Viking Legacy 0.1.2 ALPHA

Version 0.1.2 is the largest refinement update to Viking Legacy so far. This release improves nearly every piece of existing content while introducing the new Carving Chisel, an extensive collection of decorative carved blocks, better crop acquisition, and several new polished building materials.

Added

• Added the Carving Chisel.
  • Use the chisel on supported planks and stone materials to create carved variants.
  • Carving plays appropriate sounds, creates particles, and consumes chisel durability.
• Added carved variants for every supported vanilla and Viking Legacy plank type.
• Added 16 distinct carved stone blocks, each featuring a unique Viking-inspired carving such as weapons, ships, animals, mythological creatures, Nordic symbols, and other Nordic imagery.
• Added Polished End Stone.
• Added Polished Netherrack.
• Added Polished Prismarine.
• Added Wild Turnip and Wild Cabbage plants to Viking Legacy biomes.
• Added a complete Survival acquisition system for every crop and seed.
  • Barley and rye seeds can now drop from grass.
  • Turnips and cabbages can now be discovered through their wild plants.
• Added the consolidated Thatch Block, Thatch Stairs, and Thatch Slab family.

Visual Improvements

• Completely improved the doors for:
  • Norway Spruce
  • Scots Pine
  • Rowan
  • Alder
• Improved all four matching trapdoor textures.
• Improved boat textures for every Viking Legacy wood type.
• Improved sign and hanging-sign textures.
• Redesigned wattle and daub with broader daub sections and a more natural, irregular wooden structure.
• Redesigned thatch to resemble layered Viking longhouse roofing.
• Improved every growth stage for:
  • Barley
  • Rye
  • Turnips
  • Cabbages
  • Lingonberries
  • Cloudberries
• Improved the harvested barley and rye item textures.
• Improved all seed textures and crop readability.
• Improved the textures for all existing food items, including:
  • Roasted Turnip
  • Turnip Stew
  • Cabbage Stew
  • Barley Bread
  • Rye Bread
• Roasted Turnip now clearly resembles a cooked version of the normal turnip.
• Improved the distinction between barley and rye grain, bread, and crop textures.
• Improved the presentation and material palettes of carved plank and carved stone blocks.

Carved-Stone Improvements

• Each of the 16 carved stone materials now has its own design.
• Carved End Stone now uses the improved Polished End Stone appearance as its foundation.
• Added carved variants for Polished Netherrack and Polished Prismarine.

Content Cleanup

• Consolidated the previous light and dark thatch concepts into one improved thatch building set.
• Removed outdated or redundant experimental blocks, including:
  • Carved Timber
  • Timber Beam
  • Turf, Turf Stairs, and Turf Slab
  • Carved Runestone, Carved Runestone Stairs, Slab, and Wall
  • Dark Thatch
  • Light Thatch
• Removed the abandoned one-rune-per-block visual direction in favor of useful Viking architectural carvings.

Version 0.1.2 brings the original Viking Legacy content much closer to its intended visual quality while greatly expanding the building and decoration options available to players.