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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 02/08/2026

Longview 1.3.1 has been released! This update allows for Iris shader pack developers to add support for this mod! Once they get around it (be patient please), you'll be able to enjoy crisp cold pigs over long distances! #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding #graphicsdev

A Minecraft screenshot of a cold pig in a snowy mountain with a few waterlogged leaves being zoomed in. BSL Shaders v10.1.3 is being used here and Longview is not being used. The pig, the water inside the leaves as well as the lighting in the snow show serious artifacting.

A Minecraft screenshot of a cold pig in a snowy mountain with a few waterlogged leaves being zoomed in. An edited version of BSL Shaders v10.1.3 is being used here and Longview is being used. No artifacting is present on this picture. On the top-left, it says "BSL Shaders v10.1.3 Basic Ennui Edit, Smoke and Mirrors only! This is only a demonstration of what's possible now!"

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 01/08/2026

Working on what I consider to be Longview's next milestone. If you are a shader developer, this may interest you! #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding

A screenshot of Minecraft with Iris and Longview installed. The F3 debug info is open with two important things: Iris's shader pack being set to "BSL v10.1.3 Longview (Unofficial Amateur Experiment!!!) and a new Longview debug section featuring "Reverse Z: disabled" and "Zero-to-One Z: enabled"

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 06/05/2026

* In order for Distant Horizons to work, it is required to use its Blaze3D backend before using Longview. This will, however, unfortunately conflict with Iris Shaders. If using Fabric, you may use Voxy until the DH/Iris issue is solved; personally, it's a better-looking mod anyway.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 06/05/2026

Good news! Longview is now compatible with Voxy and Distant Horizons*! Enjoy sightseeing terrain from extreme distances without any glitches at all; here's Longview + Voxy in action! #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding

A screenshot of a border between Vanilla and Voxy terrain with Longview disabled. The animals visible are extremely glitched.

A screenshot of a border between Vanilla and Voxy terrain with Longview enabled. The animals visible don't have any glitches, and a sole Vanilla tall grass is fixed as well.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 04/04/2026

Longview 1.1.0 is out! The long-distance-glitch-fixing mod is now compatible with Iris! You can enjoy no Z-fighting and jaggies on vanilla rendering without breaking your shaders! I will be working on a way for shader devs to properly support Longview later on. #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding

A view of a llama above a Minecraft hill, with a tree being visible on the right. Shaders are off and Longview is enabled here, and the llama has no jaggies.

A view of a llama above a Minecraft hill, with a tree being visible on the right. Complementary Shaders are on and Longview automatically disabled itself here, fixing the shaders but restoring the jaggies to the llama.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 18/02/2026

Oh, and of course: Big thanks to the Godot Engine for documenting this on their blog! I love reading through their articles and it always makes me excited for the future.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 18/02/2026

In case you are wondering: yes, thanks to Minecraft 26.1-snapshot-7 further reworking rendering, it is very likely that mod compatibility won't be an issue here at all! I'd like to thank Mojang for actually putting effort to the point where this became completely viable. (and yes! zero costs!)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 18/02/2026

Hi! I made a mod called Longview that implements reverse-Z in Minecraft, and it's as magical as I expected! Check it out and say goodbye to Z-fighting and jaggies from far away! mods.cf/1465234 modrinth.com/mod/longview (to be approved by Modrinth) #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding #graphicsdev

A scene without Longview featuring a cold pig in the middle of a frozen peak with two waterlogged leaves. The cold pig is visibly jagged and Z-fighting is visible on the waterlogged leaves.

