The Aether II - NeoForge - 26.1.2-alpha.4

Additions

• Add Rustic Arkenium Bars, a darker decorative counterpart to Arkenium Bars
• Add Gel Blocks, a sticky storage block for Swet Gel that is also created from fluid collisions between Water and Alkahest
• Add Holystone and Brexallen Vases, lootable blocks that can be found in new structures
• Add Shifting Glass, a tool item found in loot that can be used for directional dashing
• Add advancement for using Shifting Glass
• Add Aerbunny Bell, a craftable companion item that can be used to keep a tamed Aerbunny in to retrieve and deploy
• Add Resonant Stone, a material item found in loot used for crafting the Aerbunny Bell
• Add advancement for using an Aerbunny Bell
• Add the Prismallard, a duck-like creature that spawns at bodies of water in Highfields biomes. When scared, it'll intimidate predators by displaying it's plumage
• Add Prismallard Feather
• Add Prismallard Egg and Fried Prismallard Egg
• Add Prismallard Leg and Prismallard Roast
• Add Ancient Henges, a rare structure found in Magnetic biomes
• Add Veradexian Aqueducts, an uncommon structure found in Shimmering Basin biomes
• Add Brexallen Ruins, a common underground structure
• Add Undercloud Mineshafts, another underground structure
• Add a new data-driven item_reinforcement registry, which is used for determining the attributes that are changed for a given item per reinforcing tier
• Add an internal sound instance that merges given stereo audio channels into a single mono audio channel; this will be used in the future for playing Engraved Discs from a block location
• Add lots of new tags and Aether II content to existing Vanilla, NeoForge, and common c tags
• Add a config screen
• Update Cumulus to 2.0.15; disallows world modification when world is previewed, allows double clicking menu entries for selection, fixes button render issues, fixes config entries missing translations, fixes mixin refmap warning
• Update Nitrogen to 1.3.5; fixes mixin refmap warning

Changes

• Reinforced items' durability bar now darkens with damage, as opposed to staying the same color regardless of durability left
• Aerbunnies now follow the player when tamed
• Aerbunnies can now receive external damage from hazards and enemies, excluding player-sourced damage and block suffocation damage
• An Aerbunny on the player's head will now display it's health above the hotbar
• Updated Swet assets to be brighter and shinier
• Irradiated Chunks can now purify into a wider array of output item groups including: log blocks, raw stone blocks, processed ore items, and some additional crafting materials
• Irradiated Armor purification output now includes pendants
• Irradiated Weapon purification output now includes tiered crossbows
• Irradiated Tool purification output now includes Zanite Shears and tiered shields
• Irradiated Dust now works as a fuel for the Holystone Furnace
• Golden Amber Blocks now work as a fuel for the Amber Hourglass
• Isolate Hesperose and Tarabloom flower generation to Highfields biomes
• Immolation effect buildup can now be reduced by drinking Water Vials and getting in water
• Isolate Lilichime, Poasprout, and Pluracian flower generation to Magnetic biomes
• Isolate Satival Shoot generation to Arctic biomes
• Rework Trunk block generation on trees to look more dynamic
• Rework Aether Bush and Blueberry Bush generation to look more natural
• Rework flower generation in the Flourishing field to occur in noise-based patches and "trails"
• Rework tree generation in the Flourishing Field to be in groups as opposed to individual trees, and generate Aether Ferns around these groups
• Use emissive rendering for spots and gills of Magnetic Shrooms and Magnetic Shroom Blocks
• Brighten the shadow rendering on Skyplane Leaves, Bryalinn Moss Flowers, Holpupeas, and Tarahesp Flowers
• Adjust lightmap color of the Holy Isles dimension
• Disallow putting Engraved Discs in Jukeboxes; a special equivalent will be implemented in the future
• Change the spawn_in_aether and experimental_dungeon_content config options to be common configurations as opposed to server configurations

