
still missing features like world loading / some commands
