Halogen - Unofficial Sodium Port for Forge

Important Note!

This project is no longer supported by the developer. Functionality is only available up to Minecraft version 1.16.5, and conflicts with other mods will continue to increase. For the best experience with Sodium technology, we recommend using more up-to-date ports or opting for the Fabric version.

What is Halogen?

Halogen represents an adapted version of the legendary Sodium mod, specifically designed to work with the Forge loader. This unofficial port maintains almost full compatibility with the original Sodium version for Fabric, while including additional fixes and optimizations for the Forge ecosystem.

Interesting fact: initially, the mod also included components from Phosphor and Lithium, but in the latest versions, some Lithium AI systems and Phosphor lighting features have been disabled by default. This is due to incompatibilities with pathfinding mechanics in other mods and issues with the lighting system. The Lithium AI features can still be manually activated by setting the mixin.ai=true parameter in the sodium-mixins.properties configuration file located in the config/ folder.

Components of Halogen

Sodium - This component is completely free and open-source Minecraft client optimization mod. Its primary goal is to significantly increase frame rates, eliminate stuttering and micro-freezes, and resolve various graphical artifacts.

Phosphor - A comprehensive open-source modification focused on conserving CPU resources through thorough modernization of one of Minecraft's most resource-intensive systems - the lighting engine. The uniqueness of this system lies in its effective application on both client and server sides without requiring installation on the player's end.

Compatibility

• Complete incompatibility with well-known optimization tools: Optifine, Performant, and the popular Immersive Portals mod
• The mod has undergone intensive testing within a large modpack containing nearly 400 different Forge addons
• Halogen installation is possible only on the client side or simultaneously on both client and server

Frequently Asked Questions

How to improve game performance?
To achieve maximum frames per second, significantly reduce render distance, disable vertical synchronization (VSync), and set unlimited maximum FPS. In advanced settings, it's recommended to activate foliage simplification and disable translucency sorting.

Square border issues around objects
These visual artifacts typically occur due to the Compact Vertex Format function. Solution: simply disable this option in the "Advanced Settings" section of the video configuration menu.

Missing world generation or block transparency
For individual issues with specific elements, create a bug report. If the problem involves rendering of the entire world, the possible cause might be your graphics card not supporting Multi-draw rendering technology. In such cases, switch the renderer configuration to Oneshot 3.3 or 2.0 mode in the advanced section of video options. Also avoid using the maximum Fabulous! mode, preferring simpler Fancy or Fast settings.

Limitations
The mod currently does not support shader systems, including popular solutions like Iris and Optifine. Compatibility with older Minecraft versions (1.12.2, 1.8.9) is also not planned due to the technical complexity of backporting the technology. Conflicting modifications and optimizers replace the game's graphics pipeline using different methods, making their co-installation fundamentally impossible.