Polymer - Quality of Life

A dual-sided client and server mod that significantly enhances gameplay experience on servers utilizing PolyMc and polymer technologies. Full functionality requires installation on both client and server components.

Key Improvements

Client-Side Block Breaking

When the client_mining option is enabled in server configuration, the standard server-side block break time calculation in PolyMc and polymer is disabled for players with polymer-qol installed. Instead, the client utilizes polymer's block synchronization data to determine actual break times for modded blocks and performs calculations locally. This ensures smooth block breaking, particularly noticeable with high ping.

Arm Swing Prevention

With the prevent_swing setting enabled in server configuration, players using polymer-qol won't perform arm swinging animations when interacting with fake noteblocks, which commonly serve as replacements for modded blocks.

Elimination of Block Update Visuals

With polymer-qol installed on the client, block placement and breaking processes don't trigger unnecessary visual updates on the client side, eliminating distracting incorrectly displayed blocks—especially valuable with unstable connections.

Server Configuration

The server configuration file is located at config/polymer-qol-server.json and provides administrators with control over mod functionality.

{
  "_c0": "Allows polymer-qol clients to perform block mining client-side",
  "client_mining": true,
  "_c1": "Prevents polymer-qol clients from swinging their arm when interacting with fake noteblocks",
  "prevent_swing": true
}