GENERAL

• Removed puzzle chambers by default
• Removed tuff wind channels, tuff turbines, and breezlings from creative inventory
• Added crafting recipe for weather device
• Removed advancements relating to puzzle chambers
• Added tooltips to some items to make their purpose clear

EXPLANATION

When I originally published this mod, I never thought I would get endorsed by Corosus, and so I tried to make this mod unique and different from the original Weather mod. I wanted to give it its own unique identity, and I did so by drawing from the new update at the time: Tricky Trials. After Coros gave me the go-ahead, the puzzle chambers and breezlings didnt make sense any more. This has bothered me for some time and so I have decided to remove them from the game. (unless you turn the config setting back on) Although I am very proud of the puzzle chamber mechanics, I think most people will find them too confusing to deal with.

GENERAL

• Implemented the rope tornado as the official stage 1 tornado

  1. Stage 1 tornadoes are rarer than other tornadoes and will spawn in stage 1 storms
  2. Stage 1 tornadoes can be completely disabled in the config if you only want the original tornadoes
  3. All other items and advancements have been updated to account for the stage 1 tornado

• Wind levels now more meaningfully affect tornado spawn chances

ITEMS

• The Weather Forecaster has been renamed Weather Reader to be more accurate to its flexible purpose
• The Weather Reader is now more complex it its predictions of the weather
• The Weather Reader now displays the distance in blocks of the nearest vortex of the player
• The Weather Reader now has a helpful tooltip about switching modes, and all survival players are given one weather reader upon joining the game

CONFIG

• Removed the variants option as it is no longer needed
• Added config options for disabling the stage 1 tornado
• Added config option for amplifying stage 1 spawn chances, as they are by default quite rare
• Removed "severe" variable from the weather menu, as it is outdated and no longer needed

BUG FIXES

• Fixed numerous bugs related to tornado extra strength multipliers and spawning

GENERAL

• Supported natural tornado spawning up to 64 chunks away. Max tornado range increased to 1024 blocks.
• Tornadoes beyond 512 blocks will not render, but will still tick in the world

CONFIG

• Added option to display old tornado debug info on the side of the screen when a tornado becomes active. Mostly a nostalgia option. The numbers displayed show:

  1. Debris creation rate per tick
  2. Tornado funnel stability value
  3. Tornado activity value (usually 1)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed weather reader not displaying high wind predictions

BLOCKS

• The Tornado Sensor can now be stage-locked. Simply interact with the block while crouching to cycle through the stages.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed Puzzle Chambers spawning too close to each other
• Fixed the Construct Item not allowing players to edit the XZ and Y distance fields.
• Fixed Stage 3 tornadoes from not replacing dirt at certain heights
• Fixed crash relating to drill item

GUI

• Renamed Construct Item settings from "Capture and Assemblage" to "Copy and Paste" to be more understandable
• Added info button and tooltips to Construct Item GUI to make it easier to understand

WEATHER

• Lvl 2 wind storms will now increase the chances of twin tornadoes during the same storm

BUG FIXES

• Fixed command blocks not running weather_mod commands
• Fixed wind strength never reaching lvl 2

CONFIG

• Added new command: /weather_mod spawn tornado

• -Valid stage values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Custom tornadoes = 6

• -Valid chunk_distance is 1 - 20 chunks

• -If run from a command block, the chunk_distance will calculate from the closest player from the block

• City Destruction Mode will now increase the range at which tornadoes can naturally spawn from the player (from 12 to 20)

GENERAL

• Misc bug fixes

CONFIG

• Added wind-pushing config options

GENERAL

• Fixed nether dimension crash
• Added custom death messages for debris and tornadoes!

ITEMS

• Added Test Item
• Added Construct Item: Save and place your OWN moving block templates! A fully-developed version of the test item. See the CurseForge description for some more info on this.
• The Weather Forecaster built-in alarm now uses the same detector range value determined in the config file.

WEATHER

• Increased ambient light levels during severe storm stages
• Increased sky and fog brightness during severe storm stages

TORNADOES

• Improved the old-style particle option:
  • Tornadoes now look much closer to the original versions
  • Tornadoes no longer use aqua blue water or sand coloring
  • Tornado clouds all face the same direction like the original
• Tornado wind particles now form below the funnel like in the original mod
• Tornado shapes have been altered to better reflect the original versions. (It is not meant to be 1:1)

CONFIG

• Added tornado base duration option. Default is 2400 ticks; 2 minutes. This is not the final duration, just the base value. Enabling extra long duration in the config will double this base duration.
• Added option for disabling tornado variants like the desert rope tornado and giant waterspouts
• Added option for construct item (and test item) construction speed. This uses the lvl system.
• Increased the max height scale for both custom tornadoes and particle overrides from 2 to 3. The current system cant really support much more than this..

I know I said the mod was done weeks ago, but for real this time: this is the end of content for this mod - at least for a while. Bug fixes (especially game breaking ones) will happen, but no more new features or config options. Please report any bugs you find, and thanks again everyone for playing this remaster!

GENERAL

• Fixed item entities not being destroyed by lava or cactus