Patch Notes — 1.2.7 Update

New content, performance improvements, bug fixes & more

✦ New Content

• New Myths & Legends animations (possessed armors, etc.)
• Added Talking Heads — heads get bigger when using voice chat
• Added Damage Indicator
• Added GuideME (in-game FAQ)
• Added Vista
• New boss — Nerakyss, the Kraken
• Added Simply Bows
• Added new blocks, check #chisel

Applied Energistics 2 (Big Addition)

• AE2 fully added with all recipes integrated into the pack
• All Refined Storage recipes removed — conversion recipes provided (e.g. 1:1 Controller), plus a Pattern Converter block
• Refined Storage will remain in the pack for 2 more months before full removal
• AE2 unlocks even more powerful automation — Mechanical Crafters Interface, Schematicannon Interface, Source Storage Interface, and more
• Big shoutout to rhynxotic for implementing basically all of AE2 🎉

↻ Updates

• EMI replaced with JEI — JEI is superior in mod compatibility, removes the need for addons, and eliminated a lot of bugs. Personal preference aside, it was the right call
• Farmer's Delight major QoL overhaul — faster Cutting Board, reworked Nourishment healing, improved crop/recipe flexibility and mod compatibility, plus minor content additions and fixes
• Item numbers now use Create font
• Starlight dimension received a small worldgen change
• Ancient Factory and Frosted Prison moved to the Starlight Dimension
• Lots of small patches and mod updates

✔ Bug Fixes

• Fixed Music Discs
• Fixed Gargoyle spawning
• Updated Neruina (entity crash handler)

⚖ Balance Changes

• Nerfed Tyros

⚙ Performance

• Create components no longer render when off-screen — Create-heavy bases should lag significantly less as long as machinery is behind walls
• Performance improvements for Fresh Animations
• Removed entities from Minimap (can be re-enabled in minimap config)
• Removed Rhenium — increased FPS but slowed world generation too much
• Added Generator Accelerator to speed up world generation
• Added C2ME — one more, last chance
• Added Structure Layout Optimizer
• Added Graalmc

✦ Sorry for the delay — waited on a lot of patches and personally didn't have the time. ✦ Update is safe for worlds started in 1.2.*