A scene with Longview featuring a cold pig in the middle of a frozen peak with two waterlogged leaves. The cold pig has no jaggies and there's no visible Z-fighting whatsoever.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 23/01/2026

Hm, Sodium got a configuration API? Finally! It's about time! Introducing the fourth way of accessing Ok Zoomer's settings: Sodium's video settings. Enjoy! #minecraft #mcdev #minecraftmodding

Sodium's replacement of Minecraft's Video Settings screen, now featuring an Ok Zoomer section, with one single entry named "Zoom". Said entry has an "Open" prompt.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 08/01/2026

After punching numbers and symbols on Desmos, it turns out smooth transitions defined by an arbitrary factor can be translated to fixed-time ones! That's right! Coming to Ok Zoomer, you will get to define transitions by a time duration! And also mess with silly stuff :p #minecraftmodding #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 09/12/2025

Hi! It's been a while, but Ok Zoomer is plowing forwards at the end of this year! We have been overhauling Wrench Wrapper (an indev config library) as well as cleaning up code, and oh dear, 46% of the mod has been trimmed! Goodbye bloat! Stay tuned for real and major feature work soon. #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 06/06/2025

After stepping on too many rakes, Ok Zoomer's alphas for Minecraft 1.21.6 pre-releases are finally usable. The loader will no longer complain about the mod wanting a newer MC version. I apologize for the inconvenience, I hope you enjoy it. #minecraft #mcdev

A dried ghast nearby a lake in the Minecraft overworld, zoomed in by the zoom feature from Ok Zoomer.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 30/05/2025

Modrinth and Curseforge may not approve this project within 3 nanoseconds but jokes on you! You can download it on GitHub now! github.com/Up-Mods/Paus... ..I was supposed to work more on Ok Zoomer's port today, oh well

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 30/05/2025

Minecraft 1.21.6 no longer pauses the music when your game is paused, with no options available. Pause Music on Pause lets you pause music on pause once more! Available soon: modrinth.com/mod/pause-mu... www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc... #mcdev #minecraft

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 22/04/2025

Sorry! It turns out I'm still on pseudo-hiatus; While it's being complicated to make any major progress on my projects right now, rest assured: I am still slowly chipping away at stuff! Like uh, this thing

In a white background, a shocked face is in the center. Below that face, is the following text: "404. There's nothing here???". A tiling pattern can barely be seen on said background.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 24/02/2025

Ok Zoomer 12.0.0-beta.5 is out! Enjoy an easier way to configure your zoom as well as zoom scrolling sounds today: modrinth.com/mod/ok-zoomer Let me know what you think! #mcdev #minecraft

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 24/02/2025

Yes, if this works out, I'm willing to make the settings button into an API that anyone can use and bundle; but first, it needs polishing!

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 24/02/2025

Coming soon to Ok Zoomer: So, there's this zoom mod, and you want to configure it. How do you do that? There is Mod Menu as well as the /ok_zoomer command, but neither of those are too straightforward; What if you could open it through a button in the Key Binds menu? #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 14/02/2025

I do! My plans are: - A blog so I can do Advanced Yelling at Void™ - Portfolios for stuff like mods, dev, and maybe art - A small About Me hidden somewhere - Maybe have Portuguese as a second language I already made some decent progress in the meantime, but it'll take a while until it's ready

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 14/02/2025

Alright! So, @ennuil.bsky.social is no more because I finally have my own domain! @ennui.langeweile.page is now my Bluesky account's handle; no, there is no website yet, that's going to be my summer break project; Anyway, back to hibernating!

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 11/02/2025

Yeah, it's hiatus time for now; Summer break has arrived (southern hemisphere moment) and I will take maximum advantage of it! I need to! So yeah, don't expect much activity on my mods (unless it's port time) I'm still messing around with stuff though, at least when I feel like it; stay tuned..?

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 26/01/2025

One day™ (seriously, i do wanna properly announce it one day with a nice bsky post but until then i can't help but keep teasing people with these big invs agulymwaulgmw) (if you are a random person and is reading this? fineeeeeeee, here is my hidden gem:) (modrinth.com/mod/ennuis_b...)

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Ennui's Bigger Inventories - Minecraft Mod

An inventory overhaul mod that adds a tenth column to everything in a way that fits Vanilla naturally!

