1.4.0

Added

• Added a dedicated Distant Horizons preparation stage after Chunky finishes generating terrain.
• Added resumable per-world progress so interrupted Distant Horizons preparation can continue without rerunning completed Chunky generation.
• Added LOD Processing Buffer presets—Minimal, Light, Balanced and Intensive—with their chunks-per-thread values and workload guidance.
• Added an Exit World control during Distant Horizons preparation that safely checkpoints completed work.
• Added dedicated distant-terrain progress messages, a verified chunk counter and a note explaining that progress may pause temporarily during saving and verification.

Changed

• Combined Chunky and Distant Horizons progress into one continuous preparation scale: Chunky fills 0-50%, then Distant Horizons continues from 50-100% without resetting the displayed percentage.
• Replaced the former simultaneous-processing and restart alternatives with one consistent pipeline: Chunky generation, verified Distant Horizons preparation and direct world entry.
• Distant Horizons preparation now reads Chunky's saved chunks asynchronously, processes them outward from the center and limits outstanding work through a bounded queue.
• Generation threads now scale Chunky's worker limit, saved-chunk reading and the Distant Horizons processing window; worker capacity continues to control Chunky only.
• Distant Horizons retains control of its own generation plan, thread count and runtime workload settings.
• Finish Early now pauses Chunky while confirmation is open and prepares Distant Horizons data for the exact set of chunks completed when generation is stopped.

Fixed

• Prevented Distant Horizons' built-in Chunky compatibility behavior from locking its generation settings while Initial Chunk Generator is installed.
• Prevented Distant Horizons' independent distant generator from competing with the active Chunky and preparation stages.
• Fixed stalled or displaced Distant Horizons work by respecting live queue capacity and verifying completed terrain before advancing progress.
• Fixed incomplete verification by checking every block column in each generated chunk before marking its distant terrain ready.
• Fixed interrupted preparation recovery with atomic progress checkpoints, backup recovery and exact out-of-order completion tracking.
• Fixed Finish Early so cancelling resumes the same Chunky task and confirming preserves partial outer rings instead of reducing them to an estimated square.

1.3.0

Added

• Added a collapsible Advanced Pipeline Options section to world creation.
• Added an option to keep Distant Horizons LOD processing active while Chunky generates.
• Added an option to enter the prepared world without the post-generation restart.

Changed

• Marked paused Distant Horizons processing and the post-generation restart as the recommended defaults.
• Added a direct warning that the advanced alternatives may leave missing or incomplete chunks or LODs on some setups.

1.2.0

Changed

• Rebranded the mod as Initial Chunk Generator - By Bloomstone Studio.
• Rebuilt the active project and metadata under the Bloomstone Studio identity.
• Focused current development and distribution on Fabric.
• Expanded the rotating preparation text from 12 to 30 messages covering terrain, structures, inhabitants, the Nether and the End.

1.1.2

Fixed

• Corrected the custom generation radius to accept values from 16 to 4096 blocks while keeping the existing presets unchanged.

1.1.1

Added

• Added a full gameplay-simulation freeze during initial chunk generation.
• Added player and passenger freezing.
• Added datapack tick-function suspension during generation.
• Added backup player damage and death protection.

Changed

• Kept Chunky generation, chunk I/O, networking, saving, progress updates and Finish Early operational while gameplay simulation is frozen.
• Kept Distant Horizons read-only through generation and the hidden world restart, then restored its previous state.
• Restored the server's previous simulation-freeze state after completion, failure, interruption or shutdown.

Fixed

• Fixed world-creation tab integration so the Singleplayer and world-creation screens open correctly.
• Removed obsolete Distant Horizons pre-generation stages and progress text.
• Corrected metadata, translations, release checks and documentation.

1.1.0

Added

• Added block-based generation-radius controls with 256, 512 and 1024 block presets and a custom range.
• Added Finish Early with confirmation while preserving completed chunks.
• Added a hidden save, disconnect and world-reopen sequence before gameplay.
• Added clearer generation, completion, failure and reload states.

Changed

• Changed initial generation to a square centered on world spawn.
• Changed Distant Horizons coordination to read-only mode while Chunky writes the initial area.
• Improved interruption handling so unfinished work does not resume unexpectedly.

Fixed

• Prevented incomplete stored chunks from being treated as finished terrain by Distant Horizons.

1.0.0

Added

• Added optional first-start chunk generation for new single-player worlds.
• Added configurable generation radius, worker threads and worker capacity.
• Added Chunky full-chunk generation and Distant Horizons LOD preparation.
• Added a preparation screen with live progress.
• Added interruption handling that cancels unfinished work and restores Distant Horizons settings.