Cubyz 0.2.0

Highlights

• better cave generation
• sky islands
• Authentication

Full Changelog

Gameplay

• torches and various plants break if their support block is broken
• Authentication (decentralized)
• new ore progression: silver now spawns less deep, iron spawns deeper, gold spawns much deeper
• branches and amber were rebalanced as tool materials
• block break speed no longer depends on the previously broken block

Terrain

• SDF-based terrain generation
• Biome independent structure tables (includes some lore structures)
• world presets (flat and structure world), support for custom presets through addons
• stalagmite structures can be configured with more parameters
• flower patches now accept multiple blocks
• plateau section on tall mountains were improved

New Biomes

• huge hills
• plateau subbiomes
• phantasmal biomes
• lush forest
• sky islands
• starlit caves

Blocks and Items

• jade ore (mountains and sky)
• Metal bars (craftable)
• Glimmer worms (glimmergill caves)
• dew grass (lush forest)

UI/UX improvements

• improved hide GUI button behavior
• inventory items no longer have shadows
• window hover and press resolution was improved, you can now throw items through the crosshair window
• numpad keys have better names in the keybinds menu
• Ctrl+backspace and Ctrl+delete now delete an entire word
• better values for the fps limits
• default render distance is now 12
• you can see the version in the window title
• many inventory UX improvements and fixes
• option to see the user index to be able to address users in commands

Commands

• /clear chat command
• /spawn command to get/set your spawn point
• /tp allows relative coordinates with ~
• /tp @<playerId> to teleport to player
• /kick @<playerId> to kick a player
• /perm to configure player permissions
• /particles command improvements

Engine

• particle improvements
• start of a permission system
• addon files must now follow a stricter naming convention to avoid compatibility issues and user interface problems
• several block and item ids were renamed
• more errors when you make a mistake in your addon
• first steps towards an ECS

Performance Improvements

• improved mesh update speeds on block update
• crafting no longer needs a server round trip, displaying recipes instantly
• server-side work scheduling no longer runs generation tasks if the network queue of the player is full, reducing latency
• LOD regeneration is faster (happens when you enter a world from an old version)

Bug fixes

• root biome chances were wrong, making voidstone more hard to find
• ore spawn locations no longer depend on the ore properties, ores with the same properties now spawn in separate locations
• precision of biome display (and fog) was improved for cave biomes
• problems with bold text were fixed
• large asset folders (above 64 KiB) are now transferred correctly again
• you no longer crouch when you press shift while the chat is open
• items no longer glitch into walls or the ceiling
• a movement issue with diagonal controller input was fixed
• some fixes for amber with its cubyz:light modifier
• fixed bugs with non-square textures
• allow any number of colors in tool material colors
• fixed several crashes
• fixed ice lakes in LOD
• fallen trees no longer float on caves
• mouse movement is less jagged
• ores in blueprints are fixed

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Krzysztof Wiśniewski	pi314159265358978	Kewaii
Fabien CAYRE	CrimsonKing19	CodingKoalaGeneral