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 25/01/2025

Coming Soon (as soon as uni ends): Ok Zoomer is set to not only support Trinkets, but also Accessories and (TBD) Curios! The spyglass slot is provided by the "Ok Zoomer Addon: Spyglass Trinkets Slot" mod, which is a pretty neat addon! #mcdev #minecraft

A Minecraft inventory with modifications from the Accessories mod visible. The player can be seen looking at the only additional slot, the Spyglass slot, where a spyglass item can be seen slotted in. The contents of the usual inventory contain retextured diamonds tools, iron tools (including a crook from Crooked Crooks), wood, golden carrots, and a line of rainbow shulker boxes covering ten columns. The inventory is once again suspiciously larger than usual.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/01/2025

Well, it's time to take a break! But before I disappear: Ok Zoomer on Minecraft 1.20.1 not only got a new update but also is now compatible with Fabric, Quilt, Forge and NeoForge! yes I have been Forge'd, please send help #minecraft #mcdev

A zoomed-in view of Ennui on a snowy Minecraft plains about to be crushed by a bunch of scattered anvils.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 04/01/2025

Hm, what if Ok Zoomer's zoom had scrolling sounds? #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 25/12/2024

Sorry! I was on a bit of a rush; I've addressed that now with what I think is a nice overview image for Modrinth :p (plus crook recipes, it's always good to be able to see recipes beforehand)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 25/12/2024

Crooked Crooks has returned for Fabric and NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1 and 1.21.4! Enjoy breaking leaves out of your skyblock trees, pulling mobs towards you, as well as herding sheep! modrinth.com/mod/crooked-... www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc... #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 21/12/2024

You know that moment when you do an equivalent of "sudo rm -rf" and completely nuke a project you have been working hard on that hasn't been pushed to Git yet? I kinda did that to myself with Git.. Thank god for IntelliJ's local history; I managed to recover almost everything thanks to it

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 20/12/2024

(PS: please don't be inspired by this approach, this system will not scale up well beyond one config option; think about the hard drives!) (I do hope this config system will cover the purpose of being intuitive while I redesign my config library in the meantime; heck, it even has comments!)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 20/12/2024

You have a crook that herds sheep, but what if you don't want it to do that? Well, my config infra still needs a major overhaul, so I decided to improvise! Introducing Satire Config, a silly config system that works! Drag and drop options to the "disabled" folder to disable them! #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 18/12/2024

Alright, this crook herds sheep, but can this crook do skyblock? Yes it can! It multiplies drops from leaves! (and grass if you have any) #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 17/12/2024

Hm, I'll probably consider an addon mod that adds the old progression (+ modded) crooks later then; I have to admit that I've been waiting for MC to data-drive items before this! But it's clear that it'll take ages 'til then If I do that though, I'll probably go for more crafting and less smithing

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 16/12/2024

Don't mind me! I'm just herding some sheep with the help of an old friend of mine :p #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 15/12/2024

I feel like resurrecting my crook mod, but if I have to do that? I should take the opportunity to change a few things So! For crooks, do you think that a Wood/Stone/Bone/Iron crafting-based progression would be better than a Wood/Stone/Iron/Diamond/Netherite smithing-based one? #minecraft #mcdev

A wooden board on an ice surface with 4 crooks inside item frames placed on it. They're labelled: "Wooden", "Bone" (with it being shifted down compared to the others), "Stone" and "Iron".

A wooden board on an grass surface with 6 crooks inside item frames placed on it. They're labelled: "Wooden", "Stone", "Gold" (with it being shifted down compared to the others), "Iron", "Diamond" and "Netherite". A smithing table is barely visible on the corner.

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 08/12/2024

Fun fact: December 8th was the day when Ok Zoomer was first released to the public, introducing smooth transitions to the world of zooming; That night was when I had a dream that would make me question my gender and ultimately realize I'm a woman; i can't believe that the zoom mod made me trans

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 08/12/2024

Enough with stagnation! Ok Zoomer: The Rebirth Update: Part 1 has been released on Modrinth and CurseForge! Today on its 5th birthday, you can enjoy: - Exponential zoom scrolling that never slows down! - Spot creatures from far distances without lagging the game while not zooming! #minecraft #mcdev

A tombstone can be seen in a gray curvy landscape, said tombstone has "RIP" and "2019-2014" as its inscriptions, with a stick representation of Ok Zoomer's icon on its center. The gravestone has a hole on its center, with small debris around, and coming out of that hole is a yellow hand holding a magnifying glass, representing the Ok Zoomer mod. Above the tombstone are the words "Ok Zoomer", "The Rebirth Update", "Part 1".

