Rewrote the villager texture cache. It won't attempt to verify textures every time one is retrieved now. That should improve performance.

src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/render/ponies/RenderPonyVillager.java

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package com.minelittlepony.render.ponies;
 
 import com.minelittlepony.model.PMAPI;
 import com.minelittlepony.render.RenderPonyMob;
+import com.minelittlepony.util.render.FormattedTextureSupplier;
 import com.minelittlepony.util.render.ITextureSupplier;
+import com.minelittlepony.util.render.IntStringMapper;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderManager;
@@ -11,17 +13,18 @@ import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 
 public class RenderPonyVillager extends RenderPonyMob<EntityVillager> {
 
-    private static final ITextureSupplier<Integer> PROFESSIONS = new VillagerProfessionTextureCache(
-            "textures/entity/villager/%d_pony.png",
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/farmer_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/librarian_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/priest_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/smith_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/butcher_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/villager_pony.png")
-    );
-    private static final ResourceLocation EGG = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/silly_pony.png");
-    private static final ResourceLocation EGG_2 = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/tiny_silly_pony.png");
+    /**
+     * Key mapping from a villager profession id to a human readable name
+     */
+    public static final IntStringMapper MAPPER = new IntStringMapper("farmer", "librarian", "priest", "smith", "butcher", "villager");
+
+    private static final ITextureSupplier<String> FORMATTER = new FormattedTextureSupplier("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/villager/%s_pony.png");
+
+    private static final ResourceLocation DEFAULT = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("villager");
+    private static final ResourceLocation EGG = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("silly");
+    private static final ResourceLocation EGG_2 = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("tiny_silly");
+
+    private static final ITextureSupplier<Integer> PROFESSIONS = new VillagerProfessionTextureCache(FORMATTER, MAPPER, DEFAULT);
 
     public RenderPonyVillager(RenderManager manager) {
         super(manager, PMAPI.villager);
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ public class RenderPonyVillager extends RenderPonyMob<EntityVillager> {
     @Override
     public void preRenderCallback(EntityVillager villager, float ticks) {
         super.preRenderCallback(villager, ticks);
-        GlStateManager.scale(0.9375F, 0.9375F, 0.9375F);
+        GlStateManager.scale(BASE_MODEL_SCALE, BASE_MODEL_SCALE, BASE_MODEL_SCALE);
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/render/ponies/RenderPonyZombieVillager.java

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package com.minelittlepony.render.ponies;
 
 import com.minelittlepony.model.PMAPI;
 import com.minelittlepony.render.RenderPonyMob;
+import com.minelittlepony.util.render.FormattedTextureSupplier;
 import com.minelittlepony.util.render.ITextureSupplier;
+import com.minelittlepony.util.render.IntStringMapper;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderManager;
 import net.minecraft.entity.monster.EntityZombieVillager;
@@ -10,17 +12,19 @@ import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 
 public class RenderPonyZombieVillager extends RenderPonyMob<EntityZombieVillager> {
 
-    private static final ITextureSupplier<Integer> PROFESSIONS = new VillagerProfessionTextureCache(
-            "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_%d_pony.png",
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_farmer_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_librarian_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_priest_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_smith_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_butcher_pony.png"),
-            new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_villager_pony.png")
-    );
-    private static final ResourceLocation EGG = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_silly_pony.png");
-    private static final ResourceLocation EGG_2 = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_tiny_silly_pony.png");
+    /**
+     * Ditto.
+     * @see RenderPonyVillager.MAPPER
+     */
+    public static final IntStringMapper MAPPER = new IntStringMapper("farmer", "librarian", "priest", "smith", "butcher", "villager");
+
+    private static final ITextureSupplier<String> FORMATTER = new FormattedTextureSupplier("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/zombie_villager/zombie_%s_pony.png");
+
+    private static final ResourceLocation DEFAULT = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("villager");
+    private static final ResourceLocation EGG = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("silly");
+    private static final ResourceLocation EGG_2 = FORMATTER.supplyTexture("tiny_silly");
+
+    private static final ITextureSupplier<Integer> PROFESSIONS = new VillagerProfessionTextureCache(FORMATTER, MAPPER, DEFAULT);
 
     public RenderPonyZombieVillager(RenderManager manager) {
         super(manager, PMAPI.zombieVillager);

src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/render/ponies/VillagerProfessionTextureCache.java

