Geolosys Changelog (1.21.1)

8.0.0

It's finally here! After way too long, I finally got around to getting the 1.21.1 port said and done. With it are a few changes and known limitations that feel worth bringing up :)

The changes it took to get here were also really big, so I may have forgotten something. Apologies in advance if I did - I'm only human (no really, AI had nothing to do with my code)

Added:

• New geolosys:ignored_by_propick Block Tag
  • Blocks in this tag are entirely ignored by the Prospector's Pick. By default this tag is ignored, but if you want a certain block to never be picked up by the propick, this tag is for you!
• New geolosys:plant_placeable Block Tag
  • Defines what blocks a given plant block (just Rhododendron in Geolosys) can be placed
• New default_deposit_matchers Block Tag
  • This replaces the old DEFAULT_REPLACEMENT_MATS config option, but is a valid tag
  • This is used when replacerTag isn't defined for a given deposit (see changes below for more on replacerTag)

Removed:

• Patchouli support and optional dependency
  • With the rise of KubeJS, pack makers are more and more frequently making modifications to the default deposit-set, and since Patchouli still doesn't support dynamic pages in a given chapter, I went ahead and removed the support for it entirely.
  • This, of course, means that the Field Manual has been removed
• Other mod compatability
  • Again, with datapacks or KubeJS, you can add Certus/Black quartz drops to Quartz, Yellorium drops to Autunite, and Osmium drops to Platinum, so it felt useless to continue to support the loot modifier system for a feature folks could use on their own :)

Changed:

• The Deposit format has changed a teeny bit

  • One new, required field has been added: averageSamplesPerChunk
    • This controls how many samples will try to be placed in a given chunk for a deposit
    • The math behind how this is used is:

    range = averageSamplesPerChunk / 2
    min = averageSamplesPerChunk - range
    max = averageSamplesPerChunk + range
    samples_to_place = random(min, max)
    

  • One new, optional field has been added: replacerTag

    • This is a string field which points to a tag you define. As such, it should start with #, for example #geolosys:autunite_ore_can_replace

    • If you'll recall, your deposit ore blocks look something like "default": [{chance, block}...], "minecraft:deepslate": [{chance, block}...]

      This tag is now used to check if an ore block can be placed - if block to be replaced (target) has the replacerTag block tag, then the ore can replace this target. Of course, if you specify a key (like "minecraft:deepslate" in the example above) then the ore can replace that target too.

    • This is mostly just another option for you to be able to further customize how ores generate.

• The Prospector's Pick now has a fixed 250 durability (same as Iron Tools)

  • This is due to the nature of the new NeoForge config loading order
  • There are ways around this using just datapacks - you can set the result for the Prospector's Pick recipe to yield a geolosys:prospectors_pick with the component Unbreakable: 1

Known Bugs:

• The in-game NeoForge config is not set up
  • This will be set up in a future release, but I figured no in-game config was better than one with broken text and missing Internationalization.

API Changes:

• The static GeolosysAPI.plutonRegistry instance has been renamed GeolosysAPI.DEPOSIT_REGISTRY
• IDeposit is gone - it has been replaced with an abstract parent Deposit class
  • You'll need to initialize the superclass in your constructor.
  • In exchange, you get a ton of methods pre-implemented for you, like onGenerationComplete, canPlaceInBiome, getOre and more!
• Deposit::afterGen has been renamed Deposit::onGenerationComplete
• CommonDepositData has been added to help with serializing and deserializing common attributes across all deposits, like Y Min and Max, Ore and Sample Blocks, Generation Weight, etc.