ONWARD

ONWARD v1.2a | TEMPS & THIRST

feel that? yeah, i added temperature. now you can feel the freezing cold and the burning hot atmosphere. think that's it? nah, i also added a bit more!

changelog

additions

• added temperature
  • you can now freeze or burn to death. that's about it, really. keep an eye on your temps!!
• added thirst
  • just one more thing to worry about, eh?
  • no need to worry! every new world you spawn with a water canteen.
  • this is still given to players on existing worlds.
• added chalk
  • chalk comes in different colours and is used to mark places you have been. or use them for decoration!
• added flintlock guns!
  • sure, not as good as modern day guns, but you can't complain over that surely?
  • skeletons can wield these btw
• a starter kit is now provided on new worlds!
  • you're now given an empty water canteen and some food, although not a lot, and a flint knife.
  • starter kits are still granted to players on existing worlds.
• added more biomes!
• added an in-game changelog!
  • basically shows you what you're seeing right now! neat, right?
• added Controlify! now you have controller support :)
  • this does mean Steam Deck support IS possible; it's just that it's not recommended yet.

gameplay tweaks

• torches can be picked up via right clicking
• leaves are much more forgiving
  • falling from shorter heights aren't as lethal
  • jumping from greater heights cause you to fall straight through leaves
• tweaked many of the mobs (w/ examples)
  • for example, phantoms are neutral to players unless big enough to attack you.
  • skeletons now have baby variants, which are god awful at aiming.
  • you can now sneak up on a mob or be invisible without alerting them. be careful not to get in their line of sight!
• removed seasons
  • this is better for the temperature system
• overhauled the durability system.
  • for example, mending now doubles the durability of an item.

visual & audio changes

• fixed music playing on top of each other
• fixed options menu with and without cheats enabled
• renamed and altered the "Online" section.
  • this has been renamed to "Online/LAN"
  • this also means opening LAN connections is now much easier.
• upon loading ONWARD, you will be asked whether or not you want shaders enabled.
• removed custom animations
  • they were a bit buggy with some mobs, something i wasn't very fond of
  • hopefully i'll come back around to adding this soon
• the hotbar has been raised slightly

performance

• lag whilst loading the world has been fixed.
  • when creating a world however, lag still persists. this i don't plan to fix as later on the game is fine.
• dropped items have a much larger merge radius to help reduce lag.
• added the TT20 mod, which should help when the game server lags.
  • when creating a world however, lag still persists. this i don't plan to fix as later on the game is fine.
  • alongside this, you can run the command /fabric tps to view the server's tps.

other changes

• furnaces explode when smelting gunpowder
  • yeah this was too good to pass up on
• tree leaves decay slower
• changed the title screen & mode selection screen slightly
  • we now have a new, much better font for ONWARD
  • added the text "CHOOSE YOUR MODE" to the mode selection screen
  • on top of this, things are now centered and look much better.
• we now have a new and honestly way better logo

upcoming

• (hopefully) fixing some shader issues

got any problems? join my discord server skelOS and i'll try to assist as soon as i can! :)