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logan 611a1a5952 docs: client-perf analysis, bench harness and work journal 
Everything the next agent needs to run the Phase 2 optimisation loop on a
machine that can launch the client:

- analysis/client-perf/: LEVERS (ranked levers + corrections), BENCH-MATRIX
  (world, scenes, config IDs, blocks B0-B14 with decision rules),
  PLAYER-TUNING, SPAWN-TUNING, research briefs, the jar scanner and its
  output, observed default configs, and proposed-configs/ (build.py
  generates tiers and bench variants and fails on unknown keys;
  apply_variant.py applies a variant and merges options.txt).
- analysis/client-perf/bench/onion-bench/: bench-world datapack (scene
  teleports, Create grid, mob pen, sound storm, 120 s teleport tour).
- analysis/audit/: the static recipe/dependency audit, including gen_fixes.py,
  which generates the shipped Paxi datapack and was never tracked.
- phase0/: per-machine measurement harness (Steam Deck, 7700K/1060,
  6700K/1080 Ti).
- .pi/journal.md: running work log; read it first.

All of it is packwizignored, so nothing here ships to players.
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# Research: R9 — Libraries / UI / Misc client hooks sweep (Onion MC, 1.21.1 NeoForge 21.1.251)
## Summary
This group is mostly low-cost UI/QoL/library mods: for the large majority **no known client perf issues found** (searched GitHub issue trackers for lag/fps/memory/stutter/sodium/iris). The real, actionable items are: **Puzzles Lib 21.1.62 predates a hot-path event-dispatch fix shipped in 21.1.64**; **Fancy World Animations** has a documented history of heavy chain/lantern animation cost under Iris/Sodium (mitigated in the pinned 1.2.31 via frustum culling + EntityCulling occlusion compat); and **Jade** is the most common *hidden* cost driver here, since its tooltip providers (incl. reading Sophisticated Backpack contents) run on the client while pointing at blocks.
## Findings table
| Mod | What it does (1 line) | Client cost type | Known perf issues (URL, fixed?) | Perf-relevant config levers (exact keys only if seen) | Value vs cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy World Animations (fwa) 1.2.31 | Animates doors/trapdoors/chests/chains/lanterns etc. (mixes into BlockRenderer, ShadowRenderer, RenderChunkRegion) | **Frame** (per-animated-block render work, worst w/ 3D-texture chain packs + shaders) | DOCUMENTED: 3D chains/lanterns caused ~2× FPS loss under Iris/Sodium pre-1.1.17 (https://github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations/issues/24 — fixed via frustum culling in 1.1.17, EntityCulling occlusion-culling compat + cached bounding boxes in **1.2.31**, per issue #24 and #74). CPU-temp complaint: https://github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations/issues/83 (closed). Sodium visual-only bugs #27/#34/#64/#78 (closed). Embeddium duplicate-render #91 (https://github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations/issues/91) — **not applicable**: dev states Embeddium unsupported, "use Sodium"; pack uses real Sodium 0.8.13 | Per-animation toggles in FWA config (chains / lanterns / doors…) — seen in issue #24 discussion, not read from the config file itself | **Keep** (pin ≥1.2.31; already pinned). **Tune on Steam Deck**: consider disabling chain/lantern animations in mineshaft-heavy exploration; they are the documented hot path |
| Moonlight Lib 3.7.1 | MehVahdJukaar library (Supplementaries-family APIs, dynamic asset caching) | Startup (conditional) | DOCUMENTED: dynamic-asset cache system massively slowed modpack startup (160→320s) when paired with asset-generating mods (EveryCompat) — https://github.com/MehVahdJukaar/Moonlight/issues/382 (open, but traced to EveryCompat generation-mode config + zip listing behavior). No Moonlight-modded mods of that family appear in this pack's list | `everycomp-*.toml` generation modes — only relevant if EveryCompat/Supplementaries present (not in this topic's list) | **Keep** if a listed mod needs it; else **candidate-remove** (verify dependents first) |
| Iceberg 1.3.2 | Grend_G modding library (events/helpers, animated texture utils) | none-known | No known client perf issues found (issue tracker shows crashes/compat, not perf) | — | Keep (required by dependents) |
