playerviewdistance

Normally a server applies one view distance to every connected player, which means the most demanding player sets the chunk work for the whole server. playerviewdistance lets each player request a distance of their own. The request is taken from the client and capped by the server's maximum view distance, and an operator can override it with a persistent setting. Players who choose less than the server maximum no longer trigger maximum-distance chunk work for themselves, which reduces unnecessary chunk loading and can lower the time spent per tick.

The mod works on the server only, so players join with a vanilla client and need nothing installed. It runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and the same behaviour is offered on Paper and Folia through a server plugin. Planning for chunk loads is done off the main server thread by a single coalescing planner, so the calculations do not block ticking. Entity ticking, redstone and random ticks stay tied to the simulation distance, and the mod does not change that distance.

Files cover 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2, and the latest build is 2.1.0+mc26.2 for 26.2, dated 2026-08-16. The project is open source under the Apache License 2.0, and its source code and issue tracker are public.