Fixes

• Fixed Gravitite tools and weapons not having the correct stat upgrades at Reinforcement III
• Fixed Gravitite tools' ability being able to pick up blocks it shouldn't and not updating placed blocks properly
• Fixed enchantment prevention for Aether II's equipment not working
• Fixed 3D noise blobs of Mossy Holystone, Packed Ice, Ferrosite, Irradiated Holystone, and Ichorite not generating correctly in their respective biomes
• Fixed Aether II's saplings creating vanilla Dirt when grown and not Aether Dirt
• Fixed Vase blocks in Small Veradexian Ruins not having the cracked block state
• Fixed leaf particles not being spawned when walking through Aether Bushes
• Fixed Bone Meal and Swet Gel being usable on Tall Aether Grass, since there is no additional growth state
• Fixed Irradiated Dust not having a usage animation
• Fixed landing on Aerclouds playing the fall damage sound even though fall damage is prevented
• Fixed the Guidebook descriptions screen not having a properly darkened background
• Fixed the alpha information screen not having a properly darkened background
• Fixed Aerwhales and Zephyrs getting stuck on aerclouds
• Fixed animals having trouble pathfinding when tempted by food and when breeding
• Fixed Aerbunnies being able to jump even when sitting down
• Fixed visual sync issues with mounts and vehicles on multiplayer servers
• Fixed visual sync issues with accessories, latched Swets, stuck projectiles, and Aerbunnies on servers
• Fixed the unfold animation not playing when Cloud Skiffs are placed
• Fixed insect fold and unfold animations not playing correctly at the right times
• Fixed hovering block entities created by Gravitite tools' ability being rendered in complete darkness
• Fixed Aether II's armor sets not rendering properly on baby humanoid mobs
• Fixed Aether II's title screen music not looping properly
• Fixed music playing at the same time as Aether Portal sounds
• Fixed the Vertigo advancement being granted even when the player has not hit the ground
• Fixed aether II's key mapping category missing a translation key
• Fixed Corrobonite Crystals and Glint Gemstones being incorrectly included in the gems/zanite tag
• Fixed some recipes accidentally being placed in the minecraft namespace
• Fixed a mixin refmap warning error occurring on game startup
• Fixed some bugs with Sodium, Iris, and Complementary Shaders Reimagined compatibility; this includes snowy plant rendering, waterfall void fade rendering and tinting (only with Sodium), and Moa and Aerbunny rendering

Experimental Dungeon Content

[Note: Infected Guardian Tree structure must be spawned in using commands; following blocks and items need to be enabled in the mod's config]

• Added Prayer Candle
• Added Guardian Pew
• Added Guardian Donation Box
• Added Abandoned Bag
• Added Fungal Cache
• Added Sage Chest
• Dead Ends of the Infected Guardian Tree structures have been given more variation to give a dungeon a more natural appearance on the exterior

The Aether II - NeoForge - 26.1.2-alpha.3.1

Additions

• Add a backend Healing Overflow effect to save the Healing Stone's extra hearts after logout
• Add biome color and structure icon support for maps like https://map.jacobsjo.eu/

Changes

• Rename Carrion Pull backend-effect to Carrion Trap
• Rename mob_effect/typed tag to mob_effect/milk_doesnt_clear to represent the proper purpose of the tag
• Put more of Aether II's effects into the milk_doesnt_clear tag

Fixes

• Fixed a crash from throwing a glider item out of the player's inventory
• Fixed a crash when running the mod with SpongeNeo
• Fixed a crash when trying to break blocks in the world using Integrated Tunnels
• Fixed non-dyeable gloves from rendering the base texture as completely black
• Fixed the top face of mossy leaves not rendering properly
• Fixed advancement names not having unique colors on dedicated servers
• Fixed /clear command and creative mode inventory screen deletion slot not clearing accessory items
• Fixed Aerbunnies not staying on the player's head when falling out of the Aether in a vehicle
• Fixed Copper Torches not igniting Hestveil blocks

