The Hearth Pack

the biggest batch since the fabric move: armored elytras stop being a datapack and become a real mod (with the client half in the pack so they finally render), the server learns to shed load on its own, discord rich presence lands, and sodium, iris and the whole shader lineup move together - so this is a re-import, not a drop-in. same as every release: import the new mrpack as a fresh instance and copy your options over if you want them.

mods

• elytra-armor 1.15.0 added - the client half of the armored-elytra switchover. the chestplate now renders on your back over the elytra and the item gets its own icon per armour type. forging and splitting stay the same two actions: anvil to fuse, grindstone to split.
• craftpresence 2.7.1 added, with unilib 1.2.1 (it refuses to launch without it). your discord shows "Cinder Works - The Hearth" while you're on. essential's own presence is switched off in the shipped config so the two don't fight over the discord pipe; the flame icon is pending a cinder works discord app.
• veinminer 2.12.1 + veinminer-client added as a pair - the client half alone refuses to launch, the base mod has to ride along. veinmine only fires while you hold the key, so the keybind is also your off switch.
• jei 30.25.0.177 -> 30.29.0.201, matched to the server. first release-tagged jei on 26.2, so the pack no longer carries a beta exception for it.
• sodium 0.9.1 -> 0.9.2 and iris 1.11.2 -> 1.11.4, together. 0.9.2 finally cut a release build, so the pack is off the alpha line for good. eyeball your shaders after first launch.
• entity model features 3.3.5 -> 3.3.8 (still pairs correctly with entity texture features 7.2.1).
• fabric-api 0.159.0 -> 0.160.0 and fabric language kotlin 1.14.1 on the client. the server holds kotlin at 1.13.13 until its loader moves - the two sides don't need to match here.
• smaller bumps: modmenu 20.0.2, durability tooltip 1.2.0, armor hud 3.5.0, malilib 0.29.6 + litematica 0.28.8 (pair), xaero's minimap 26.5.0 + world map 1.46.0, wavey capes 1.11.1.

shaders

• make up - ultra fast 9.5d -> 9.5e.
• both complementary shaders r5.9 -> r5.9.2, and euphoria-patches moved with them to 1.10.4-r5.9.2 (lockstep, same as always - euphoria patches a copy of the shader, your base pack stays intact).

resource packs

• whimscape 26.1-26.2_r1 -> 26.1-26.3_r1. the 26.3 in the name is the top of its supported range, not the floor - it still lists 26.2. ships present and off, same as before.

on the server, same day

• the vanilla tweaks armored-elytra datapack is retired for the mod. an elytra fused under the old datapack keeps the armour it already had but can't be grindstone-split any more - we checked every inventory, ender chest and worn slot: exactly one exists on the whole server and it's patrick's, so nobody else has anything to do.
• dynamic performance added: when tick time climbs the server trims mob cap, then simulation distance, then view distance, and puts them all back when it settles. capped at the numbers the server already ran, so it only ever dips below and returns.
• distant horizons server support: the pack has shipped DH switched off since 2.1.0 - turning it on (options -> distant horizons -> enable rendering) now actually streams terrain from the server instead of showing empty space.
• named banners show up as markers on the bluemap.
• audioplayer 2.5.0 (release; permissions moved to fabric's own api - shout if /audioplayer stops letting you do something it used to), plus twelve routine bumps: bluemap 5.24, fuji, tab, spark, polymer, puzzles lib, balm, skin restorer, almanac + let me despawn as a pair, and dungeons and taverns 5.3.2 - the last 26.2 build that line gets.