Dynamic Trees: Universal Compat

Dynamic Trees: Universal Compat - Development Update

Added

• Configured-feature-first tree component discovery using the actual trunk, foliage, branch, and provider block states used by Minecraft worldgen
• Generic topology fingerprinting and Dynamic Trees archetype selection for exact, approximate, and generic fallback generation
• Client model/texture resolution through source blockstates, models, parents, and texture aliases
• Explicit per-candidate compatibility results: generated exact, generated approximate, generic fallback, already supported, intentionally unsupported, incomplete, or failed
• Worldgen execution tracer for claimed-but-still-generating and unclaimed source feature diagnostics
• Persisted runtime observations and source-feature overrides for later restart processing
• Generated-pack staging: newly discovered resources are written to generated_trees_pending_restart and activated before Dynamic Trees scans them on the next restart
• Mandatory client restart screen during the one-time migration from the legacy generated-pack layout
• GabouLibs as a required runtime dependency

Fixed

• Prevented minecraft:air from being accepted as a tree component or worldgen probe block
• Prevented structural false positives such as boards, planks, and bundles from becoming trees
• Preserved source-specific descriptors even where different source features share the same primitive materials
• Prevented Dynamic Trees seed/sapling null-registry crashes caused by adding newly discovered species to an already-live resource pack
• Restricted runtime tree worldgen matching to strong vegetation/tree evidence, avoiding fluid, lake, and unrelated feature contamination
• Excluded bamboo from automatic tree conversion

Important restart behavior

• Dynamic Trees registers generated branch, leaves, seed, and sapling blocks only during startup.
• The first launch after migrating from the old generated-pack format intentionally has no active generated compat trees. A non-dismissible screen requires quitting Minecraft; the following launch activates the staged pack.
• Later discovery changes are also staged for a full restart rather than applied through a live datapack reload.

Earlier development additions

• Initial Dynamic Trees compatibility system for modded trees
• Automatic detection of unsupported trees from loaded mods
• First working integration with Atmospheric (rosewood)
• Runtime generation of Dynamic Trees data (species, families, seeds, leaves)
• World generation replacement system for supported trees
• Client asset generation for branches, leaves, saplings, and seeds
• Debug logging for detection, registration, and worldgen

Fixed

• Missing textures for generated trees (pink/black rendering)
• Incorrect asset paths for branch and leaves models
• Worldgen registration not being applied due to incorrect DT data structure
• Feature canceller not handling multiple namespaces properly

Improved

• Switched to proper Dynamic Trees datapack-based registration instead of direct registry usage
• Improved worldgen replacement logic using DT biome database
• More reliable detection of wood types using Moonlight integration
• Better logging for debugging generation and replacement issues

Known Issues

• Opaque custom worldgen features may not expose enough topology for an exact Dynamic Trees translation and can use an approximate archetype
• Some source placed features remain unclaimed until the tracer/runtime observation pipeline has enough strong identity evidence
• Existing chunks are not retroactively converted

Upcoming

• User-provided custom topology JSON files for exact overrides of approximate trees
• Additional registered topology resolvers for mod-specific custom feature codecs
• Further worldgen mapping and cancellation coverage for opaque/nested feature graphs
• Continued asset-model compatibility improvements for unusual blockstate/model layouts