Lagging Out Whilst Logging In/Teleporting/Loading Chunks:
This is caused by the internet connection between your computer and newwind being too slow.
If you have slow internet in general, reducing your render distance in the options menu will improve your connection, as it means the server has to send fewer chunks.
If you have fast internet, your connection routing to Canada (where Newwind is hosted) is bad, this is a common issue for non NA players.
Try using Cloudflare warp, a free program which routes your traffic through Cloudflare's network. It may increase your ping by a bit, but will likely fix any lag problems.
For example, my internet speed is 158mbps, which is relatively fast, but my internet speed to Canada is only 9.8mbps due to bad routing.
My ping will be fine in hub or if I am not loading chunks, but as soon as I start loading chunks the connection isn't fast enough to handle it, resulting in my ping spiking/lagging out.
With Cloudflare warp enabled, my internet speed to Canada is 108mbps, which is 10x faster, due to the better routing.
Ping Too High:
The primary cause of high ping is physical distance from the server,
100ms+ would be expected for European players and 300ms+ for Australians (Farthest possible country).
Having abnormally high ping is usually a result of using Wi-Fi and being too far from the router.
Try to use a wired connection if possible. If that does not fix the issue, see above section.
Game Randomly Freezes for a Few Seconds:
This is most likely caused by Minecraft running out of RAM. You can try using FerriteCore to reduce RAM usage or allocate more RAM.
Low FPS:
We have tested how various mods perform in newwind spawn and during castle (a notoriously laggy event).
High End Windows PC (i5-12400F, RTX 3060) (Minecraft 1.21)
| Mod(s) | Avg. FPS in Spawn | Improvement | Avg. FPS in Castle | Improvement | Stuttering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla | 353 | +0% | 142 | +0% | High |
| Optifine | 422 | +20% | 134 | -6% | Medium |
| Sodium | 526 | +49% | 238 | +68% | Low |
| Sodium + Immediately Fast | 642 | +82% | 406 | +186% | Low |
| Sodium + Immediately Fast + Nvidium | 731 | +107% | 453 | +219% | Minimal |
Lower End Windows Laptop (i5-6200U, GeForce 940MX) (Minecraft 1.21)
| Mod(s) | Avg. FPS in Spawn | Improvement | Avg. FPS in Castle | Improvement | Stuttering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla | 82 | +0% | 31 | +0% | Medium |
| Feather Client | 84 | +2% | 41 | +32% | Medium |
| Labymod | 79 | -4% | 44 | +41% | Medium |
| Lunar Client | 95 | +16% | 51 | +65% | Medium |
| Sodium | 102 | +24% | 65 | +110% | Low |
| Sodium + Immediately Fast | 109 | +33% | 70 | +126% | Low |
| Sodium + Immediately Fast + Nvidium | 109 | +33% | 69 | +123% | Low |
Here are the recommended performance mods for newwind (100% free and open source), they require fabric:
There are a bunch of other small performance mods, but none of them will have an effect as drastic as Sodium.
You can also try optifine, but it takes a long time to update and has minimal performance benefits (see above).
If your PC is especially bad, try using Minecraft Bedrock, which can run smoothly on even the lowest end computers.
The Server Is Lagging:
Server lag on newwind is rare, but still possible. If multiple people online agree that the server is lagging please report it.
