More Culling — a mod for Minecraft

More Culling — a mod for Minecraft  

• Loader: Fabric

• Minecraft version: 26.1.2

• Mod version: 1.7.0 

• Dependencies: Cloth Config  

Minecraft uses basic culling of invisible blocks, but it works in a limited way. The game still renders parts of blocks that are completely hidden by other structures, the inner sides of leaves, or text on signs, even when they physically cannot be seen. More Culling extends this system and removes the unnecessary rendering. The result is less GPU load and more FPS, especially in forests, large bases, villages and at high render distance. 

How More Culling works  

The mod checks whether the player can really see a given side of a block or a model. If not, that part is not drawn. 

For example, if you place several glass blocks right next to one another, in the vanilla version the inner faces are often still rendered. More Culling removes this.

The same applies to leaves — in a dense forest the mod removes the parts of models that are hidden by other leaf blocks. On weaker graphics cards this often gives a noticeably more stable FPS.

performance demonstration with the mod enabled

performance demonstration with the mod disabled

Settings in the mod menu 

One of the reasons for the mod's popularity is that almost all features can be turned off and configured separately through the moreculling.toml config file

Config parameters

Where the FPS gain is greatest 

The mod does not give the same result in all worlds.

The biggest difference is noticeable in these scenarios:

• large forests with a lot of leaves

• bases with glass

• warehouses with item frames

• server spawns with decorations

• large villages

• high render distance

demonstration of the mod working in a dense area

If you play in an ordinary world with a render distance of 8 chunks, the gain may be minimal. If you use 20+ chunks or resource packs, the difference is felt much more strongly. 

When the mod is not needed 

When you play at a low render distance and there are few decorative blocks in the world, the gain will be insignificant.

More Culling also barely helps if the problem lies in the CPU, chunk generation or a large number of mobs. In that case, other mods will be more useful.

a base with glass blocks after optimization 

Conclusion 

More Culling solves a specific problem — it removes the unnecessary rendering of models and blocks that cannot be seen anyway. Compared with other similar mods, it works more with blocks, leaves and decorative elements rather than with mobs behind walls. The main limitation is that conflicts with graphics mods sometimes occur, so for large modpacks it is worth checking version compatibility.