There are two things about that, Jelly:
First, for whatever reason, the farthest chunks that are rendered actually aren't doing anything. Render distance 7 only has 6 active, and so forth. I don't know why this was, but it's why I opted for my compact farm design, when I realized the big farms weren't fully loaded for some reason even though I could physically see the entire facility - though that too might not work anymore? Not sure.
On top of that, I've noticed that chunk visuals are kind of weird since 1.9? Upon logging in, I can't see as far as I should be able to see under the current view distance, but flying out somewhere to make chunks visible keeps them visible for a really long distance, although they're not loaded. I don't know what's the deal, but that segues into the next point:
Second, you have to be aware that the game's performance for all servers just TANKED after 1.9 - this isn't something Frost did.. Either Mojang or Spigot/Paper borked something hard. We were running 8 with no issues just before 1.9 and the update forced us down to like, 5. I hope they're hard at work fixing these problems, and I myself like to harass Frost about the view distance from time to time, but the last time we tried increasing to 7, the server slowed to a crawl within a few hours.
First, for whatever reason, the farthest chunks that are rendered actually aren't doing anything. Render distance 7 only has 6 active, and so forth. I don't know why this was, but it's why I opted for my compact farm design, when I realized the big farms weren't fully loaded for some reason even though I could physically see the entire facility - though that too might not work anymore? Not sure.
On top of that, I've noticed that chunk visuals are kind of weird since 1.9? Upon logging in, I can't see as far as I should be able to see under the current view distance, but flying out somewhere to make chunks visible keeps them visible for a really long distance, although they're not loaded. I don't know what's the deal, but that segues into the next point:
Second, you have to be aware that the game's performance for all servers just TANKED after 1.9 - this isn't something Frost did.. Either Mojang or Spigot/Paper borked something hard. We were running 8 with no issues just before 1.9 and the update forced us down to like, 5. I hope they're hard at work fixing these problems, and I myself like to harass Frost about the view distance from time to time, but the last time we tried increasing to 7, the server slowed to a crawl within a few hours.