Improvements

• Finding Azurite is now easier:
  • Ore blobs now generate more frequently and now are sometimes exposed to air
  • The particles & sound effects only start playing when you are closer
  • In return, the blobs are a tad smaller
• Glow Vision Goggles are now only equippable in the 'Face' slot, not the head anymore, so they do not compete with the Circlets
• Tweaked the config. You are now able to edit all floating point values ingame via the builtin config screen
• Sugar Canes (vanilla and modded ones) now grow on Slush (the full block, not the tilled one; since that is not a full block the Sugar Cane would render floating)
• Breaking Ruin now always spawns drops, even if the player creates a Bedrock Portal. Thank you, mikaba-eu!
• Reduced the amount of required entities near Nightdew Vines to get the max chance for the rare drop from 20->16
• Dead Bushes are now placeable on DD groundcover blocks
• Incandescent/Frostbite Essence/Crystals are now cloaked until you discover them
• Removed the indestructible_blacklisted item tag. You can use tag exclusions in the enchantable tag instead
• The Nectar Lance & Knotted Swords now have a block animation
• Added damage type tag bypasses_parrying for damage types that bypass sword blocking
• Crafting a Nectar Lance now preserves the enchantments of the Knotted Sword
• Doubled the yield of the recipe to craft Pastel Nodes from Pure Azurite
• Improved the wording of various guidebook entries & setting descriptions

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Pure Redstone reagent destription in EMI/REI (the book was correct)
• Fixed Titration Barrel advancements not unlocking
• Fixed a client disconnect when Pastel Nodes tried to send items to full inventories
• Fixed a disconnect by joining a world while force-sleeping
• Blocks that store fluid now properly update their visuals if you pump fluid into them
• Fixed an issue with Item Bowls causing fake blocks

Mod Compat

• Create: Fixed crushing recipes. Thank you, Vihri!
• Create: Saws now harvest Noxwood (only the wood, not the 'leaves', since Create has no proper way to add them as such)
• GeOre: Crystal Apothecary compat

Translations

• Updated zh_cn. Thank you, SmallYii!
• Updated ru_ru. Thank you, v0pros!

Improvements

• You can now access the Knowledge Gems in the Enchanter, Cinderhearth and Black Hole Chests via Pastel Nodes and Pipes
• The config options for Shooting Star & Storm Stone dimensions now allow matching dimensions via regex
• Nourishing now has a hard cap for saturation if mods that uncap saturation values are present

Bug Fixes

• Serialization error with colored Presents
• Fixed a lang format error in zh_cn. Thank you, TheLMiffy1111!
• Updated ru_ru. ty, v0pros!

Improvements

• The Deeper Down reverb sound effects are back!
• Reworked the fluid color mappings to look nicer (for example when fusion crafting)
• Mermaids Gems can now fill fluid items in the inventory (like buckets) with 1000mb of water when clicked on them
• Mermaids Gems now fill Cauldrons with Water
• Improved the colors for various recipes when crafting them in the Potion Workshop
• Changed the name of the midgame advancement tree to "Spectrum – Paint it Black"
• Various improvements in the guidebook
• Removed the technical node crystal items that were only ever used for rendering the pastel nodes and otherwise unused. Tweaked the node rendering a tad to look nicer
• The advancements for filling the Knowledge Gem with XP don't require the exact XP values any more - any value equal or higher will now unlock the advancements
• Bedrock Shears can now get all 'mining' enchants, similar to vanilla Shears
• Improved zh_cn lang. Thank you SmallYii!

Fixes

• The enchantment upgrade recipes in the guidebook don't spoil overenchant max levels anymore
• The Omni Accelerator now uses its 3D model again when held
• Fixed a Dupe with the Bottomless Bundle
• Fixed startup error with Malum

Improvements

• Tweaked Floatblock crushing damage

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash when tilling Slush

Spectrum 1.9.0 - Hello World, NeoForge!

Oh boy, this took a while. Welcome to Spectrum on NeoForge! This is not a 1:1 port of Spectrum Fabric, but one with many internal improvements, refactors, fixes and new content! For all of you on Fabric: no worries, I will make sure to port many of the fancy new features to Spectrum 1.21.1, too :) This changelog lists all the changes since Spectrum 1.8.12.

Goodbye Modular Explosives, welcome Arcane Charges!

You might know them, you might not. The two modular explosives were always a bit of a pain to work with - both from a players and a code standpoint. The way they work has been completely redone, now working off of enchantments.

Parametric Mining Device throwable explosive, can also be placed on walls to break blocks in that direction Now comes preenchanted with Power 1

Threat Conflux basically a mine; explodes when something touches it Now comes preenchanted with Sharpness 1

The way they are set up now makes them usable instantly and a lot easier to understand. As you can see, they now come preenchanted, hinting at there being a lot more options with other enchantments, too. Lots of enchantments just work: Fortune and Looting multiply drops, Unbreaking and Indestructible make them not break, Treasure Hunter drops heads, ... you name it. Want to power them up in a quick and dirty way? Just pop them into an Enchanting Table. Or get fancy using Spectrum's Enchanter and pick your poison.

The new guidebook has been updated accordingly: https://discord.com/channels/906264467636109333/906264468458180640/1482099691054170192

Rock Candy rework

Rock Candies were always super helpful with their short burst, high impact status effects. Sadly the way to get them was not automation friendly and tedious at best.

The way to craft them has been completely revamped and their values tweaked to accomodate for it. Snack away!

