Outstanding Performance

- Fixed Chutes pulling from inventories causing major framerate drops
- Fixed Chutes sending update packets when idling
- Added a max range for filter slot rendering of blocks
- Synced TEs are no longer able to cause side-effects by calling sendData on the Render Thread

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/chute/ChuteTileEntity.java

@@ -138,12 +138,13 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 		if (!level.isClientSide)
 			canPickUpItems = canDirectlyInsert();
 
+		boolean clientSide = level != null && level.isClientSide && !isVirtual();
 		float itemMotion = getItemMotion();
 		if (itemMotion != 0 && level != null && level.isClientSide)
 			spawnParticles(itemMotion);
 		tickAirStreams(itemMotion);
 
-		if (item.isEmpty()) {
+		if (item.isEmpty() && !clientSide) {
 			if (itemMotion < 0)
 				handleInputFromAbove();
 			if (itemMotion > 0)
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 				if (!handleDownwardOutput(true))
 					nextOffset = .5f;
 				else if (nextOffset < 0) {
-					handleDownwardOutput(level.isClientSide && !isVirtual());
+					handleDownwardOutput(clientSide);
 					nextOffset = itemPosition.value;
 				}
 			}
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 				if (!handleUpwardOutput(true))
 					nextOffset = .5f;
 				else if (nextOffset > 1) {
-					handleUpwardOutput(level.isClientSide && !isVirtual());
+					handleUpwardOutput(clientSide);
 					nextOffset = itemPosition.value;
 				}
 			}
@@ -341,7 +342,8 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 		if (mode == ExtractionCountMode.UPTO || !ItemHelper.extract(inv, canAccept, mode, count, true)
 			.isEmpty()) {
 			ItemStack extracted = ItemHelper.extract(inv, canAccept, mode, count, false);
-			setItem(extracted, startLocation);
+			if (!extracted.isEmpty())
+				setItem(extracted, startLocation);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -496,8 +498,8 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 	public void setItem(ItemStack stack, float insertionPos) {
 		item = stack;
 		itemPosition.lastValue = itemPosition.value = insertionPos;
-		setChanged();
+		if (!level.isClientSide)
-		sendData();
+			notifyUpdate();
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/config/CClient.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class CClient extends ConfigBase {
 	public ConfigBool explainRenderErrors =
 		b(false, "explainRenderErrors", "Log a stack-trace when rendering issues happen within a moving contraption.");
 	public ConfigFloat fanParticleDensity = f(.5f, 0, 1, "fanParticleDensity");
+	public ConfigFloat filterItemRenderDistance = f(10f, 1, "filterItemRenderDistance", "[in Blocks]", "Maximum Distance to the player at which items in Blocks' filter slots will be displayed");
 	public ConfigBool rainbowDebug =
 		b(true, "enableRainbowDebug", "Show colourful debug information while the F3-Menu is open.");
 	public ConfigBool experimentalRendering =

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/SyncedTileEntity.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class SyncedTileEntity extends TileEntity {
 	}
 
 	public void sendData() {
-		if (level != null)
+		if (level != null && !level.isClientSide)
 			level.sendBlockUpdated(getBlockPos(), getBlockState(), getBlockState(), 2 | 4 | 16);
 	}
 

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/filtering/FilteringRenderer.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.matrix.MatrixStack;
 import com.simibubi.create.AllSpecialTextures;
 import com.simibubi.create.CreateClient;
 import com.simibubi.create.content.logistics.item.filter.FilterItem;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.config.AllConfigs;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.SmartTileEntity;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.TileEntityBehaviour;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.ValueBox;
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.ValueBoxTransform.Sid
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Iterate;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Lang;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Pair;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.VecHelper;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer;
 import net.minecraft.client.world.ClientWorld;
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
@@ -86,12 +89,19 @@ public class FilteringRenderer {
 				.highlightFace(result.getDirection());
 	}
 
-	public static void renderOnTileEntity(SmartTileEntity tileEntityIn, float partialTicks, MatrixStack ms,
+	public static void renderOnTileEntity(SmartTileEntity te, float partialTicks, MatrixStack ms,
 		IRenderTypeBuffer buffer, int light, int overlay) {
 
-		if (tileEntityIn == null || tileEntityIn.isRemoved())
+		if (te == null || te.isRemoved())
 			return;
-		FilteringBehaviour behaviour = tileEntityIn.getBehaviour(FilteringBehaviour.TYPE);
+
+		Entity cameraEntity = Minecraft.getInstance().cameraEntity;
+		float max = AllConfigs.CLIENT.filterItemRenderDistance.getF();
+		if (!te.isVirtual() && cameraEntity != null && cameraEntity.position()
+			.distanceToSqr(VecHelper.getCenterOf(te.getBlockPos())) > (max * max))
+			return;
+
+		FilteringBehaviour behaviour = te.getBehaviour(FilteringBehaviour.TYPE);
 		if (behaviour == null)
 			return;
 		if (!behaviour.isActive())
@@ -101,7 +111,7 @@ public class FilteringRenderer {
 			return;
 
 		ValueBoxTransform slotPositioning = behaviour.slotPositioning;
-		BlockState blockState = tileEntityIn.getBlockState();
+		BlockState blockState = te.getBlockState();
 
 		if (slotPositioning instanceof ValueBoxTransform.Sided) {
 			ValueBoxTransform.Sided sided = (ValueBoxTransform.Sided) slotPositioning;

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/linked/LinkRenderer.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.matrix.MatrixStack;
 import com.mojang.datafixers.util.Pair;
 import com.simibubi.create.AllSpecialTextures;
 import com.simibubi.create.CreateClient;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.config.AllConfigs;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.SmartTileEntity;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.TileEntityBehaviour;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.ValueBox;
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@ import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.ValueBoxRenderer;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.ValueBoxTransform;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Iterate;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Lang;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.VecHelper;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer;
 import net.minecraft.client.world.ClientWorld;
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
@@ -63,6 +66,13 @@ public class LinkRenderer {
 
 		if (te == null || te.isRemoved())
 			return;
+		
+		Entity cameraEntity = Minecraft.getInstance().cameraEntity;
+		float max = AllConfigs.CLIENT.filterItemRenderDistance.getF();
+		if (!te.isVirtual() && cameraEntity != null && cameraEntity.position()
+			.distanceToSqr(VecHelper.getCenterOf(te.getBlockPos())) > (max * max))
+			return;
+
 		LinkBehaviour behaviour = te.getBehaviour(LinkBehaviour.TYPE);
 		if (behaviour == null)
 			return;