1.18 misc performance dev branch (#7368)

- Port player chunk loader patch
Makes the chunk system act as it did in 1.17, no additional tickets (and thus logic) to make a chunk ticking.
Adds simulation distance API, deprecates old no-tick method.
- More collision optimisations
Ancient patch from tuinity that never could be pushed to master.
- Fix Optimise ArraySetSorted#removeIf patch
- Execute chunk tasks fairly for worlds while waiting for next tick
- Port Replace ticket level propagator

patches/api/0218-Brand-support.patch

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Brand support
 
 
 diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-index 385846a2011ec07d4f37c98f38d3369199780418..e61d0ff51674213e4711d5bbe9e8aaed31ed00df 100644
+index db12ce34a7fa4f309e7cc52c953bb409e9b6ab0c..6983b3d6d5402ea1ed3646bffdd4d8bc613a6121 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-@@ -2560,6 +2560,16 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
+@@ -2576,6 +2576,16 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
          // Paper end
      }