Game Tick

A game tick is a single cycle of Minecraft’s game loop, where the game updates actions, events, and mechanics like movement, block changes, and redstone.

Tick Rate

Controls how often entities (like mobs, items, and projectiles) update.

TPS

This measures the game's overall tick speed, ideally 20 ticks per second. When the TPS drops below 20, the game may lag, affecting all processes.

Core Tick Settings

• tickRateFormula: Controls how often things update based on server TPS (e.g., 3 - (tps / 10) means slower updates if TPS drops).

• enabledDimensions: Lists of worlds where these tweaks apply.

Entity Tick Settings

Living Entities:

• Reduces tick rate for living entities (fixedTickRate = 0 means use tickRateFormula).
• Slows down ticks for mobs far away (nonVisibleTickRate).
• Exempts certain mobs.

Item Entities:

• Reduces tick rate for items (fixedTickRate = 0 means use tickRateFormula).
• Detects items within detectionRange.

Block Entities:

• Reduces tick rate for block entities (fixedTickRate = 0 means use tickRateFormula).

Performance Settings

Activation Ranges:

• Sets how far mobs/entities stay active (range = distance in blocks).
• Tick Interval: Tick Rate of the far entity
• WakeUp Interval: It will check every certain ticks, instead of checking every tick.

Mob Despawn:

• Adjusts how fast mobs despawn (despawnTime in ticks, despawnChance per tick).

Emergency Settings

• tpsThreshold: Freezes block entities if TPS drops below this value.

• Don’t use TT20, it does the opposite of Tick Tweaks.

Q: Can I use your code as reference for my mod?

A: Despite the fact that the mod's licence is ARR, you can use Tick Tweaks code as reference. But, please, don’t just do plain Ctrl+C → Ctrl+V. It isn't allowed to port or backport itself.