| Puzzles Lib 21.1.62 | Fuzss multiloader framework (events, config screens, GUI helpers) used by several UI mods | **Frame** (event-dispatch overhead) + startup | VERIFIED: ~8% of render thread spent in `EntityRenderer.handler$…$puzzleslib$createRenderState()` via dynamic-proxy/MethodHandle dispatch (per-entity per-frame hot path) — https://github.com/Fuzss/puzzles-lib/issues/202 (fixed). **Fix backported to 1.21.1 in v21.1.64 (2026-10-11): "Cache method handles in FabricEventFactory to reduce event listener invocation overhead"** — changelog: https://modrinth.com/mod/puzzles-lib (versions 21.1.63/21.1.64 for 1.21.1 NeoForge). **Pack pins 21.1.62 (2026-09-29) → predates the fix.** Note the ~8% figure was measured on MC 26.2/Fabric; the 1.21.1 changelog entry confirms the same dispatch path exists in this line | — | **Tune → update 21.1.62 → 21.1.64+** (highest-value single change in this group) |
| Balm 21.0.66 | BlayTheNinth cross-version library (Waystones etc.) | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep (Waystones dep) |
| Chalk 2.0.2 | Draws chalk marks on blocks | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Charta 1.2.5 | Card-game mod (playable card tables) | Startup / VRAM (INFERENCE: registers ~31 core shaders at resource load); frame only at card tables | Server-side lag-spike on player join: https://github.com/lucaargolo/charta/issues/14 (closed). No client perf issues found | — | **Candidate-remove** if the group doesn't play cards (client+server mod — must be removed on both sides); shaders tax startup/VRAM regardless of use |
| Client Sort 3.89.1 | Sort/move items in any inventory screen (client-only) | Frame (only inside container screens) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Sounds (sounds) 2.4.22 | UI/ambient sound polish mod | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Now Playing 1.5.16 | Shows currently playing music track (HUD/toast) | Frame (tiny, HUD element) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Music Disc Maker 3.0.5 | Creates custom music discs | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| cat_jam | Cats bob heads to music (cosmetic) | Frame (negligible) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| PlayerRevive 2.1.2 (+ CreativeCore 2.13.48) | Downed/revive multiplayer mechanic | Frame (downed-player overlays) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Jade 15.10.6 | WAILA-style "what am I looking at" tooltip | **Client-tick + frame** while pointing at blocks/entities; tooltip providers can read container contents | VERIFIED: FPS→0 ~1s when looking at player heads — https://github.com/Snownee/Jade/issues/742 (closed not-planned on 1.21.10 branch, but **workaround applies to 1.21.1**: add `player_head` to `hide-blocks.json`). Freeze looking at containers documented but tied to ViaFabricPlus server-version bridging (https://github.com/Snownee/Jade/issues/783, dup https://github.com/Snownee/Jade/issues/790) — not applicable to a native 1.21.1 server. SB-content reading implicated as the real cost in https://github.com/P3pp3rF1y/SophisticatedBackpacks/issues/1352 (owner: "another mod that shows backpack contents (like Jade)"). Historical client-disconnect memory leak PR: https://github.com/Snownee/Jade/pull/405 (long since in 15.x line) | `hide-blocks.json` (config file, exact name seen in #742); provider/plugin toggles in Jade's in-game config (key names not verified — do not guess) | **Keep + tune**: hide player heads/decor blocks in `hide-blocks.json`; if profiling shows tooltip cost, disable container-contents display — biggest overlap is with Sophisticated Backpacks |
| Patchouli 1.21-88 line | Guide-book framework (botania-style books) | Client-tick / frame inside books; startup (parses book JSONs) | DOCUMENTED: excessive client lag spike on advancement toasts — https://github.com/VazkiiMods/Patchouli/issues/481 (1.18.1 era, closed; not confirmed still present in 1.21.1). Crash-after-days on 1.21.1 NeoForge: https://github.com/VazkiiMods/Patchouli/issues/795 (stability, not perf) | — | Keep (needed by guide books); only re-check #481-class advancement stutter if it reproduces |
| Modonomicon | kli_kli data-driven guide-book mod (Patchouli alternative) | Client-tick / frame inside books | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Sophisticated Backpacks/Storage/Core | Upgradeable backpacks + storage drawers | Client-tick when tooltip/Jade reads contents; frame on heavy-content tooltips | VERIFIED interplay: "Massive Lag when Looking at Backpack" traced by the SB owner to content-display mods (Jade), not SB itself — https://github.com/P3pp3rF1y/SophisticatedBackpacks/issues/1352 (closed). NBT-heavy-content tooltip stutter pattern documented for other backpack mods: https://github.com/AllTheMods/ATM-6/issues/490 | — | Keep; **tune**: if Jade+SB tooltips stutter on the Deck, hide backpack/stack contents in Jade or stop shift-hover previews |