The Aether II - NeoForge - 26.1.2-alpha.3

Ported the mod to 26.1.2 Made various improvements to the code-base during porting

Additions

• Added Golden Wyndberry, which can be used to stop baby mobs from aging and is obtained by feeding Golden Amber to a Carrion Sprout
• Added an advancement for feeding Golden Amber to a Carrion Sprout
• Added Arkenium Chip item
• Added a server config option "Spawns the player in the Aether" to allow spawning in the Aether at the start of the world

Changes

• Adjusted recipes of Arkenium Chains and Lanterns to be closer to the vanilla recipes
• Increased crafting output for crafting Arkenium Chains from 2 to 3
• Increased crafting output for crafting Arkenium Bars from 16 to 32
• Arkenium Chips can be used to craft Nametags
• Holystone Quartz Ore will now drop a renamed item "Aether Quartz" instead of Nether Quartz; the item can be converted back into Nether Quartz in the crafting grid
• Renamed Ice Pendant to Icestone Pendant
• Icestone Pendants will now place regular Frosted Ice instead of Arctic Frosted Ice when used in the Overworld
• Icestone Pendants can now be reinforced
• Aerbunnies now dither sooner when looking upwards with them equipped

Fixes

• Fixed in-world freezing recipes not respecting biome checks properly
• Fixed summoning Mannequin entities crashing the game
• Fixed replacing the leaves model causing a crash
• Fixed Moa Eggs having a brighter breaking texture than other blocks
• Fixed item renders above the Altar having breaking textures
• Fixed glowing parts on deployed Hammer of Demolition head piece model not rendering as emissive
• Fixed pendants having the wrong third person model
• Fixed inconsistencies with portals being able to be built
• Fixed Aether Portal particles being incorrect
• Fixed Sentry Brick double slabs not rendering
• Fixed Holystone Smoker sounds and subtitles
• Fixed incorrect glint for irradiated items
• Fixed Music Player not stopping when out of inventory
• Fixed transparency rendering of Tangled Branches and Guardian Leaves
• Fixed locked and dungeon doorway blocks not being applying a darker tint to the block they copy
• Fixed locked and dungeon doorway blocks not taking all the properties of the block they copy

Experimental Dungeon Content

[Note: Infected Guardian Tree structure must be spawned in using commands; following blocks and items need to be enabled in the mod's config]

• The central core of the Infected Guardian Tree structure is now covered by terrain
• Implemented a noise based infected block processor to the structure
• Added decorational features to the entrance of the guardian tree structure
• Made various miscellaneous improvements to the guardian tree structure generation
• Rotshrooms are now placeable on locked guardian blocks

The Aether II - NeoForge - 1.21.11-alpha.2.1

Additions

• Added Arkenium Bars; these come in one regular and 3 Artisan's Bench variants

Changes

• Charms can now be applied to pendants
• Buffed Neptune Armor set-bonus
• The Sentry Boots zephyr protection ability is now mentioned in the item's tooltip
• Tamed animals will no longer die when falling out of The Aether

Fixes

• Fixed Bedrolls exploding when used
• Fixed head rotation of bestiary entity renders being wrong
• Fixed guidebook health display sometimes being inaccurate
• Fixed Skybirch Saplings not growing

Experimental Dungeon Content

[Note: Infected Guardian Tree structure must be spawned in using commands]

• Fixed some Infected Guardian Tree room connection issues
• Reduced average amount of Guardian Tree rooms
• The Guardian Tree is no longer made-up of placeholder blocks

The Aether II - NeoForge - 1.21.11-alpha.2

Ported the mod to 1.21.11

Additions

• Added Veradexian Ruins structure; an uncommon structure made of a cluster of ruins, generating all across The Aether

• Added Veradexian Library structure; a rare variant of the Veradexian Ruins with a hidden library in the basement. This structure is exclusive to dense forest biomes (Both Veradexian Ruins and Library come in a temperate and an arctic variant to adjust the structure's block palette to the arctic environments)

