v1.21.0-rc.7 - Story Chapter 2 Redux

Dear Extraordinary Survivalists
v1.21.0-rc.7, an unstable release, can now be downloaded through the account manager.

The 7th time's definitely the charm!

Screenshot by Superfreak, shared on #screenshots on Discord
 

Game updates

• Tweak: Underwater life tweaks
  • Sea plants now emit air bubble particles
  • The fish particles swim with a little wiggle now, and their colors are tweaked
  • Reduced underwater murkiness and darkness levels. Reefs should be more visible now
  • Fixed coral and reef block break speeds were too fast. Coral structures and ledges did not have a mining tier. Reef decor would drop when host block was broken (not intended)
  • Fixed all types of reef spawned everywhere (intended to be limited to certain temperatures)
  • Fixed distance fade out terrain that's behind water not correctly blending
• Tweak: Add ability to disable desert storm effects per world via /worldconfigcreate bool suppressDesertStorm true
• Fixed: Wearing some accessories could affect the textures of others
• Fixed: Occasional unknown blocks in ruins, where a meteor impacted nearby
• Fixed: Ladder could be left floating mid-air in some circumstances
• Fixed: Eye and neck clipping in elk model
• Fixed: Elk jumping animation sometimes looping endlessly
• Fixed: Pie left in water would periodically create particles
• Fixed: Traders now say their name as intended during an introduction dialogue segment
• Fixed: Wall carvings could sometimes load rotten
• Fixed: Able to mount elevator and other entities through walls, in other dimensions
• Fixed: Wrong damage timing when villagers are fighting drifters and other hostiles
• Fixed: When picking up empty anvil mold it would give you an incorrect error message
• Fixed: Traps with an animal caught inside would drop the components when broken along with the trap holding the animal
• Fixed: When opening the world map tabs, would appear active and the prospecting dropdown would show "Everything" even if these had been previously turned off
• Fixed: Camera inside player head when in 3rd-person mode and against walls
• Fixed: Player model showed mirror image in character GUI
• Fixed: Incorrect GUI transform for Grub creature item
• Fixed: Ground stored items could sometimes load their storage properties in a way that would make certain items invisible or cause other strange issues
• Fixed: Rare crash with insect particles and rooms check
• Fixed: Prevent rare crash from out of sync ground storage when spawning particles
• Fixed: In Multiplayer server GUI, accept as valid the IPv6 version of the localhost URI. Github #6670
• Fixed: Timeswitch client channel startup error logged in Creative flat world or other lore-free worlds
• Fixed: The chat link not opening the WorldEdit folder on Unix systems
• API Tweak: Wooden path recipe now uses explicit allowedvariants, for easier modding.
• API Tweak: Added GetTags() methods to Block and Item classes
• API Tweak: Made all internal Camera fields public
• API Fixed: Recipes with multiple `{variant}` constructions in ingredients not working
• 1.21 related changes
  • Tweak: Base cooking pot texture no longer uses overlay shading
  • Tweak: With Dynamic Color Grading enabled, contrast and sepia levels in settings change dynamically
  • Fixed: Windmills not working in -rc.5 and -rc.6
  • Fixed: New wavy ocean sand was not pannable
  • Fixed: Water in buckets and barrels had waves
  • Fixed: Adult hares could reproduce without females
  • Fixed: Saddle attachment point slot is consistent for semi-tamed and tamed elk. Github #6599
  • Fixed: Residue-covered pot still used placeholder overlay texture
  • Fixed: Bad UV on elk-attached cooking pot
  • Fixed: Timeswitch icon background now adjusts to GUI scale
  • Fixed: Rare crash related to an empty meal container in the player inventory
  • Fixed: Pig models did not have 'eat' animation
  • Fixed: 'In Memoriam' short story discovery now properly localized.