Manorfolk 0.1.7 - Estate Foundations

This update introduces the foundation of Manorfolk’s estate system alongside a major Better Minecraft BMC5 compatibility and stability pass.

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Estates and Payroll

• Added the Estate Ledger for hiring, managing, and firing workers.

• Villagers must now be hired before receiving Manorfolk jobs.

• Existing villager names are preserved.

• Added estate treasury deposits, withdrawals, and weekly payroll.

• Added persistent worker rosters that survive Ledger replacement.

• Dead workers are removed automatically and remaining workers are renumbered.

• Hired villagers receive a distinctive Manorfolk estate uniform.

Estate Pantry

• Added the Estate Pantry as dedicated food storage for workers.

• Workers can collect provisions from nearby estate pantries.

• Added player-facing placement and finished Manorfolk textures on every side.

Field Storage

• Storage is now linked through the Field Flag menu.

• Fields support multiple linked storage containers.

• Double chests are recognized as one complete inventory.

• Field statistics now display the number of linked containers.

• Workers search every linked container before reporting missing supplies.

• Workers deposit unrelated items when inventory space is needed.

Worker Management

• Added an Unemployed section to the Steward’s Tool.

• Workers automatically move between Unemployed and Farms when assigned or released.

• Field assignment now creates farmer workers without requiring a composter.

• Added a first-day grace period before newly hired workers require a bed.

• Improved idle wandering, bed navigation, and blocked-worker behavior.

• Worker deaths now report their cause and drop all carried items and tools.

Better Minecraft BMC5 Compatibility

• Added support for NeoForge 21.1.234 and Better Minecraft BMC5.

• Fixed villager inventory and trading-menu interaction conflicts.

• Fixed Manorfolk behavior affecting Goblin Traders and other non-worker entities.

• Redesigned storage linking to avoid conflicts with BMC5’s block-carrying controls.

Fixes and Polish

• Fixed workers becoming stuck while collecting supplies or placing water.

• Fixed workers freezing after planting all available seeds.

• Missing-supply alerts now appear only after storage has been checked and are limited to one reminder per Minecraft day.

• Fixed treasury withdrawals when the player inventory cannot accept every emerald.

• Improved Ledger pagination, worker numbering, scrolling, buttons, and layout.

• Redesigned the Estate Ledger model and refined the hired-worker uniform.

For Minecraft 1.21.1 using NeoForge 21.1.234 or newer.