old 1.16.4/1.16.5 enhancer

(Make sure your server is shut off.
Backup your server, just in case.)

• Install PaperMC on your server.

• Install the plugin EntityTrackerFixer
- Download the latest version.

• Install the plugin ClearLag (A configuration will disable item removal.)
- Install the latest supported version.

(Do not start your server until you finish Step 2)

• Go to Files > server.properties.

• Set view-distance to 3 (Or 4, if you are just playing with a few friends), and save.

(↑ Read the bottom text to ensure that you are turning the right setting, even if your page is not in English.)

• Check if online-mode is ticked green if your server was cracked.

• If you have finished above instructions, Start your server, then stop it when its online. This will allow new configuration files to be built.

• Open Files > bukkit.yml

• Open and copy all text in https://pastebin.com/raw/GYbJNYbr

• Go back and select all text in your bukkit.yml, then paste.

• Save the file.

• Open Files > paper.yml

• Open and copy all text in https://pastebin.com/raw/hmHEHfFY

• Go back and select all text in your paper.yml, then paste.

• Save the file.

• Open Files > plugins > ClearLag > config.yml

• Open and copy all text from one of these links:

- https://pastebin.com/raw/P8kE6bfc
       (Low gameplay impact, no item autoclear)
OR
- https://pastebin.com/raw/usWnDnWj
       (High entity control, breaks riptide & elytra flight, item autoremoval)

• Go back and select all text in ClearLagg's config.yml, then paste.

• Save the file.

(The default config is okay, but this is for squeezing out the most performance for servers in view-distance=3)

• Open Files > plugins > EntityTrackerFixer > config.yml

• Find and set the following values:
- tps-limit: 20
- tracking-range: 26

• Save the file.

Links:
https://paper.readthedocs.io/e…server/configuration.html
https://www.spigotmc.org/threa…mization%E2%9A%A1.283181/
https://www.spigotmc.org/resou…6-2-entitytick-lag.70902/https://bukkit.fandom.com/wiki/Bukkit.yml

Tools used:
Aikar's /timings
ClearLagg /lagg performance
ClearLagg /lagg memory
Pastebin