Living World Memory — Changelog

Version 1.7.2 — Initial Release

Added

• 🧠 Persistent chunk-based world memory system.
• 🌍 Long-term environmental history tracking.
• 🛤️ Dynamic road and path formation based on player activity.
• 🌲 Forest memory and natural recovery.
• 🌱 Nature reclamation for abandoned areas.
• 🏘️ Village interaction and reputation memory.
• ⚔️ Battlefield and combat-history memory.
• ⛰️ Mountain and mining activity memory.
• 🌊 River and water-activity memory.
• ❄️ Weather and snow memory.
• 🏚️ Abandoned-area detection and evolution.
• ✨ Ambient environmental effects for memorable locations.
• 👤 Player reputation system.
• 📍 Notable-location detection.
• 📊 Chunk memory inspection tools.
• 🖥️ Live debug HUD.
• 💾 Persistent world-memory storage.
• ⚙️ Common, server, and client configuration systems.
• 🔄 Data-driven evolution thresholds and decoration definitions.
• 🏆 Custom advancements for major world-memory achievements.
• 🔌 Living World Memory API for integrations and future expansion.
• 🚀 Scheduled chunk processing with configurable performance budgets.
• 📈 Built-in chunk-processing benchmark system.

Commands

• /worldmemory inspect — Inspect the current chunk's memory.
• /worldmemory chunkinfo <x> <z> — Inspect a specific chunk.
• /worldmemory reset — Reset the current chunk's memory.
• /worldmemory reload — Reload supported configuration/data.
• /worldmemory export — Export world-memory data.
• /worldmemory import — Import previously exported memory.
• /worldmemory benchmark — Run a memory-processing benchmark.
• /worldmemory benchmark <chunkCount> — Benchmark a selected chunk count.
• /worldmemory debug on — Enable the live debug HUD.
• /worldmemory debug off — Disable the live debug HUD.
• /worldmemory nearby — Find notable locations nearby.
• /worldmemory nearby <radius> — Search within a custom radius.
• /worldmemory reputation — Display the player's local reputation.

Performance

• Added configurable chunk-processing budgets.
• Added configurable evolution-processing intervals.
• Added configurable memory decay speed.
• Added configurable scanning radius.
• Added optimized scheduled processing to reduce unnecessary per-tick work.

Technical

• Added persistent chunk-level memory storage.
• Added memory capability handling.
• Added event-based activity tracking.
• Added networking infrastructure for client debug information.
• Added data-reload listeners.
• Added registries for memory and evolution systems.
• Added compatibility-oriented API architecture.
• Added separate client/server/common configuration handling.

Advancements

• Well-Trodden Path
• The Lumberjack
• Blood Has Been Spilled Here
• Nature Reclaims
• A Village That Trusts You
• Legends of This Land
• Deep Delver
• Snowbound

Notes

Version 1.7.2 establishes the foundational Living World Memory framework. Future releases can expand the memory model, add additional environmental evolution types, improve visual feedback, introduce more data-driven customization, and further optimize large-world performance.