• Added Irradiated Bunker Remnants structure; a structure exclusive to the irradiated biomes consisting out of 1-2 bunkers ruins

• Added Irradiated Settlement Remnants structure; another irradiated theme exclusive structure

• Added Animal Den structure, a small den structure generating inside forests. The den is currently uninhabited but this will change in the future

• Added Skyroot Barrel

• Added Holystone Smoker

• Added Aether Shelf variants

• Added Veradexian Vase; a vanilla like decorated pot block with unique visuals

• Added Animal Stash block; a chest like container with a different model that will retain its open state when opened once

• Added Ice Pendant; an accessory that temporarily freezes liquid blocks when stepped above

• Added Charm of Reach I; a new tool charm that will increase a player's block interaction range

• Added a config for enabling experimental dungeon content

• Implemented a working world gen continentalness value that will later be used by the expanse biome

Changes

• Made magnetic biomes more common

• Gave magnetic biomes a unique terrain generation

• Microbiomes will occur less often now

• Slightly tweaked generation rates of existing structures

• Made Amberoot trees a bit more common in magnetic and arctic biomes

• Improved snow generation in arctic biomes to have less chunk border cut-offs

• Rebalanced build-up effect durations; previously most effects triggered so rarely due to low build-up making them seem bugged. Because of this a lot of mobs were way easier to defeat than they were meant to be. We do appreciate feedback on these changes.

• Cockatrice will now deal venom build-up with melee attacks

• Aechor Plants and Carrion Sprouts no longer spawn if there is a block above them

• Reduced flying monster spawn rates

• Adjusted Zephyr spawn costs

• Reduced Zephyr follow range from 35 to 30

• Reduced Zephyr flying speed from 0.1 to 0.07

• Nerfed Zanite Armor attack speed bonus from +0.3 to +0.15

• Nerfed Charm of Dexterity I attack speed bonus from +0.25 to +0.15

• Nerfed Charm of Resistance I knockback resistance bonus from 25% to 10%

• Renamed Spears to Pikes

• Pendants are now repairable

• Added pendants to the Irradiated Chunk loot table

• The Aether II Spawn Eggs creative inventory tab is now sorted by category instead of alphabetically for vanilla parity

• Fixed Aether Portals created in The Aether spawning in mid-air in the overworld

• Removed Quicksoil from the portal whitelist

• Raised cloud height from y256 to y320

• Irradiated biome fog is less intense now

Fixes

• Fixed Irradiated Holystone and Marbled Ichorite Stairs, Slabs and Walls not having an assigned tool and not dropping anything
• Fixed tree nest Moas sometimes generating inside the tree's log
• Fixed a rare crash with the shrouded forest mossy tree feature
• Fixed Zanite Pendant lacking its ability tooltip
• Fixed Wisproot and Greatroot Planks map colors being inaccurate

The Aether II - NeoForge - 1.21.8-alpha.1.1

Changes

• Moa Feather and Moa Egg textures have darker outlines.
• Stripped Greatroot Log textures no longer have noticeable tiling.

Fixes

• Fix entity crashes in certain language locales due to incorrectly handling lowercase conversions for some data IDs.
• Fix Neptune Armor and Sentry Boots breaking when right-clicking to equip.
• Fix desynced block motion when levitating a block with a Gravitite Tool.
• Fix Aerbunnies sometimes choosing to go in one direction and not stopping.
• Fix some recipes replacing vanilla recipes in the Minecraft namespace.
• Fix Aether Grass Blocks having tinted particles.
• Fix leaves textures that use snowy or mossy overlays sometimes becoming visually corrupted after reloading resource packs.
• Fix Brettl Grass Bundle blocks not boosting Campfire smoke signals.
• Fix the Artisan's Bench not showing up as a stonecutting recipe block in JEI.

The Aether II - NeoForge - 1.21.8-alpha.1

Initial Alpha Release

The Aether II - NeoForge - 1.21.8-alpha.1

Initial Alpha Release