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 07/12/2024

Coming soon to Ok Zoomer: One of the biggest complaints was about how zoom scrolling worked; the further you zoomed in, the slower it gets! What if it was more consistent? Introducing exponential zoom scrolling, an entire new system that finally makes sense for zooming! #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 07/12/2024

And I will continue cooking! Once upon a time, this mod had "The ultimate zoom mod, accept no substitutes" as its tagline, and I will commit hard to deserve that silly title once again!

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 05/12/2024

Coming soon to Ok Zoomer: Have you ever wished you could zoom in and actually see animals (and chests) on the distance? Now you can through this new tweak! Maybe don't zoom too far in though, the animals have this curse of being Far Landed into glitchiness and they may stare back #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 04/12/2024

Well, I talk a lot about Ok Zoomer, but I have to admit: it's not perfect! It definitely could be much better; As it reaches its 5th anniversary on December 8th, I've decided that Ok Zoomer cannot stay Ok forever. Introducing: Excellent Zoomer. #minecraft #mcdev (stay tuned for December 8th! :p)

A screenshot of an extremely zoomed out Minecraft landscape, showing the entire world as if the player was above everything. In the zoomed out player view, an action bar message can be seen: "-4 - 0.396850269920499".

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 03/12/2024

*wakes up* Ok Zoomer v12 has been quickly released for Minecraft 1.21.4 after the Secret Norge Port™ was made public; thankfully, I logic'd the port logic 99% correctly, so past Ennui is 99% wonderful! Note: if zooming out has flashes, disable the "Smart Occlusion" tweak until Sodium updates #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 27/11/2024

Hey! Do you want a zoom mod for the Minecraft 1.21.4 pre-releases? I have good news for you: Thanks to shenanigans, the next Ok Zoomer update for MC 1.21.2 now has complete support for all 1.21.4 pre-releases so far! Of course, this is Fabric-only but we'll be ready for Norge soon #minecraft #mcdev

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 17/11/2024

with the help of Mixins, I was able to apply zooming only to the options FOV instance that would be used by Minecraft's culling (while leaving the rest alone); It's simpler than it sounds, but it means that Minecraft now knows how to account for zooming while I still avoid messing with FOV settings

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 17/11/2024

Nah, zoom mods still modify the FOV in order to zoom in as usual; The issue is that for culling, it now uses the options FOV (the one you configure) instead of the internal FOV (the one modified by sprinting, etc.); Modifying the options FOV is bad practice since it can mess with FOV settings, so,

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 17/11/2024

It works by making Vanilla's culling system account for the zoomed FOV plus some tricks to ensure the culling "cache" is happy; Older MC versions (ex: 1.16) used to use the internal FOV, which did make all zoom mods back then do said culling, but now? nobody else has it! It requires effort now!

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/11/2024

Footnote: I have to admit: I love JPEG XL! Unfortunately it doesn't really matter here, animated JXLs right now act more like super-powered APNGs that can become literal JPEGs than anything, really; I have tried, they are just silly (20/19)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/11/2024

So yeah, if you want the best animated images? You're screwed, but for lossy image sequences (a video, you may say), you might as well go for AVIF with a WebP fallback; it does a great job on what it has been designed for after all even though it only got all-browser support recently (19/19)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/11/2024

And even better! Firefox does *not* discriminate by image format at all; If you have any animated image that has a high frame rate? Expect it to be throttled one way or another! (18/19)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/11/2024

I thought I was done here, but then I realized I have forgotten a browser; It turns out the quest for bad 50 FPS GIFs, good-enough WebPs and perfect AVIFs meant nothing, because in the end? Chrome slows down *all* animated images with high frame rates! Yeah! Yeah.. (17/19)

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Ennui Langeweile @ennui.langeweile.page · 10/11/2024

So yeah, AVIFs are my best friend and worst enemy: perfect for squeezing video into images, terrible for anything else (*cries in lossless AVIF*); WebPs are still great for lossless animated images, but trying to turn full-blown videos into images is just silly (16/19)

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