PlsNoLag

⚡ Now Packet-Based

The old version of PlsNoLag leaned entirely on Bukkit API calls — checking, scanning, and removing entities server-side. Under heavy load, that overhead could end up costing almost as much as the lag it was trying to fix. It worked, but it wasn't far off from being a lag machine itself.

This version flips that approach. Most of the heavy lifting now happens at the packet level instead of the server level:

• 🛒 Stationary minecarts and boats stop sending velocity/sound packets entirely — same result on screen, far less traffic
• 📦 Excess dropped items are hidden from clients, not deleted — they still exist and tick normally, just aren't rendered
• ✨ Excess XP orbs get the same treatment, plus fast force-merging that goes well beyond vanilla
• 🔊 Duplicate sound packets (villager spam, note-block clocks) are deduplicated before they ever reach a player

The entity caps are still there for genuine excess — but now they're paired with client-side tricks that cut network and rendering load without the server doing extra work to enforce them.

Net result: the plugin no longer fights lag by creating more of it.