Mekalus (Oculus fork with fixed Mekanism MekaSuit rendering)

Mekalus is an unofficial version of the Oculus mod, specifically created to fix rendering issues with the MekaSuit from the Mekanism mod when using shaders. Oculus itself is an adapted version of the Iris project designed to work with the Forge mod loader.

Although Oculus developer Asek3 has released updated versions with fixes, I still recommend using Mekalus because it addresses a serious memory leak issue in version 1.19.2. If you're using the Create mod with FLW compatibility, note that it hasn't been updated for version 1.8.0 yet and causes crashes, so Mekalus remains the more reliable choice. This mod also resolves the crash problem when using flamethrowers.

I backported a fix from Iris 1.21.1 to Oculus 1.19.2 and created a Pull Request that has already been accepted. The issue is that Oculus author Asek3 is experiencing professional burnout and doesn't plan to publish updates in the foreseeable future. However, hundreds of thousands of players continue to face this problem, so I released this version as a temporary solution.

For version 1.19.2, it also includes a fix for a serious memory leak caused by Oculus breaking FlyWheel functionality, which resulted in an additional 300 MB of RAM usage with every dimension change.

The same problem exists in version 1.20.1, but for that version, it's recommended to use the AllTheLeaks mod, which includes fixes for many memory leaks, including this one.