2.5.0 Java Rewrite:

Important Notes:

• The config has been reworked to use Forge's config system with changed and added defaults, config will need to be regenerated
• RLFoliage no longer has a dependency on Forgelin
• RLFoliage requires FermiumBooter for compat patching
• Added compatability with VintageFix's Dynamic Resources Feature
• Significantly improved general performance and rendering visuals

Full Changes:

• RLFoliage has been fully rewritten into Java from Kotlin
• Added compatibility with VintageFix's Dynamic Resources Feature
• Directly added patches from FermiumMixins (Disable those patches)
• Improved render performance with better filtering/ordering/caching/etc
• Improved render visuals both with and without Optifine across different graphic settings
• Fixed broken shaders/handling causing black shading (Mycelium grass, Cacti, Netherrack vines, etc)
• Heavily improved visuals and performance of connected grass/snow rendering
• Added patch for MC-114265 created by jonathan2520 to fix Mipmapping adding black pixels to cutout textures at distance
• Added compat option to prefer rendering cutout textures without Mipmapping as some mods can break Mipmapping
• Added patch to fix PooledMutableBlockPos thread contention (Significantly improves performance if not using Optifine)
• Fix non-AO rendering missing diffuse lighting
• Added compat with Optifine for shader defined diffuse lighting settings
• Fixed incorrect color conversion math
• Improve mutability of math/rendering objects for performance and memory usage
• Replace ASM/Reflection with simplified mixins for performance
• Added missing config options such as Rising Souls speed, additional cactus models, etc
• Removed unused config options
• Updated lang files for new configs
• Added ability to define biome configs by biome type and not just id
• Fixed round leaves not properly using custom texture masks
• Improved resource generation/load time
• Refactor and cleanup unneeded classes

Commission for fixes thanks to Frog