Echo Of The Void - Changelog v1.1.0

Date: 2026-04-02

New: Grand Event system

First Grand Event: Grand Warden

Runtime authority and diagnostics

• Added structured runtime instrumentation for the Grand Warden event:
  • per-event runtime ID,
  • build signature,
  • flow entry tracing (tickActiveGrandEvent, tickGrandEventApproach, tickGrandEventExit),
  • authority traces for move/look/activity/path/attack/exit/cave-break,
  • intent lifecycle logs (issued, consumed, not-consumed, overwritten).
• Added advanced debug traces for:
  • node_churn,
  • path_churn,
  • spin_in_place,
  • replan_window,
  • local_orbiting,
  • mobility.progress,
  • coverage60s,
  • exit ownership lock (search_suppressed_in_exit, exit_nav_owner=retreat_only).

Spawn, visual identity, and naming

• Added dedicated custom texture for Grand Warden (uncanny_grand_warden_special.png).
• Grand Warden kill name is set to Warden?.
• Added context-aware spawn rules:
  • strict vertical non-air scan for covered/open-sky detection,
  • covered areas: closer spawn (10-20 blocks), back-angle preference, near-player Y preference,
  • open-sky areas: spawn only at fully open vertical positions.
• Added emergence phase on initial spawn and recovery spawn.

Scope and targeting constraints

• Added strict event scope around the event anchor (64-block radius).
• Scope rules now apply consistently to:
  • player tracking,
  • focus candidate selection,
  • movement trigger validation,
  • sound trigger validation,
  • target validity,
  • cleanup decisions.
• Added explicit out-of-scope rejection logs with anchor distance.

Non-aggro behavior: clueless but active

• Enforced non-aggro invariant:
  • non-aggro investigation is anchor/search/navigation/environment-driven,
  • no player-position-driven steering for investigation decisions.
• Added path-first, sectorized 360 investigation:
  • coverage-weighted scoring,
  • recent overlap control,
  • recent sector/microzone penalties,
  • strict chosen -> issued -> consumed lifecycle handling.
• Added anti-sticking safeguards:
  • hard-contact guard,
  • anchor-based forced separation,
  • guard lockout to avoid destructive reset loops.
• Added mobility recovery logic:
  • stagnation detection,
  • local-orbiting detection,
  • bounded recovery sweep,
  • controlled history reset under cooldown.
• Added occasional non-aggro search sniff flavor:
  • rare cadence,
  • never contact-range,
  • never explicitly player-facing,
  • brief, then normal investigation resumes.
• Added non-aggro activity budget gate (time + nodes + sectors + spatial radius) with safety timeout.

Aggro, chase, and combat reliability

• Added movement-based aggro trigger reliability rules:
  • standing intentional movement can trigger,
  • crouching movement is ignored,
  • server-side accumulation and bounded exclusions retained.
• Added strict player-audible validation for vanilla-sound aggro channel:
  • prevents false aggro from external entities (for example zombies) without recent player-audible proof.
• Added dynamic chase speed by distance and frequent chase path refresh.
• Added controlled sonic assist pressure with anti-spam safeguards (LOS + cooldown gating).
• Added no-block water chase handling.
• Water chase speed is configured with a 40% scale reduction (GRAND_EVENT_WATER_SPEED_SCALE=0.60).

Cave traversal and break assist

• Added cave path-front block break assist for Grand Warden when event starts covered:
  • natural-block whitelist only,
  • break above foot level only,
  • bounded per-tick caps,
  • temporary stuck boost when no-intent stalls persist.
• Goal: reduce cave deadlocks while avoiding support-block destruction at feet.

Exit, sink, and cleanup stability

• Added atomic exit authority lock:
  • single transition into exit ownership,
  • pending search state cleared once,
  • search issue/reissue fully suppressed during exit,
  • retreat/sink remains the only navigation owner in exit.
• Added cave vs surface exit behavior:
  • cave: short retreat with minimum distance guard, then sink,
  • surface: retreat out-of-sight, then sink.
• Added visible sink dig pose handling with single-trigger dig sound behavior.
• Added explicit cleanup reason logging:
  • no_valid_players,
  • event_finished,
  • warden_missing,
  • forced_stop.
• Added solo cleanup behavior for no-valid-player conditions.

New: TensionBuilder integration

• TensionBuilder was added as part of this release line and is now fully integrated with event pacing.
• While TensionBuilder is active, all auto events are blocked (including minor/light events).
• TensionBuilder is also used as the post-window driver for Grand Warden frequency calibration.

Global pause policy integration

During active Grand Warden event

• Added dimension-wide auto-event pause during active Grand Warden.
• Added local special-entity pause around the event anchor:
  • temporary AI halt,
  • runtime pause tag,
  • shake visual while paused,
  • safe state restore when event ends.

During active TensionBuilder

• Added full auto-event suppression while TensionBuilder is active, including minor/light events.
• Suppression now covers:
  • random auto events,
  • ambient auto events,
  • independent living ore auto trigger,
  • related auto interaction paths in sleep/right-click/block-break event flow.
• Added dedicated suppression logs:
  • TENSION pause_all_events=true,
  • AUTO_EVENT/AUTO_AMBIENT/LIVING_ORE suppressed reason=tension_builder.

Grand Warden frequency tuning (post-TensionBuilder)

• Configured roll chances for a target average cadence around ~1h15 (RNG-dependent):
  • GRAND_EVENT_BASE_CHANCE: 0.00025 -> 0.0
  • GRAND_EVENT_POST_TENSION_CHANCE: 0.012 -> 0.22
• Event status output now includes:
  • grandBaseChance,
  • grandBoostChance,
  • nextGrandRoll,
  • grandBoost time.
• Roll logs now include nextRollIn.

Full Progressive Darkness Rework

• Progressive Darkness was fully reworked in this release line.
• This release replaces the old threshold-heavy fog/overlay darkness driver with a lightmap-driven pipeline.
• Added a dedicated darkness engine:
  • UncannyProgressiveDarknessEngine.
• Switched darkness authority to lightmap-driven attenuation:
  • 16x16 target/smoothed luminance tables,
  • per-pixel progressive attenuation during lightmap upload.
• Added client darkness mixins:
  • MixinLightTexture,
  • MixinGameRenderer,
  • MixinDynamicTexture,
  • client mixin config integration.
• Added and connected full uncanny.darkness.* config surface:
  • dimension toggles,
  • phase strengths,
  • curve exponent,
  • light floor/ceiling,
  • darken/brighten speeds,
  • overlay cap,
  • lightmapStrength,
  • maxPixelAttenuation.
• Added runtime observability:
  • DARKNESS_REWORK logs,
  • mixin_inactive warning path.

Visual/audio and item updates

• Updated item icons:
  • Uncanny Reality Shard,
  • Uncanny Reality Shard Piece.
• Added stable phase 2+ vanilla music suppression handling in active event flows.
• Grand Warden gameplay darkness is configured as short-duration pulses for clean post-event clearance.

Entity adjustments

• Follower? now uses maxUpStep = 1.0F.
• Grand Warden step-up enforcement during event remains active (3.0) with periodic re-apply safeguards.

Compatibility notes

• No registry, ID, ResourceLocation gameplay, NBT, or world-save schema changes in this release.
• Commands and debug tooling remain available.
• Added debug log volume is gated behind SetDebugLog true.