Archimedes' Ships/Changelog

On this page, the changelog for the mod Archimedes' Ships can be found. It can also be found on the mod Minecraft Forum thread. This page is almost a direct copy of the changelog on the Minecraft Forum thread, although it has been formatted and properly linked for the wiki.

1.7.1

 * Updated to Minecraft 1.7.10.
 * Added mass property to the Helm GUI.

1.7.0

 * Floating mechanics now depend on the density of the blocks and materials on the ship. Configurable in the config file.
 * Removed advanced floating mechanics, since it's now always enabled.
 * Added a new algorithm to assemble ships, which allows for larger ships but could be a heavier load for CPU. Enable it in the config file.
 * Patched up all chat commands. Changed /asdismount to /asdisassemble and /askill to /assdisassemblenear.
 * Ships now bank when making turns. Banking multiplier configurable.
 * Entities do not escape from crates anymore.
 * Right click an entity to release it from a crate.
 * Crates can now only be placed on top of another block.
 * Fixed dead entities not being removed from crates.
 * Added safety for Tessellator not being ended.
 * Added Dutch translations.
 * Modified English translations, stopped using the words 'compile' and 'decompile', which are rather programming terms.

1.6.1

 * Fixed server crashes.

1.6.0

 * Added a crate block to transport mobs and some other entities.
 * Changed engine name to Steam Engine.
 * Enhanced engine texture.
 * Added steam engine block crafting recipe and full implementation.
 * Added Error safety in network pipeline.
 * Added Russian translations.
 * Added a whitelist of blocks to the config file.
 * Improved client-side tile entity instance cleanup to possibly fix world leaking.
 * Improved synchronization of tile entities.
 * Increased floater floating capability.
 * You can now remount a ship even when any block meta data has changed.
 * Fixed a huge network leak where a lot of useless information is sent to the client.

1.5.2

 * Fixed max entity boundingbox check radius increasing with every ship built.
 * Fixed server crashing when dismounting ship.

1.5.1

 * Removed /asalign command.
 * Fixed passenger seats not working.
 * Fixed pilot seat in wrong position for very large ships.
 * Fixed pilot seat in wrong position after loading the world.
 * Improved synchronization for unmounted ships.
 * Readded readme file to the download.

1.5.0

 * Added a compile status GUI to the helm block. The latest compiled ship is now saved in the tile entity.
 * Added a GUI to the ship entity.
 * Added the possibility to name a ship.
 * IMPORTANT Pressing shift to dismount a ship no longer decompiles it, but keeps the ship as an entity. This can be re-enabled through the config file.
 * Made Helm and Seat flammable.
 * Added a keybinding to decompile the ship: backslash '\'
 * Added keybinding settings to the config file.
 * Increased base turn speed.
 * Improved alignment.
 * Improved parachute.
 * Improved gauge render performance.
 * Implemented usage of Forge built-in block rotation method.
 * Added language file support.
 * Removed right click dismount setting.
 * Removed mrot reload command.

1.4.5

 * Renamed the ship marker to the 'ship's helm'.
 * Removed 'remount on decompilation fail' setting.
 * Fixed decompilation fail mounting issues.
 * Fixed entity disappearing when decompiling above world.
 * Fixed /asinfo command rounding balloon percentage.

1.4.4

 * Added version check for default.mrot file.
 * Fixed ships colliding with squids.
 * Fixed item duplication bug on ship compilation.

1.4.3

 * Fixed tile entities not rendering properly.

1.4.2

 * Fixed parachutes crashing server.

1.4.1

 * Fixed ships could not be larger than about 1000 blocks.

1.4.0

 * Added passenger seats with built-in parachutes.
 * Added more information to the /asinfo command.
 * Added compressing of ship data before sending to increase max blocks on ship.
 * Added shore buffer blocks which don not connect to ships.
 * Added coloured balloon blocks.
 * Added piston, trapdoor meta rotations.
 * Added engine block functionality. (Not finished & craftable yet)
 * Added buffer block.
 * Improved dismounting.
 * Decreased balloon block hardness.
 * Fixed bounding box rotation.
 * Fixed not all signs on ships synchronizing text.

1.3.6

 * Moved textures to the assets/archimedes/textures/ folder.
 * Fixed huge lag caused by splash particles.

1.3.5

 * Fixed empty spaces being replaced with water on decompiling.
 * Fixed being seated on wrong position on ships larger than 16*16*16 blocks.

1.3.4

 * Fixed server giving an error when creating a ship.
 * Increased ship size limit to 3400 blocks.