| Zume 1.2.2 | Smooth zoom keybind | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Quick Skin 3.0.1 | Reload own skin without relog | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Room For Two 0.3.0 | Two players share one bed / sit together | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Keybind Atlas | Searchable keybind manager screen | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| FindMe | Hover-item search/highlight across nearby inventories | Client-tick (search scope) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| OctoLib/ShatterLib 0.6.2 | Small library dependency | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep (if listed as dependency; verify consumer mod before removing) |
| Fragmentum 5.2.0 | Small library dependency | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep (same caveat) |
| Mino++ 1.4.0 | Small library/utility mod | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep (verify consumer mod) |
| Comforts | Sleeping bags/hammocks | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| MRU 1.0.41 | Mrthomas20121 utility library | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep (verify consumer mod) |
| Blueprint 8.2.0 | TeamAbODE library (Chipped/variant mods family) | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| YACL | YetAnotherConfigLib — config screens | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Extreme Sound Muffler | Muffle selected sounds | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Loot Journal | Journal of looted items | Client-tick (event log) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Enchantment Descriptions | Enchant descriptions in tooltips | Frame (tooltip text only) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Mouse Tweaks | Drag-scroll inventory manipulation | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Clumps | Merges XP orbs into single entities | **Negative cost** (reduces entity render/tick load client & server) | Old server-side orb flood w/ Apotheosis: https://github.com/jaredlll08/Clumps/issues/22 (2019-era, closed) | — | **Keep** — net perf positive |
| Gravestone (henkelmax) | Places grave with inventory on death | none-known | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
| Waystones | Fast-travel waystones | none-known (client) | Server-side worldgen/save hangs: https://github.com/TwelveIterations/Waystones/issues/428 + #448 — **fixed Nov 2021**, not client-applicable | — | Keep |
| Lootr | Per-player instanced loot chests | none-known (client) | Server-side SavedData disk-write lag spikes: https://github.com/LootrMinecraft/Lootr/issues/804 (closed Jun 2026; author: general SavedData/IO issue, improved by data-system rewrite — server concern, not client) | — | Keep (note for the *server* perf report) |
| Open Parties and Claims (client side) | Chunk claims/parties + claim overlay (uses Xaero maps) | Frame (claim outline overlay) | VERIFIED: client-side claim-coloring optimization was implemented in 2022 — https://github.com/thexaero/open-parties-and-claims/issues/67 (closed completed Sep 2022). #758 boat-collision and #816 1M-claim-crash items are server-side | — | Keep |
| Apothic Combat | Combat overhaul module (Apotheosis-family) | Frame (particle/affix rendering in fights) | DOCUMENTED (adjacent, Apotheosis 1.20.1): dual-wield affixed weapons + Better Combat tank FPS — https://github.com/Shadows-of-Fire/Apotheosis/issues/804. **Better Combat is not in this pack**, so not directly applicable — INFERENCE | — | Keep |
| Explorer's / Nature's Compass | Locate biomes/structures, HUD display | Client-tick (search runs server-side + synced result) | No known client perf issues found | — | Keep |
## Notable
1. **Bump Puzzles Lib 21.1.62 → 21.1.64.** The pinned version predates the "cache method handles in FabricEventFactory" fix (v21.1.64, 2026-10-11) that resolved a measured ~8% render-thread hot-path overhead in per-entity render-state creation ([issue #202](https://github.com/Fuzss/puzzles-lib/issues/202); 1.21.1 changelog on [Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/mod/puzzles-lib)). This is the only confirmed actionable perf bug in this entire group.