@@ -3,46 +3,57 @@ package com.minelittlepony.render.ponies;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 
+import com.minelittlepony.MineLittlePony;
 import com.minelittlepony.util.render.ITextureSupplier;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
+/**
+ * Cached pool of villager textures.
+ */
 class VillagerProfessionTextureCache implements ITextureSupplier<Integer> {
 
-    private final ResourceLocation[] pool;
-    private final String path;
+    private final ITextureSupplier<String> formatter;
+
+    private final Function<Integer, String> keyMapper;
+
+    private final ResourceLocation fallback;
 
     private final Map<Integer, ResourceLocation> cache = new HashMap<>();
 
-    public VillagerProfessionTextureCache(String path, ResourceLocation... pool) {
-        this.path = path;
-        this.pool = pool;
+    /**
+     * Creates a new profession cache
+     *
+     * @param formatter Formatter used when creating new textures
+     * @param keyMapper Mapper to convert integer ids into a string value for format insertion
+     * @param fallback  The default if any generated textures fail to load. This is stored in place of failing textures.
+     */
+    public VillagerProfessionTextureCache(ITextureSupplier<String> formatter, Function<Integer, String> keyMapper, ResourceLocation fallback) {
+        this.formatter = formatter;
+        this.fallback = fallback;
+        this.keyMapper = keyMapper;
     }
 
     @Override
     public ResourceLocation supplyTexture(Integer profession) {
-        ResourceLocation texture = getVillagerTexture(profession);
-
-        try {
-            Minecraft.getMinecraft().getResourceManager().getResource(texture);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return pool[pool.length - 1];
-        }
-
-        return texture;
-    }
-
-    private ResourceLocation getVillagerTexture(int profession) {
-        if (profession >= pool.length) {
-            return cache.computeIfAbsent(profession, this::getModProfessionResource);
-        }
-
-        return pool[profession];
+        return cache.computeIfAbsent(profession, this::getModProfessionResource);
     }
 
     private ResourceLocation getModProfessionResource(int professionId) {
-        return new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", String.format(path, professionId));
+        ResourceLocation generated = formatter.supplyTexture(keyMapper.apply(professionId));
+
+        try {
+            Minecraft.getMinecraft().getResourceManager().getResource(generated);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            MineLittlePony.logger.error("Error loading villager texture `" + generated + "`.", e);
+
+            // if texture loading fails, use the fallback.
+            return fallback;
+        }
+
+        return generated;
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/util/render/FormattedTextureSupplier.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.minelittlepony.util.render;
+
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+
+/**
+ * Supplies new resource locations based on a pre-defined domain and formatted path.
+ */
+public class FormattedTextureSupplier implements ITextureSupplier<String> {
+
+    private final String domain;
+    private final String path;
+
+    public FormattedTextureSupplier(String domain, String path) {
+        this.domain = domain;
+        this.path = path;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceLocation supplyTexture(String key) {
+        return new ResourceLocation(domain, String.format(path, key));
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/util/render/IntStringMapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.minelittlepony.util.render;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+/**
+ * Simple mapping from an integer index to a pre-defined set of strings.
+ * Returns the string representation of the index if no value was found.
+ */
+public class IntStringMapper implements Function<Integer, String> {
+
+    private final HashMap<Integer, String> values = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new string mapper pre-populated with the provided values by index.
+     */
+    public IntStringMapper(String...values) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+            this.values.put(i, Objects.requireNonNull(values[i]));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the values. So you can actually modify it.
+     * I mean, if you want to @modders...
+     */
+    public Map<Integer, String> getValues() {
+        return values;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String apply(Integer t) {
+        if (values.containsKey(t)) {
+            return values.get(t);
+        }
+        return String.valueOf(t);
+    }
+}