/Indium

Sodium addon providing support for the Fabric Rendering API, based on Indigo

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Indium

Indium is an addon for the rendering optimisation mod Sodium, providing support for the Fabric Rendering API. The Fabric Rendering API is required for many mods that use advanced rendering effects, and is currently not supported by Sodium directly. Indium is based upon the reference implementation Indigo, which is part of Fabric API with source available here. (licensed Apache 2.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

What mods require Indium?

Any mod that uses the Fabric Rendering API will require Indium when used with Sodium. These include: Campanion, Exotic Blocks, Bits and Chisels, LambdaBetterGrass, ConnectedTexturesMod for Fabric, Packages, and many more. Some of these mods may function without an implementation of the Fabric Rendering API, but have broken textures and models.

Does Indium affect performance?

Indium's impact on performance should be negligible, however mods that use the Fabric Rendering API could themselves impact performance. Indium will not provide a performance benefit over using only Sodium.

Is Indium a replacement for Sodium?

No, Indium is an addon mod for Sodium - you must use both mods together to get Fabric Rendering API support with Sodium's rendering optimisations.

Do I need Indium if I don't use Sodium?

No, Indigo is provided as part of Fabric API as the reference implementation of the Fabric Rendering API. Indigo disables itself when Sodium is installed.

Will it be merged into Sodium?

Fabric Rendering API support is being explored in the 0.4-experiments branch of upstream Sodium, so Indium will no longer be necessary when this is released. These developments are not directly based on the work of Indium but do similarly use parts of the Indigo renderer. The 0.4-experiments branch is unstable and does not have any ETA for release.

Which versions of Sodium are supported?

Sodium 0.2.0 or newer is required for all versions of Indium. I support the latest stable versions of Sodium for 1.16 and 1.17, and alpha builds are available for 1.18. Iris may not always be compatible with the latest release or build of Indium - please ask the Iris support channels if you have issues.

Where do I download Indium?

Releases of Indium are available from Modrinth and CurseForge, as well as Github Releases.