Sodium Relief
ModSmooth tooltip & hover stutter in inventory-like GUI (Sodium companion)
Type
Mod
Modrinth Downloads
364
Modrinth ID
hoTWysuQ
Last Updated
May 31, 2026
Description
๐ Smooth your Minecraft inventory experience
Minecraft inventories can feel slightly stuttery โ especially when hovering items, opening chests, or using modded GUIs. Sodium Relief is a lightweight, client-side optimization mod that reduces small tooltip and hover-related stutter without changing gameplay.
โ๏ธ What it does
Smooths tooltip rendering on inventory-like screens Reduces redundant tooltip recalculations Stabilizes hover behavior when moving the cursor across items Caches text-width measurements for repeated strings (like item stack counts) Improves responsiveness in chests, menus, and modded interfaces
๐ง How it works
Sodium Relief optimizes the tooltip pipeline by:
- caching tooltip layout results (LRU + TTL)
- reusing previously computed tooltip data on unchanged hovers
- avoiding unnecessary recomputation during fast cursor movement
- caching repeated text-width measurements instead of recomputing them every frame
- applying lightweight hover-smoothing logic
All optimizations are client-side, safe, and designed to work alongside Sodium. When in doubt about an item or screen, it falls back to vanilla behavior.
๐ฏ When it helps
You'll notice the biggest improvement when:
- opening large inventories (chests, storage systems)
- quickly hovering over many items
- using mods with heavy or complex tooltips
- experiencing subtle UI micro-stutter
โ What this mod does NOT do
- โ Does NOT increase FPS in the world
- โ Does NOT optimize chunks, rendering, or GPU load
- โ Does NOT act as a general performance booster
This is a focused GUI-smoothness mod, not a full optimization suite.
๐งฉ Compatibility
- โ Fabric โ Minecraft 1.21.11 (Java 21) and 26.1.x (Java 25)
- โ Client-side only
- โ Requires Fabric API ยท works best alongside Sodium ยท Mod Menu optional
- โ Server-safe (no gameplay changes)
- ๐ Available in English, Russian and Ukrainian
๐ก Why use Sodium Relief?
Most performance mods focus on rendering or world logic. Sodium Relief focuses on UI smoothness โ solving a small but noticeable source of micro-stutter that's usually ignored.
๐ฆ Installation
- Install Fabric Loader + Fabric API
- Download the jar matching your Minecraft version
- Drop it into your mods/ folder
(Installing through the Modrinth App handles dependencies for you.)
โค๏ธ Support
If you enjoy the mod, consider supporting development or leaving feedback โ it directly shapes future versions (v1.1+).
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