🚀 VULKANPOJAV: THE ULTIMATE ANDROID BASELINE

Welcome to VulkanPojav, the definitive performance-testing foundation engineered strictly for mobile players on Android.

Tired of unbearable lag, single-digit FPS, and device overheating when running modern versions of the game on your phone? This project entirely rips out the game's outdated native rendering engine and replaces it with a highly optimized graphics pipeline. It is designed from the ground up to push your mobile hardware to its absolute maximum framerate potential, regardless of what device you are using.

⚙️ UNDER THE HOOD (How We Engine-Boost Your FPS)

Instead of adding heavy content, this pack applies a surgical engine-level overhaul to optimize how the game handles graphics, memory, and processor threads on mobile hardware:

• ⚡ Graphics Pipeline Redirection By routing game data through low-overhead modern graphic interfaces, it bypasses heavy driver overhead, resulting in immediate frame rate multiplier drops and zero stuttering.

• 🧵 Asynchronous Multi-Threading Forces code tasks that usually choke a single CPU core to split up across all available mobile cores. World data generation and chunk loading run on independent threads, letting you move at high speed without micro-freezes.

• 📦 Zero-Waste Memory Architecture Implements a strict memory cleanup routine that slashes baseline garbage collection cycles, keeping your limited RAM pool optimized and immune to late-game lag accumulation.

• 👁️ Proactive Occlusion Culling Blocks the hardware from processing or rendering complex geometry, entities, and particles hidden behind structural walls or underground layout paths, instantly reclaiming wasted GPU bandwidth.

🛑 MANDATORY LAUNCHER CONFIGURATION

To get the maximum performance and prevent instant crashes, you MUST configure your launcher properly based on your version:

🟢 FOR VERSION 1.21.10 OR BELOW (Legacy Baseline)

• Supported Launchers: You can use ANY Pojav-based launcher (such as original PojavLauncher, Mojo Launcher, Zalith Launcher, or Amethyst Launcher).
• Hardware Support: Safely supports ALL Android chipsets (MediaTek/Mali, Exynos, Unisoc, Snapdragon).
• Settings: Standard GL4ES or LWJGL options work perfectly.

🔴 FOR VERSION 26.1+ (Latest Expansion)

• Supported Launchers: You MUST use either Amethyst Launcher or Zalith Launcher. Standard PojavLauncher or Mojo Launcher may not work optimally.
• Hardware Requirement: Hardcoded exclusively for Qualcomm Snapdragon (Adreno GPUs) ONLY. Non-Snapdragon devices will encounter an instant crash.
• Vulkan Extension Requirement: Your device MUST natively support the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering extension. If your stock driver lacks this, version 26.1+ will not launch.
• Renderer Setting: You must set your Video/Renderer specifically to MobileGlues. Other renderers will cause the game to crash.

🔧 HOW TO ENABLE THE VULKAN DRIVER (MANDATORY FOR ALL)

To prevent the game from instantly crashing, you MUST manually activate the Vulkan driver before hitting play, regardless of which version or launcher you are using:

🛠️ METHOD 1 (Standard Layout)

1. Open your launcher and go to Settings (gear icon).
2. Look for and select Miscellaneous Settings.
3. Find the toggle labeled "Use system Vulkan driver" and TURN IT ON.

🛠️ METHOD 2 (Alternative Layout / If Miscellaneous is Missing)

1. Open your launcher and go to Settings (gear icon).
2. Just scroll straight down on the main settings page (do not look for any sub-folders).
3. Find the toggle labeled "Use system Vulkan driver" and TURN IT ON.

📱 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (ANDROID SPECIFICS)

Specification 🟢 Minimum Requirements (v1.21.10 or Below) 🔴 Ultimate Requirements (v26.1+ Expansion) SOC Chipset MediaTek, Exynos, Unisoc, or Low-End Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon Only GPU Architecture All Graphics Chips (Mali, PowerVR, Adreno) Adreno 600 / 700 Series Only OS Version Android 9.0+ up to Android 14 Android 13 or Android 14 (API 33+) RAM Allocation 2.5GB RAM 3.5GB - 4GB RAM Renderer Path GL4ES or default launcher rendering path MobileGlues (Native Vulkan Pipeline) Vulkan Support Standard System Driver Baseline Required Native VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering

❓ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

(Click on a question to reveal the answer)

A: That is 100% by design! This is a core performance baseline. We excluded heavy UI tweaks, shaders, and gameplay mods so you have a perfectly clean, ultra-fast environment to test your hardware's raw limits.

A: Double-check your hardware, version, and launcher configuration. First, ensure you properly enabled the "Use system Vulkan driver" toggle (this is mandatory for all versions). Second, if you downloaded Version 26.1+ on a non-Snapdragon device (like MediaTek), it will crash—use Version 1.21.10 or below instead. Third, for 26.1+, make sure you are using the Amethyst/Zalith Launcher with the MobileGlues renderer selected.

A: This error means your device's internal GPU driver does not support or has locked the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering extension. Since modern Vulkan optimizations in 26.1+ strictly require this extension to handle the graphic pipeline, the game will force-close. If your device fails this check, please play Version 1.21.10 or below, which does not require this specific extension.

A: No, the advanced rendering pipeline for version 26.1+ is hardcoded exclusively for Snapdragon (Adreno) chips. Non-Snapdragon users can still get massive FPS boosts by playing the Version 1.21.10 baseline option safely.

A: Absolutely! VulkanPojav is designed to be your core foundation. Once you confirm the base game runs smoothly at a high frame rate, feel free to drop in your preferred minimaps, inventory tweaks, or survival expansions.

🤝 CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

👑 Project Lead & Compiler

• Tio (VulkanPojav Developer) — Project compilation, configuration baseline tuning, and optimization structure management.

🌐 Mobile Porting Community Credits

A massive thank you to the brilliant developers in the mobile porting community. Without these foundational teams, pushing the boundaries of handheld gaming would be impossible:

• PojavLauncher, Amethyst, and Zalith Teams — For breaking barriers and making full-scale desktop engine execution flawless on the Android platform.
• MobileGlues Developers & Modders — For engineering state-of-the-art custom graphic driver hooks and translation patches that push hardware capabilities to their absolute extreme.