WorldLink 0.1.3

WorldLink 0.1.3 is a major portal and travel-system update focused on making travel between independent Minecraft worlds feel like one connected experience.

Added

• Added full remote-server portal travel.

• Added support for connecting directly from a local world to a configured dedicated server.

• Added GUI-based portal destination configuration.

• Added automatic discovery of local Minecraft saves.

• Added support for two-way travel between local worlds and remote servers.

• Added remote transition locking to prevent duplicate portal activations while Minecraft is changing connections.

• Added client world stabilization after arriving at a destination.

• Added arrival protection and portal rearming logic.

• Added portal exit detection so players do not immediately bounce back through the portal after arriving.

• Added creative-mode instant portal travel.

• Added Nether-portal-style ambient sound.

• Added green portal particles and entry effects.

• Added animated custom portal rendering.

• Added support for 16-frame portal animation textures.

Portal Improvements

• Portal interior is now 2 blocks wide by 3 blocks tall.

• Standard portal frame is 4 blocks wide by 5 blocks tall.

• Frame corners are optional.

• Portals can be built in either horizontal orientation.

• Portal orientation detection has been improved.

• Breaking a required frame block now collapses the entire portal.

• Breaking a portal block collapses the complete portal structure.

• Optional corner blocks can be removed without destroying the portal.

• Portal collapse now uses an appropriate glass-breaking effect.

• Portal detection has been adjusted to better match the physical portal opening.

Visual Improvements

• Added a new animated green vortex portal texture.

• Increased portal animation smoothness.

• Improved portal opacity and blending.

• Added multiple visual layers for a deeper Nether-portal-style appearance.

• Corrected portal texture rotation and orientation issues.

• Removed visible seams and unwanted bright edge lines.

• Improved portal animation positioning so the vortex remains centered.

Travel Improvements

• Improved local-world switching using Minecraft's own world-opening flow.

• Reduced transition flickering and duplicate disconnect behavior.

• Improved integrated-server shutdown handling during world changes.

• Added remote-server connection support using Minecraft's normal multiplayer connection flow.

• Improved transition state tracking between local and remote destinations.

• Added destination-world stabilization before WorldLink considers travel complete.

• Added protection against immediate portal retriggering after arrival.

• Improved two-way remote portal travel behavior.

Diagnostics and Stability

• Added client resource-reload diagnostics for the WorldLink portal texture.

• Added validation for portal texture dimensions and frame count.

• Verified the 256×4096 portal texture loads correctly as 16 individual 256×256 frames.

• Improved WorldLink logging for portal activation, destination selection, transitions, connection state, and arrival handling.

• Improved dedicated-server compatibility by keeping client-only rendering code isolated from server execution.

Tested

WorldLink 0.1.3 has been tested with:

• Minecraft 1.20.1

• Forge 47.4.x

• Local integrated worlds

• Dedicated Forge servers

• Large modded environments

• Local → Local travel

• Local → Remote Server travel

• Remote arrival and portal rearming

• Two-way portal travel

Notes

WorldLink connects separate Minecraft worlds and servers through in-game portals. Player inventories and world-specific data remain controlled by the destination world rather than being directly transferred between independent saves or servers.

This release represents a major foundation update for future WorldLink destinations, portal customization, and cross-world travel features.