Great Big World

Core

• Clean up Structure Trigger GUI
• Fix order of selectable elements in structure trigger gui
• Fix Nether Portal forgetting previous dimension

Architect's Assembly

• Add Cracked Tuff Bricks
• Fix missing recipes for recent new blocks
• Fix Polished Blackstone Pillar models not rotating correctly in some directions

Flora & Fauna

• Fix placement sound when placing Snow in plants

Relics & Ruins

• Fix Cobblestone Brick Pillar models not rotating correctly in some directions

The Alterworld

• Relics can now be picked back up from Ancient Pedestals
• Ancient Pedestals now give a comparator output
• Ancient Pedestals now drop their Relic when broken
• Add a small particle effect when placing a Relic in Ancient Pedestals

Adventures

• Fix client-side gamerules do not sync upon client join
• Fix missing gamerule translations

Architect's Assembly

• Add Polished Blackstone Pillar & Chiseled Purpur Block for decoration

Flora & Fauna

• Add Season transition quality to Sodium options screen
• Fix leaves default state is waterlogged

The Alterworld

• Fix relic items (test relic) able to place Ancient Pedestal blocks

Core

• General improvements & overhaul to structure trigger system
• Fix structure trigger data not persisting across sessions
• Fix structure trigger screen data type starts uppercase & switches to lowercase on click

Adventures

• Add allowDebugHud gamerule (somewhat buggy)

Flora & Fauna

• Leaves can now be "snowy" like Grass blocks (and generate naturally like this in snowy biomes)
• Fix players jitteriness before entering Hollow Logs in survival
• Fix replacing snow-logged short grass with snow-loggable plants removes the snow
• Fix Seasons not tinting tintable falling leaf particles

Relics & Ruins

• Replace "Ancient Awoken" advancement with "A Great Big World", triggered when entering the Alterworld
  • This is more consistent with other dimension entry advancements, and also allows players to hear the portal open (previously drowned out by advancement sound)

The Alterworld

• Oceans can now be slightly deeper to account for extended world depth
• Fix Redstone Ore generating as stone variant in Deepslate
• Fix Snow not generating on all layers of tree leaves in snowy biomes
• Fix many missing biome translations

Architect's Assembly

• Fix server issue related to Language

Core

• Fixed server loading

General

• Updated to 1.21.8

Core

• Added Mappings datapack system
  • Maps ids to values

The Alterworld

• Alterworld/Overworld lava height is now defined by world_lava_heights mappings
  • Extensible to other dimensions as well, making world lava height data-driven

Marking this as alpha due to server issues & 2 unfinished features: Ancient Totem blocks & test Relic item.

Core

• Add Structure Triggers, a new Jigsaw-like block to make structures more interactive to the world & player
• Add FastNoise density function & feature placement modifier (unused as of now)
• Add Ore Vein feature (unused as of now)

Flora & Fauna

• Tweak & fix Flower generation across biomes
• Add Scattered Redstone Ore type to all biomes

Relics & Ruins

• Ice Temples no longer generate in Deep Frozen Oceans

Swords & Shields

• Remove Netherite Upgrade Template from Bastion loot chests

The Alterworld

• Ancient City portal is now lightable via Ancient Pedestal block (see below)
  • Place a relic item on each pedestal block to activate
• Added Ancient Pedestal block, found on top each of the Ancient City pedestals instead of waterlogged Sculk Sensors
• Removed chance for Ancient City pedestals to generate collapsed
• Lower world min height to -192
  • New world height range is -192 to 320
  • Adjusted Ancient City generation height for new world height
  • Adjusted ore generation for new world height
• Added larger caves in deepest parts of the world
• Tweak & fix Flower generation across biomes
• Add Scattered Redstone Ore type to all biomes
• Add 2 advancements, Wonders of the World & Ancients Awoken
  • Wonders of the World is unlocked by visiting all temple structures
  • Ancients Awoken is unlocked by activating the Ancient Portal
• Fix Husk/Zombie dropping Carrots/Potatoes in Overworld

Core

• Enabled entity-block collision interaction modifications

Architect's Assembly

• Reimplement improved tooltips
• Fix searching variant items in creative inventory search tab
• Fix Red Ceiling painting Tooltip

Flora & Fauna

• Boats no longer collide with Lily Pads
• Lots of changes across biomes involving structures, features, and mob spawns
  • Overall more in line with the goal of this project

Relics & Ruins

• Fix dyed pot items not rendering terracotta color
• Fix regular pot items rendering white

