Not Working and Chunks appear black/dark around me and when using Distant Horizons Forge 1.20.1
Hello Distant Horizons team,
First of all, thank you for your great work on this mod — it really enhances performance and adds a whole new layer to the game.
I’m currently experiencing an issue where chunks around me appear black or extremely dark, and when I move away from my starting point and come back, many chunks disappear or fail to load properly. It seems like Distant Horizons doesn’t load chunks beyond my 8 render distance, even if I try to pre-load them using Chunky or by exploring manually.
I tested the mod by itself, without the rest of my modpack, and it worked correctly. However, when I use it with my usual mods, the issue comes back — I’m not sure which mod is causing the conflict, but I believe you might know what could be incompatible or misconfigured.
Here’s some context about my setup:
Minecraft version: 1.20.1
Loader: Forge
All my tests were done without shaders
When I disable Distant Horizons, the black chunk issue goes away — but of course, that means I lose the ability to see farther using LODs, which is the main feature I want to use
Is there any known fix or workaround for this? Or maybe specific settings I should adjust to make it work properly with Embeddium?
I’d really appreciate any help! I’ve also attached the latest.log file in case it helps identify the issue.
Thanks again for your time and support!
First of all, thank you for your great work on this mod — it really enhances performance and adds a whole new layer to the game.
I’m currently experiencing an issue where chunks around me appear black or extremely dark, and when I move away from my starting point and come back, many chunks disappear or fail to load properly. It seems like Distant Horizons doesn’t load chunks beyond my 8 render distance, even if I try to pre-load them using Chunky or by exploring manually.
I tested the mod by itself, without the rest of my modpack, and it worked correctly. However, when I use it with my usual mods, the issue comes back — I’m not sure which mod is causing the conflict, but I believe you might know what could be incompatible or misconfigured.
Here’s some context about my setup:
Minecraft version: 1.20.1
Loader: Forge
All my tests were done without shaders
When I disable Distant Horizons, the black chunk issue goes away — but of course, that means I lose the ability to see farther using LODs, which is the main feature I want to use
Is there any known fix or workaround for this? Or maybe specific settings I should adjust to make it work properly with Embeddium?
I’d really appreciate any help! I’ve also attached the latest.log file in case it helps identify the issue.
Thanks again for your time and support!

latest.log1.78MB
