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/0255-Add-sendOpLevel-API.patch

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Add sendOpLevel API
 
 
 diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-index 45284317f195f08e88a4977a32a1757afb6c4b17..71de9f4c7f07c4c0b1155df14794de3ba8e28d69 100644
+index 167ea1fe8d5d16098559745a67e5128e4ef78082..6efcd4c5b89af422c630a566e8a851062e05b69a 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-@@ -2445,6 +2445,17 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
+@@ -2461,6 +2461,17 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
       */
      @Nullable
      Firework boostElytra(@NotNull ItemStack firework);