The Alterworld

• Fix Fractured Alterworld Portals spawning players in ground
• Add Alter- biome variants for all Overworld biomes
  • These Alter biomes are mostly the same, but have additional spawns, features, and structures (more akin to Vanilla Minecraft)
    • Added granite, andesite, diorite, geodes, copper, emerald, & structures back to Alterworld
    • Reintroduce Witches to foresty/swampy biomes
• Remove Mineshafts from Overworld
• Remove variant Wolves from Overworld
• Remove Wandering Traders from Overworld
• Remove Calcite from Overworld
• Skeletons/Zombies no longer convert to variants in Overworld

Architects Assembly

• Fix Spawn Egg & Pottery Sherd item display names
• Add step on sound to Copper Pressure Plates
• Slight optimization to Copper Pressure Plate mechanics
• Fix Cracked Glass location in creative inventory
• Reduce Iron tool durability to 451
• Reimplement improved item tooltips
• Fix unable to search item variants in creative inventory search tab
• Add Waxed Copper Pressure Plates
• Change Copper Pressure Plate mechanic
  • Oxidization level affects pulse delay, not pulse length
• Remove broken Soul Lantern recipe
• Remove supporting multiple Torches in one block (broken unnecessary feature)
• Remove some unused assets & code

Flora & Fauna

• Season now only affect Alterworld dimension
• Add rabbits to Snowy Taiga
• Remove Sugar Cane from non-tropical biomes
• Fix Frozen River biome generation
• Remove Leaf Litter for now
• Remove Stripped Hollow Logs from Natural Blocks tab in creative inventory

Relics & Ruins

• Add Ice Temples, found in Frozen Peaks & Ice Spikes biomes
• Fix waterlogged block glitch in Swamp Pyramids
• Modify Jungle Temple loot table
• Add chance for Bundle to Temple & Mineshaft structure loot tables
• Add missing unique potions to Structures
• Slightly reduce Flint & Steel durability in Swamp Pyramids

Swords & Shields

• Creepers can now spawn on Leaves

The Alterworld

• Add alternate Taiga biome with Berries
• Add alternate Desert biome with Cactus Flowers
• Stop variant animals spawning in Overworld
• Fix variant river biomes not generating in Alterworld dimension
• Fix exposed Ancient portals in Jungle Temples

Core

• Add template models for use in each submod

Adventures

• Remove debug print messages

Architect's Assembly

• Added Copper Pressure Plates
  • Send a pulse when stepping off
• Added textures for Cracked Glass
• Fix Cracked Glass mechanics
• Iron equipment recieved a durability boost
• Fix item frames deleting items
• Fix crash when placing maps in item frames
• Fix all item frames dropping regular variant
• Fix axe stripping slowing player movement
• Fix default item frame coloring
• Fix glass loot tables
• Fix desync with axe stripping/shovel pathing
• Remove debug print messages

Flora & Fauna

• Eyeblossoms are now stackable like other flowers
• Remove bamboo from Swamps
• Remove debug print messages

Relics & Ruins

• Add Ancient portal room to Swamp Pyramids (see The Alterworld changelog below)
• Add Fossils to all Overworld biomes except Mushroom Islands & Pale Gardens
  • Deep Dark generates Fossils 2x as often
• Fix snow brick blocks requiring tool to mine
• Slightly strengthen snow bricks
• Remove snow bricks from pickaxe mineables
• Slight reduction in frequency of Swamp Pyramids
• Change Swamp Pyramid Skeleton spawner to Bogged spawner

The Alterworld

• Add The Alterworld dimension, a copy of the Overworld with all biomes
  • This dimension will cater to a more explorative playstyle, while the Overworld will cater to a more classic, sandbox playstyle
• Add Ancient Mosaic (portal frame block)
• Add Ancient Portals to some Desert/Jungle Temples
  • These portals disable & apply Planar Fracture effect upon entry
• Add Ancient Bricks (currently only obtainable via Archaeology)
• Add Planar Fracture effect (name subject to change)
  • Special nonremovable effect that returns player to entry portal after time is up
• Ancient City portal can now be lit with Flint & Steel (method will change in the future)
  • This is a permanent portal to the Alterworld

General

• Add MC version to file name

Adventures

• Slight increase to start hunger per-difficulty
• Fix world size of -1 (infinite) resulting in empty void worlds

Architect's Assembly

• Remove expandable item tooltips for now
• Pickaxe cracking is removed for now

Known Issues

• Dyed decorated pot crafting is somewhat broken
• Regular decorated pot item rendering is broken

