
Blendium
Alpha blending for Distant Horizons and Sodium!
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About this Mod
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Blendium
Alpha blending for Distant Horizons and Sodium!
Blendium is archived and obsolete, because Iris shaderpacks are able to create a seamless transition between Minecraft chunks and DH LODs.
Blendium's method of blending Minecraft chunks and DH LODs causes too many rendering artifacts that are jarring to look at.
Voxy also has a seamless water transition without Iris shaderpacks, thanks to MCRcortex/voxy #52 by Xenthio.
Dependencies
Required
Optional
- Distant Horizons: blends nicely with the LODs from Distant Horizons
- Iris: Blendium has shaderpack presets for using Distant Horizons with Iris shaderpacks. See Distant Horizons shader compatibility info for shaderpacks that are compatible with Distant Horizons (and have blending), since Blendium only works with Sodium without a shaderpack enabled. Currently supports Distant Horizons' LOD brightness and saturation settings, as well as a water reflection color shader modification for Distant Horizons. When Iris isn't present the options for the shaderpack
(off)in the config file are used
Incompatibilities
- Forge forks of Sodium (Rubidium, Magnesium, Embeddium, etc.)
- Forge forks of Iris (Oculus)
Create an issue on the issue tracker if you've found an incompatibility!
Download
See the version info in the filename for the supported Minecraft versions.
Made for the Fabric and Quilt modloaders.
Client side.
FAQ
Q: Will you be backporting this to lower Minecraft versions?
A: No.Q: Forge pls?
A: Also no.
License
This project is licensed under LGPLv3, see LICENSE.
Available Versions
How to Install Blendium on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.4).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Blendium". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2 (+2 more)
Server-side
✗ UnsupportedRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Blendium server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Blendium compatible with fabric and quilt?
Blendium officially supports fabric, quilt for Minecraft 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Blendium – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Blendium consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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