1.3.3

 * Added a keybinding to align the ship to world grid without rejoining, can be used instead of the /asalign command.
 * Added the detection of empty space blocks on a ship where no water can come, improving the floating mechanism.
 * Improved mobile chunk connection algorithm performance.
 * Fixed aligning a ship not rounding its position.
 * Fixed balloons causing ships to sink much deeper.
 * Fixed taking falling damage when landing with an airship.
 * Removed the useless pack.mcmeta file from the download, fixing crashes with third party launchers.

1.3.2

 * Right clicking a mounted ship will dismount you again.
 * Fixed landing on top of the ship or in the water after dismounting.

1.3.1

 * Added speed limit setting to the config file.
 * Decreased default speed limit by 25%.
 * Removed airship balloon ratio limits.
 * Changed keybinding names.
 * Fixed being able to dismount a ship by right clicking it.

1.3.0

 * Added airships, including a functionality for balloons.
 * Added the possibility to build ships larger than 16*16*16 blocks.
 * Added a functionality for floaters, making ships floating less deep.
 * Added brake control to the control scheme, 'C' by default.
 * Added the up and down controls to the control scheme, respectively 'X' and 'Z' by default.
 * Added bed meta rotations.
 * Added an option to the config file to change the turn speed.
 * Added the blocks IDs to the config file which can be overwritten by a decompiling ship.
 * Added an option to the config file to change the synchronization rate of ships between server and client.
 * Added an option to the config file to determine if the player should remount the ship if decompilation failed.
 * Added more options to the config file along with the new airship features.
 * Added extended gauges, showing height and vertical velocity beside the standard gauges.
 * Changed the look of the compass gauge.
 * Made gauges not render pointers when player is further than 16 blocks far.
 * Decreased base turn speed.
 * Made ships turn more smoothly.
 * Player will not get inside an opaque block anymore when mounted on a ship.
 * Improved performace, especially for large ships.
 * Fixed ships gaining huge vertical momentum when in a waterfall or lavafall.
 * Fixed blocks from other mods that act as air blocks not being added to the ship.
 * Fixed certain blocks dropping as items on rejoining with the world, like beds, doors, torches and ladders.

1.2.0

 * Changed the ship controls.
 * Added a property to the config file to change ship control type.
 * Changed the speed limit from 43.2 km/h to 144 km/h.
 * Added a white south pole pointer to the compass gauge.
 * Made ships move more smoothly -> increased sync rate to 1 per second again.
 * Ships can now contain multiple ship markers.
 * Added the /as (OR /ashelp OR /as?) command, listing all AS commands.
 * Added the /asdestroy [range] command, killing the nearest ship in range. Dropping items if it can't decompile.
 * Added the /asalign, aligning the ship you're riding on to the grid, without rejoining with the world.
 * Fixed ship splash particles.
 * Fixed ships not being influenced by liquid streams.
 * Fixed ships being blocked by squids and other mobs.
 * Fixed very thin pointers on gauges when mounted on a large ship.
 * Fixed torches and ladders dropping of the ship when rejoining with the world. (Still ladders & signs still happening)
 * Added crash-safety at the renderers when a block from another mod cannot render on ships.

1.1.2

 * Fixed sometimes not being able to dismount large ships.
 * Fixed certain tile entities not meta-rotating.
 * Fixed signs not being displayed on ships.

1.1.1

 * Added meta rotation of furnaces, dispensers and chests, redstone repeaters, levers, buttons and doors.
 * Added tall grass to the forbidden blocks.
 * Made the player stand behind the steering wheel.
 * Fixed the server crash on startup.
 * Fixed some large ships bugs.

1.1.0

 * Added a list of forbidden blocks to the configuration file.
 * Added soul sand to the forbidden blocks.
 * Added a fileloader to read meta rotations from the .mrot files located in the .minecraft/config/ArchimedesShips/ directory.
 * Added ladder and fence gate meta rotations.
 * Tileentities are now saved between games.
 * Readded pushing between boats and ships.
 * Increased the server-client sync rate of ships when playing singleplayer or in a LAN world.
 * Changed the command names.
 * Added a parameter to the asdismount command to overwrite world blocks with ship blocks.
 * Changed the display name of the gauges block to Measurement Gauges.
 * Changed the gauges tileentity tag to fix compatibility issues with other mods.
 * Fixed crashes with ships with leaves.
 * Fixed crashes when creating a ship larger than 16 blocks wide, deep or high.

1.0.0

 * Initial release.