Village Ruler v23.0.2 — Kingdom Simulation Overhaul

Major Update

Village Ruler has received a massive overhaul, transforming the addon from a basic village-management system into a much deeper settlement and kingdom simulation.

Settlement System Overhaul

• Added permanent Settlement IDs for every claimed village.

• Each settlement now stores its own:

  • Resources

  • Population

  • Happiness

  • Security

  • Prosperity

  • Buildings

  • Trade routes

  • Government policies

  • Diplomacy

  • Event history

  • Construction progress

• Settlement data now persists after leaving and rejoining the world.

• Fixed village statistics being shared globally between multiple settlements.

• Fixed multiplayer players accidentally multiplying village resource production.

Settlement Progression

Settlements can now grow through multiple development stages:

Village → Large Village → Town → Large Town → City → Capital

Progression now depends on more than population and can require:

• Housing

• Food

• Buildings

• Security

• Happiness

• Infrastructure

• Trade

Village Core Improvements

• Village Core villagers are now invincible.

• Normal damage against Village Cores is cancelled.

• Added extra protection as a fallback against accidental death.

• Village Core villagers now appear on the Minecraft Locator Bar.

• Locator tracking follows the actual Core while it is loaded.

• A saved-location waypoint can be used when the Core is temporarily unloaded.

Villager Trading Changes

• Disabled the normal vanilla villager trading system for Village Ruler-managed villagers.

• Villagers now focus entirely on their Village Ruler jobs and settlement functions.

• Village Core interaction continues to open the Village Planner.

Villager AI Improvements

Village workers now behave more like actual settlement citizens.

Supported professions include:

• Farmers

• Lumberjacks

• Miners

• Builders

• Guards

• Merchants

• Scholars

• Blacksmiths

• Village Leaders

Workers can now travel toward their assigned workplaces and follow basic work/day-night routines.

Construction Overhaul

• Every settlement now has its own independent construction queue.

• Multiple settlements can construct buildings at the same time.

• Construction progress can survive world reloads.

• Builders continue working on unfinished projects.

• Improved building placement safety.

• Added terrain and support checks.

• Added existing-building collision detection.

• Added territory placement checks.

• Removed the old lime-stained-glass world-edit preview system.

• Valid placement previews now use green particles.

• Invalid locations use warning effects.

• Reduced unnecessary terrain/air clearing during construction.

Village Needs & Happiness

Settlements now react to the way they are managed.

Added systems for:

• Food consumption

• Housing

• Employment

• Happiness

• Security

• Prosperity

• Immigration

• Population growth

Poor management can cause settlements to struggle, while successful settlements can grow into major cities.

Ruler & Government System

Players now have more control over how their settlements are governed.

Added policies for:

• Taxes

• Food rationing

• Guard funding

• Immigration

• Military recruitment

• Trade policy

Government choices now have consequences.

Examples:

• High taxes generate more income but can reduce happiness.

• Better guard funding improves village security.

• Immigration policies affect population growth.

• Military recruitment can improve military strength.

Trade Route Overhaul

Trade routes are now persistent connections between settlements.

Added:

• Permanent trade-route records

• Physical merchant caravans

• Caravan leaders

• Pack llamas

• Caravan travel between settlements

• Trade profits after successful deliveries

• Caravan safety calculations

• Road bonuses

• Guard/security bonuses

• Bandit ambushes

• Failed caravan tracking

Trade is no longer just a background resource counter.

Dynamic Settlement Events

Settlements can now experience events based on their condition and prosperity.

Possible events include:

• Bandit raids

• Festivals

• Crop blight

• Mine collapses

• Wealthy merchant visits

• Tax revolts

• Community projects

• Immigration events

Settlement event history is saved permanently.

Diplomacy System

Settlements can now develop relationships with each other.

Relationship levels include:

• Allied

• Friendly

• Neutral

• Hostile

• At War

Available diplomatic actions include:

• Send gifts

• Form alliances

• Demand tribute

• Declare war

• Offer peace

Warfare System

Added a new settlement warfare system.

Military strength can depend on:

• Population

• Guards

• Security

• Guard funding

• Military recruitment policies

Armies can:

• Assemble at settlements

• March toward enemy villages

• Attack enemy defenses

• Reduce enemy security

• Increase war exhaustion

• Weaken settlements for eventual capture

Settlement Capture

Enemy settlements can now be annexed after their defenses are sufficiently weakened.

Captured settlements:

• Transfer ownership

• Become part of the winning ruler's territory

• Retain their settlement progression and infrastructure

Territory System

• Settlement territory expands as villages grow.

• Larger towns and cities control larger areas.

• Settlement ownership is tied to persistent territory data.

• Construction is restricted according to settlement borders.

Visual Improvements

• Added an upgraded Village Ruler Planner icon.

• Improved Village Ruler branding.

• Updated pack presentation.

• Improved construction preview effects.

v23.0.2 Compatibility Fix

This update also fixes the scripting-context failure introduced in v23.0.1.

Fixed

• Fixed @minecraft/server version conflicts.

• Fixed @minecraft/server-ui dependency conflicts.

• Fixed the addon failing to create a scripting runtime/context.

• Updated the pack to compatible Script API versions:

  • @minecraft/server 2.9.0

  • @minecraft/server-ui 2.1.0

• Updated UI form code for the newer server-ui API.

• Preserved the Locator Bar system.

• Preserved invincible Village Cores.

• Preserved disabled vanilla villager trading.

Current Master Version

Village Ruler v23.0.2 — Locator API Compatibility Fix Master

This version supersedes v23.0.1, v23.0.0, and all earlier Village Ruler builds.