Change Log

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.1.0-beta]

Added

• Apiary

  • When bees return with nectar
    • Converts nectar to honey when Apiary has enough nectar
    • if honey cannot generate, apiary will keep the nectar until a slot is available

• Bees

  • Will look for flowers
    • The more flowers available around the hive, the faster bees will be able to collect nectar
    • As soon as a flower has been found, bee will return to apiary to deposit nectar
  • Will return to the same Apiary or Hive they were spawned from
• Honey Fluid
  • Added the fluid for honey, produced when extracting honey using the Honey Extractor
  • Added Bucket for honey fluid
• Honey Extractor
  • Added honey extractor block, used to convert combs with honey into honey (fluid) and beeswax
  • Processing time for honeycombs can be changed in the configuration file
• Bee's Wax
  • By product of processing honeycombs

Changed

• Apiary
  • When the Apiary bee count is at max, the bee count in the GUI will display '(Max)' at the end of the count
    • e.g. '128 Bees (Max)'

Fixed

• Apiary
  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't shift click on certain slots

Known Issues

• The config value "beeSpawnTicks" may be ignored, and bees may spawn very frequently
• Trees may spawn inside the ground.
• Bees have no audio

[0.0.2-alpha]

NOTICE

• Due to the new Honeycomb NBT System
  • Honeycombs created in 0.0.1-alpha may appear broken
  • Upgrading honeycombs from Metadata to NBT is NOT supported

Changed

• Updated mod to Minecraft 1.12
• Honey Combs
  • Adjusted colours for Honey and Embryo
  • Now use NBT instead of numerical Metadata
  • Now contain both Honey and Embryos
• Apiary
  • Can now be crafted with any type of planks
    • Planks must be registered under the Ore Dictionary as "plankWood"!
  • Apiary updated to accommodate Comb NBT System
  • Embryo generation timer will be reset on ALL Apiaries
  • Queen will stop generating embryos
    • When the current bee count is greater than or equal to the configured maximum bee count (per Apiary)
      • Includes unhatched bee embryos
• Config
  • Config values changed to reflect new Embryo and honey status on the Comb item
  • Some config changes will be overwritten in this update
  • Config names/values should not be considered final until the first release version!!!

Removed

• Honey bottle
  • Will be re-implemented at a later stage
• Egg Combs
  • Merged with Honey Combs, now use NBT

Fixed

• Bees swarm even if no bees present on Apiary with no bees

KNOWN ISSUES

• Bees have no audio
• Apiary tries to keep bee total at 64

[0.0.1-alpha]

Added

• Beekeeper outfit
  • Prevents all damage done by Bees
  • Doesn't prevent against knockback
• Beehive
  • Wild home for bees
  • Spawns under leaf blocks on the north side of Oak trees
  • When broken by hand will produce between 1 and 5 honeycombs
  • When broken with shears will drop the beehive itself
  • When broken by hand or with a tool other than shears will spawn bees in a swarm
• Apiary
  • Accepts Beehive block
  • Accepts any honeycomb variant
  • When beehive placed in the Apiary:
    • Will transfer stored honeycombs to Apiary
    • Will transfer stored bees to Apiary
  • Displays if queen is present
  • Displays if (and how many) bees are present.
    • Red = Little to No Bees (<= 32)
    • Blue = Few Bees (<= 64)
    • Pink = Adequate Bee count (<= 128)
    • Green = Good Bee count (> 128)
  • When queen present
    • Will generate Egg Combs
    • If population is below 64 bees (configurable)
      • Will generate More Egg Combs
  • When bees present with no queen (and no royal comb)
    • Will generate a royal comb, which hatches into a new queen
  • Uses forge Capabilities
    • Automation works with hopper (and should work with other mods)
      • Hopper filter required on extraction, see Wiki:Apiary for more details
  • Produces smoke particles when a Bee Smoker has been used on the Apiary Block
  • Spawns bees randomly (Will always leave enough bees to prevent queen thinking the swarm has died and generating extra egg combs)
  • If Honeycomb removed without Bee Smoker, will spawn bees in a swarm
  • When broken by hand will spawn bees in a swarm (Ignores Bee Smoker State)
• Honeycomb
  • Has 7 slots honey can generate in
  • Will drop from Beehive if broken by hand
• Royal Comb
  • Created by bees (if present) in an Apiary if a queen is not present
• Egg Comb
  • Has 7 slots embryos can generate in
  • Embryos will only develop whilst Egg Comb is in an Apiary
  • Can be transferred to new Apiaries to create a new colony
• Bottle of Honey
  • Final output from honey making process.
• Bee Smoker
  • Used only for removal of Honey Combs
  • Each use lasts 30 seconds (configurable)
  • Prevents bees swarming when removing Honey Comb from apiary (if bees are available)
• Bees
  • Black and yellow small entity
  • Require at least one cardinal side clear when spawning/swarming from the Apiary/Beehive (N,E,S or W)