Dynamic Trees: Universal Compat

Dynamic Trees: Universal Compat 2.4 (Forge 1.20.1)

Fixed

• Fixed generated pack crashes when tree shapes sharing a leaves material request different leaves properties types; shared materials now fall back to the default type.
• Fixed block-tag detection crashing when a mod contains nested data directories, such as integratedterminals/forge/tags/blocks/....
• Invalid block-tag resource locations are now skipped safely during detection.
• Made generated compatibility declarations deterministic across registry/resource/mod enumeration order, and stopped runtime worldgen observations from changing future startup registry membership.
• Added restart-safe generated-pack manifests, descriptor persistence, an authoritative pre-start server_pack option, and a bounded pre-registry diagnostic handshake.
• Preserved unmarked legacy generated packs as a migration backup instead of deleting them.
• Isolated broken foreign lazy placed-feature traversal (including Goety Event Horizon's missing feature reference) so DTC records and skips it rather than crashing startup.
• Persisted the bootstrap worldgen cache at config/dynamictreescompat/worldgen_cache.json.

Important restart behavior

• A newly changed generated pack still requires one full Minecraft restart so Dynamic Trees can register its species before Forge registries close.
• Existing chunks are not retroactively converted.

Dynamic Trees: Universal Compat 2.3 (Forge 1.20.1)

Added

• Added automatic survival conversion recipes in both directions between source saplings and generated Dynamic Trees seeds, using a Dynamic Trees dirt bucket.
• Added the generated compat pack as server data, so generated recipes load in single-player and dedicated servers.

Fixed

• Fixed mixed and variant foliage receiving unstable, duplicate LeavesProperties registrations that could leave some dynamic leaves unregistered.
• Fixed unchanged generated packs being staged again on every launch; equivalent generated contents now reuse the active pack.
• Updated the Forge 1.20.1 release line to version 2.3.

Important restart behavior

• A newly changed generated pack still requires one full Minecraft restart so Dynamic Trees can register its species before Forge registries close.
• Existing chunks are not retroactively converted.

Earlier 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
• More reliable detection of wood types using Moonlight integration

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