🐝 Bee Power - Version 1.0.0 (Initial Release)

Welcome to the initial release of Bee Power for NeoForge 1.21.1! Harness the natural energy of your apiary and transform your bee swarms into a powerful industrial power grid.

✨ Major Features

• The Bee Generator Block: A brand-new custom FE generator that produces power based on the number of bees leashed to a fence post directly above it.

• Universal Multi-Mod Bee Detection: Smart registry scanning logic ensures compatibility not just with Vanilla bees (minecraft:bee), but also with modded variants from Productive Bees, Resourceful Bees, and more!

• Custom UI & Live Readouts: A fully custom-built GUI featuring:

  • Real-time text readouts for active connected bees.

  • Live generation volume (FE/t).

  • Total stored energy volume and max capacity.

  • A dynamic, glowing animated honeycomb energy bar.

⚙️ Microchip Upgrades & Scaling

• Pollen Processor (Generation Upgrade):

  • Fits into Slot 0.

  • Stacks up to 8 items.

  • Implements exponential multiplicative scaling ($2^n$), allowing up to a massive 256x power multiplier at max stack.

• Nectar Capacitor (Capacity Upgrade):

  • Fits into Slot 1.

  • Stacks up to 8 items.

  • Multiplicatively scales the base 50,000 FE capacity up to a staggering 12,800,000 FE.

• Visual & Functional UX: Features dedicated slot-locking rules (rejecting invalid items) alongside color-coded translucent "ghost" icon silhouettes (ghost_pollen.png and ghost_nectar.png) to guide players.

🛠️ Config & Performance

• Fully configurable baseline power_per_bee value via the mod configuration file for fine-tuned modpack balancing.

• Optimized tick performance and client-server state synchronization for smooth operation.