2. **FWA 1.2.31 is the right version to be on, but it is not free.** Chains/lanterns with 3D-texture packs + shaders were a documented ~2× FPS loss; frustum culling (1.1.17) and EntityCulling occlusion-culling compat + cached bounding boxes (1.2.31) address exactly this ([#24](https://github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations/issues/24)). On the Steam Deck (weakest GPU), toggling chain/lantern animations in FWA config for mineshaft-heavy play is the cheap lever. The Embeddium duplicate-render issue [#91](https://github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations/issues/91) does not apply — dev explicitly supports Sodium, which this pack uses.
3. **Jade is the hidden cost driver of this group, not the mods it points at.** The SB "looking at backpack = 20-30 FPS" report was attributed by the SB author to Jade's content display ([SB #1352](https://github.com/P3pp3rF1y/SophisticatedBackpacks/issues/1352)); player-head tooltips could drop FPS to 0, fixed for users via `hide-blocks.json` ([Jade #742](https://github.com/Snownee/Jade/issues/742)). Pre-tune Jade (hide player heads; trim container-contents display) before blaming Sophisticated Backpacks in benchmarks.
4. **Charta is a plausible small startup/VRAM tax for a mod most players rarely use** (~31 core shaders registered at resource load — INFERENCE from pack file listing; no client perf issue reported in its tracker). If the card tables are unused, remove it on client+server.
5. **Most of the scary issues in these trackers are server-side** (Lootr SavedData writes, Waystones worldgen, OPAC boat collisions/claim-crash, Charta join-lag) — they belong in the server perf report, not the client one. For the client, "no known client perf issues found" genuinely applies to ~30 of these 40 mods.
## Sources
- Kept: FWA issue tracker + #24/#74/#91/#83 (github.com/maDU59/FancyWorldAnimations) — authoritative on the pinned version's perf history
- Kept: Puzzles Lib #202 + Modrinth 1.21.1 version changelogs (api.modrinth.com/v2/project/puzzles-lib) — proves fix version vs pinned version
- Kept: Jade #742/#783/#790 (github.com/Snownee/Jade) — real client-tick/frame costs + the `hide-blocks.json` lever
- Kept: SophisticatedBackpacks #1352 (github.com/P3pp3rF1y/SophisticatedBackpacks) — attributes the cost to Jade-style content display
- Kept: Moonlight #382 (github.com/MehVahdJukaar/Moonlight) — startup cost mechanism, conditional on asset-gen mods
- Kept: Lootr #804, Waystones #428/#448, OPAC #67/#758/#816, Charta #14 — confirm server-side classification
- Dropped: Reddit threads (r/feedthebeast "which mods cause most lag", UsefulMods wiki) — generic, not version-pinned, uncorroborated for these exact versions
- Dropped: Iceberg/Clumps unrelated repos (apache/iceberg, moonlight-stream) — name collisions, not the MC mods
## Gaps
- Could not find per-mod client benchmarks; magnitudes are from individual user spark profiles, not controlled tests — validate Puzzles Lib gain and FWA chain cost with a spark profile on one Deck before/after.
- Exact config key names for Jade (hide-blocks list location beyond `hide-blocks.json`), FWA per-animation toggles, and any Sophisticated Backpacks tooltip toggle were not read from the mods' source/config files (only referenced in issues) — do not write keys into pack configs without opening the jars.
- Several tiny mods (Mino++, OctoLib/ShatterLib, Fragmentum, MRU, Keybind Atlas, Room For Two, Music Disc Maker) have little public issue activity at all; their "none-known" verdicts reflect absence of evidence. Before removal, verify which installed mod consumes each library (check each jar's `META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml` dependency list).
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