This API is much more flexible than the old, allowing any arbitrary set of chunks to be ticked.
These changes also improve the performance of random chunk ticking by almost entirely eliminating the cost of chunk selection. Ticking chunks are now reevaluated when a player moves, instead of every tick.
The system also does not attempt to check the same chunks twice, leading to further improvements.
Overall, the overhead of random chunk selection is reduced anywhere from 80-96%. In practice, this can offer a 5-10% performance gain for servers with sparsely distributed players.
this ensures that the edge of loaded terain is always the same distance
away in any direction. This also means that when flying parallel to X or
Z axes, you now have about 12% more chunks directly in front of you,
instead of to your left and right, which gives the impression that
chunks are loading faster (they aren't, they are just being ordered in a
more sensible way).
