Big changes compared to V4 for normal players:

• Completely new overworld design.
  • Removed cliffs (mountains still exist, and they now have erosion).
  • Removed waterfalls (lavafalls on volcanoes in islands worlds still exist).
  • Not backwards-compatible with existing worlds.
• New LOD renderer.
  • This lets you see farther without needing mods like Distant Horizons or Voxy.
  • Works automatically in multiplayer as long as the server has the config option for them enabled.
  • Does not render structures, features, or player-placed blocks.
  • Only works in Big Globe worlds.
  • Doesn't work with iris yet, though this is planned for the future.
  • Distant Horizons and Voxy are still supported in case you prefer them, and my renderer can be disabled in the config file.
  • Known issues:
    • There are some seams between different levels of detail.
• Added a new "Soul Silverpetal" flower block.
  • Found in the valley of souls.
  • When made into suspicious stew, gives a new "soul siphon" status effect.
    • This reduces your max health by 2 hearts per level.

Big changes compared to V4 for data pack developers:

• Many column values have been moved, removed, or renamed.
• External data and images have been removed.

Small changes compared to the previous beta:

• Vanilla sugar cane can now be placed on gravel.
  • Sugar cane now spawns in rivers.
• The core now has random lava pockets that occasionally spill out into the open areas.
• Water in swamp biomes has been re-designed.
• Reduced the number of beehives in forests.
• You can now set a multiplier for how likely molten rock is to turn into ores in the config file.
• Back-ported pale netherrack to older MC versions even though it isn't used for worldgen there.
• Fixed soul lava not setting the player on fire.
• Stopped forcibly disabling cave culling for Distant Horizons integration.
• Added french translations provided by GlinglinMerguez.