Adventures

• Waking up after sleeping heals 20% of entity health (2 hearts for a normal player)

Core

• Fix crashes when Sodium installed

Flora & Fauna

• Fix compatibility with Visuality
• Add compabilitity with Particle Rain
• Sugar cane can now be placed next to Ice
• Fix issues when placing Tall Grass in Snow, or Snow in Tall Grass

Relics & Ruins

• Fix snow brick blocks loot tables
• Fix snow brick blocks hardness

Architect's Assembly

• Fix item variant tooltip overlaying armor bar
• Fix item variant tooltip not centered under item name

Core

• Fix crashes with Sodium

Relics & Ruins

• Remove some unneeded data files

Architect's Assembly

• Add item variants to held item tooltip
• Fix vanilla torch loot tables
• Fix torches placeable underneath blocks

Relics & Ruins

• Fix slab recipes yielding 3 slabs instead of 6
• Fix slab item translation keys

Swords & Shields

• Spawners now emit light

Adventures

• Fix bed item models

Architect's Assembly

• Fix slabs dropping vanilla versions
• Fix Torches not dropping

Relics & Ruins

• Remove variant chests
• Fix Snow brick blocks not craftable
• Fix Snow brick blocks not dropping
• Add overload Stonecutter recipes for various blocks

This is the first version for 1.21.4, meaning bugs are likely. I am also using this version to remove some features that were implemented or designed poorly, with the hope that when/if they return in the future, they will be implemented much better.

General

• Updated to 1.21.4

Adventures

• Fix darkness modified during spectating, making it impossible to see
• Remove Item despawn time on death gamerule
• Remove Bedframes
• Remove Journals

Architect's Assembly

• Pickaxe cracking now works for Glass blocks
• Renamed Shattered Glass to Cracked Glass
• Added Cracked Glass variants for each color
• Fixed recipes giving vanilla versions of items, not replaced versions
• Fixed slab blocks dropping vanilla versions
• Fixed loot tables for Glass
• Removed "Stained" from all colored Glass blocks
• Fix lavalogged blocks emitting no light
• Fix wrong polished lapis bricks stonecutter recipe
• Added Vertical Pale Oak & Resin Brick Slabs
• Remove Recipe Book changes
• Fix potted short grass having wrong block settings
• Remove free placement
• Remove configurable Redstone Lamps
• Remove Copper pressure plate

Core

• Rename weather_render_ignores tag to precipitation_ignores

Flora & Fauna

• Add Mushrooms to fallen trees, like Bedrock Edition
• Add Pale Oak Hollow Log
• Remove duck biome tag
• Remove directional Moss Carpets

Relics & Ruins

• Remove Relics
• Remove Braziers
• Remove Smithing template changes
• Fix vanilla Torches in loot tables

Swords & Shields

• Remove Enchantment Table rework
• Remove Enchanted Stones
• Remove Dynamic HUD
• Fix enchanting table hardness

The Alterworld

• Remove Pale Garden biome from Overworld (will be moved elsewhere)

Adventures

• Fix reference to missing mixin

Flora & Fauna

• Fix crash from plantlike blocks not having certain properties

Core

• Improvements to translucent stair rendering
• Added "gbw/" prefix to world name tooltip in create world screen

Adventures

• Fix structure locating in limited size worlds
• Fix world start season defaulting to Autumn
• Improvements to world start option translations
• Fix world border for world size of 1
• Add mouse scroll functionality for option sliders
• Improvements to compass textures

Architect's Assembly

• Partial fix for slab placement type not persisting across sessions

Flora & Fauna

• Improvements to season manager data loading
• Add season translations
• Fix snow layer placement for short/tall plants

Flora & Fauna

• Tweak season transition quality values
• Fix snow overlay for plantlikes not rendering in vanilla
• Fix crashing with Sodium

Relics & Ruins

• Add block breaking functionality to Earthshaker Pickaxe (wip)
• Fix snow bricks not in item groups

Architect's Assembly

• Fix cycle hotbar control usable in spectator
• Fix various broken tags & variants
• Remove uneeded model files, reducing overall file size

Flora & Fauna

• Fix Brown Mushroom luminance

Relics & Ruins

• Add Swamp Temples
• Add Temple Treasures (temporary; likely will be removed)
• Add Braziers
• Add Cobblestone & Mossy Cobblestone Bricks
• Add Ice, Packed Ice, Blue Ice Bricks
• Add Snow Bricks
• Fix slipperiness for slabs

Swords & Shields

• Enchantments now display in Enchantment Table and are clickable (still wip)