1.21.4-v2.20.0

General Changes

• We're on 1.21.4. With that comes the general expected changes, like item data components.

Building Tool

• Clone: Now works across dimensions and players. You can hand another player a building tool and access their cloned region regardless of what dimension it's from.
• Added a nifty animation when the GUI opens :D

Gel Blocks

• Gel blocks have had their back end rewritten from scratch.
• Previously, Gel Blocks implemented the IStructureGel interface to hook into the various spreading mechanics, used an enum of behaviors to determine the default spreading rules, and had a block state for how far it traveld. Most of this is gone.
• Gel spreading behavior is now registered under structure_gel:gel_spread_behavior.
  • This is how gel spreads along a specific axis, or along diagonals.
• Gel spreading restrictions can be registered under structure_gel:gel_spread_restriction.
  • This is how blue gel knows not to spread into exposed areas, or how orange gel knows to stop based on the item stack count.
• The distance gel spreads is now an absolute distance to the initial source instead of traveling and counting how many were placed, and reaches a sphere shape if fully expanded.
  • This allows gel to spread more effectively in twisting hallways, and more reliably hit the corners of large rooms.
• Any block can be used as gel in a structure as long as it's added to the structure_gel:gel block tag. If the block in the tag is actually a StructureGelBlock, it can customize what it places instead of defaulting to air.

Data Handler

• Changed how registry works so that a builder is what gets registered. See implemented data handlers for reference.

Dynamic Spawner

• Changed how registry works so that a builder is what gets registered.

GelPortalBlock

• Completely rewritten. Hopefully for the last time. The GelPortalBlock class is abstract and requires the implementation of various methods to make the portal function properly (with similar behavior to a nether portal).
  • Ignition of the portal is handled by calling GelPortalBlock.tryIgnite.
  • The dimension transition screen must be registered manually.

Registries

• Added two new registries; structure_gel:gel_spread_behavior and structure_gel:gel_spread_restriction.
  • Used to control the behavior of Gel blocks. Custom values can be registered and implemented on your own custom Gel block.
• Changed the registry process of structure_gel:dynamic_spawner_type and structure_gel:data_handler_type.
  • The new registry approach instead works by registering a "factory" to create a Data Handler or Dynamic Spawner. Overall, the code is more builder-focused and simplified, with access to registry data to prepare for more registries moving to datapacks in vanilla.
  • See com.legacy.structure_gel.core.registry.SGRegistries for how to register the new data.

Registrar

• Internal changes to how data is stored. The basic rules of "don't get a value before it was registered" still applies.
• Registrar.Static now contains a Holder.Reference for the object registered.
• Registrar.Static can be created with a name only using RegistrarHandler.named(String).
  • In this case, a value must be assigned later through RegistrarHandler.addHandlerListener(Consumer<RegistrarHandler>).
  • An error will be thrown if a static registrar is created by name only and never assigned a value.
• Added updated handling for block and item registry.
• See com.legacy.structure_gel.core.registry.SGRegistries for usage.

1.20.4-v2.19.1

Data Handler

• Fixed cycle buttons in the GUI not starting at the correct default value
• Made adding StringRepresentable enums to the parser easier

Building Tool

• Fixed the selection edit screen not hovering buttons correctly

1.20.4-v2.19.0

Building Tool

• Can now set if blocks placed will cause block updates or not
  • This also supresses block and fluid ticks that occur when the block is placed (water won't flow, sand won't fall)
• Each mode shows up in the creative mode search tab
• The Building Tool palette screen no longer serializes default block state values when re-opening the screen
  • If an oak log was set in the palette, it would previously display as minecraft:oak_log[axis=y], even if the axis property was left as the default. It will now display minecraft:oak_log in that case. This is especially visible with blocks that have a large number of states, such as fences
• Building Tool block palettes can be exported as a Block Palette item. This item can be dropped onto the Building Tool, like how you'd use a bundle, to set the palette.

Fill Tool

• Fixed the Retain State property not functioning as expected
• Retain State has been renamed to Copy States
  • When True (default): Copies applicable block state values from the replaced block to the block being placed. This means stairs/slabs/fences/etc will have the same block states when replaced.
  • When False: Places the block without any modifications. This is similar to the vanilla fill command.

Replace Tool

• Added the Copy States property
  • Defaults to true

Clone Tool

• Fixed pasted regions being hollowed out
• Can now also handle entities
• Improved the handling of internally saving captured regions for the Clone tool
  • Regions with the same bounding box are not saved more than once. Only the latest copy will be saved
  • This prevents multiple copies of the same selected region from completely filling your clipboard
  • This breaks old clipboard data
• Pressing ctrl + c in game while holding the clone tool will manually re-copy the selected region
• Pressing ctrl + v in game while holding the clone tool will paste the copied region
  • This does not replace left click, it's just an alternative button press
• Improved the compile time of the render-preview
• If a render preview takes longer than 8 seconds to compile (freezing the game client in the process), the preview will be aborted. This timer can be adjusted in the config.

Move Tool

• Can now also handle entities

Commands

• Dramatically optimized the time to find Structure Blocks when using /structure_gel savestructures search
• Added /structure_gel debug
  • This will be used for miscellaneous commands that have a very specific function and won't need to be used often, if at all
  • Currently used for /structure_gel debug update_structures_to_structure to update the file location in a Structure Block to the 1.21 format where the structures folder is renamed to structure (if applicable). It does so by finding and replacing the first instance of :structures/ with :structure/ in the resource location. This uses the exact same syntax as /structure_gel savestructures
• Commands affecting Structure Blocks display a Redstone Torch particle above the affected blocks
• Added /structure_gel ? to display the basic function of the other sub-commands

Structure Blocks

• The Show Invisible Blocks option allows selecting which blocks to show
  • The Show Invisible Blocks option can dramatically decrease your fps on large selections. This can help by only showing what you care about.

Misc

• Made a number of GUI changes to improve mouse scrolling and hovering
• Some GUIs have tooltips when elements are hovered over
  • Dynamic spawner labels give extra info
  • The Building Tool palette screen gives info when hovering over the item icon for a block

Added /structure_gel getfeatures command. Uses the same syntax as getstructures... but for features!

Added /structure_gel getfeatures command. Uses the same syntax as getstructures... but for features!