Check out now it works: https://discord.com/channels/906264467636109333/906264468458180640/1481021287165071360

Filtering

While the Black Hole Chest always featured filter slots, they were a lot more limited compared to the ones in the Pastel Nodes. With Spectrum 1.9 they now work exactly the same and filtering is a lot more extensive. You can now filter for all ores, that are not Spectrum's and other shenanigans, for example.

New guidebook entry: https://discord.com/channels/906264467636109333/906264468458180640/1464878788134572104

Shoutout to Exa for the immense improvement!

More Star Candies!

Star Candies have been completely reworked and now come not only as 'Star Candy' and 'Enchanted Star Candy', but quite a few more. Can you collect them all? The yellow one for sure, probably the rare blue one, maybe even the epic purple... wait, there are even more?

Comes with a bunch of new advancements.

Get am impression here: https://discord.com/channels/906264467636109333/906264468458180640/1482265532714586134

New Textures

Shoutout to our new team member and kind soul @Bee.

In this version you will find the first textures, namely for the Celestial Pocketwatch, Star Candies and Colorful Bricks.

Config System / Dependencies

Spectrum's config has been moved to the Neoforge config system. You don't need to install Cloth Config anymore. The only required dependencies now are Revelationary, Modonomicon & Curios.

Modularization

Data Loaders for datapacks

• You can now register colors for items & fluids. This data is used for the particles for items in the Fusion Shrine, Item Bowls & more.
• datapacks can add new treasure hunter drops (for example if other mods add their own mob heads)

Item Components

• Biome darkness, fog, tint & the data like colors for the dimension shader can now be modified. You can apply those effects to biomes of other mods, too!
• Item Gravity is now an item component. That means you can add gravity to any item, for example via commands
• Damage Immunity is now an item component. That means you can add immunities to any item, for example via commands. That is what protects End Portal Frames & more in item entity form from burning in lava or getting blown up

Improvements:

• Things that can access items stored in items can now pull stacks out of Bottomless Bundles
• Erasers won't spawn midair anymore
• the guidebook can now be placed in lecterns
• You can now activate / deactivate Bident abilities by sneak-using, instead of right clicking them in the inventory. That is a lot quicker and more intuitive. The change is posted to your action bar
• The Crystallarieum recipe does not take a bucket of liquid crystal anymore (since it can be logged with any fluid now)
• Mermaids Popcorn has been buffed from 20 sec of Dolphins grace to 2 mins
• Concealing Oils can now applied to every food, including drinks. Even if that food already gives that effect
• Enchantment Canvases now render with Enchantment glint if they hold enchantments
• Glow Vision Goggle fuel is now data driven (glow ink sacs by default)
• Lizard Dens now generate more frequently
• You can now find Pitcher Plants, Torchflowers & lily pads in Crystal Gardens
• You can now fish Marrow entities in Dragonrot for renewable Dragonbone
• 100% buff for Ring of Pursuit
• Made crystal apothecary behave better with mixed budding types (vgskye)
• a lot more I forgor

Removals

• the 'severe/incurable' effect for potion reagents has been removed. It required changes all around the Minecraft codebase, from serialization, networking, rendering, curing and more

Bug Fixes

I won't even bother, it is a lot.

Known Incompats

• Colorful Hearts (Minor): completely overrides neos heart rendering, making hearts unable to be modified by divinity / deadly poison. See https://github.com/Terrails/colorful-hearts/issues/61

Downloads:

https://modrinth.com/mod/spectrum/version/1.9.0-neo https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/spectrum/files/7755460

@release-ping

• Backported fix so now Divinity gives all buffs it should (Una)
• Made most mod integrations load when using connector (Unilock)
• Fixed an Undergrowth Manor generation issue (Shibva)
• Fixed the Pillager Memory recipe referencing a nonexisting emerald-tag instead of the emerald item (Shibva)
• Greatly improved Pastel Node filter logic (Aquaeyes)
• Fixed an issue with that could lead to items getting stacked to bigger sizes than certain inventories with stack size limits allowed (Una)

• Backported the Remembrance Memory in the Undergrowth Manor (thank you, Shibva!)
• Fixed a bug in Pastel Network splitting (thank you, Aquaeyes!)

Improvements

• Added lots of new tags in the Spectrum namespace (added by Shibva!)
• Expanded the Pedestal guidebook entry's automation page (added by GardenerAether)
• The lore used in Azzy's remembrance memory is now translatable

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when running on Connector (thank you, Jasmine!)
• Fixed pickblocking with NBT (ctrl + middle mouse) on Spectrum's chests that have loot tables set to cause a disconnect (reported by EndlessLeo)

• Various improvements around the mobs, particularly several tags
• Marrows now only drop Dragonbone Chunks when killed by an explosion, otherwise Bone
• Fixed crafting station not handling stacks/displays correctly
• Added a ruin_safe dimension tag, making Ruin not spread in the whole dim

Fixes a crash when a Pastel Node is broken while a transmission is underway

Spectrum 1.10.0 for MC 1.21.1

The Deeper Down got quite a bit more populated!

The Marrow

• A slow, but sturdy Skeleton variant made from Dragonbone.
• In addition to their innate Toughness and increased heath, they shoot Potions of Stiffness, making it even harder to strike them down
• They replace the vanilla Skeletons in Dragonrot Swamps
• They Drop: Arrows, Stiffness Tipped Arrows & Dragonbone Chunks.
• Texture by Mr. QuickStrike!

The Splinterspawn

• A small, observant and shy Silverfish variant
• They don't attack and rather flee, trying to hide as fast as possible. Actually, even getting them to leave their block will be a bit tricky
• You will rarely find Splinterspawn infested blocks in the Razor Edge. You ever think you are hallucinating, no, that might only have been a Splinterspawn eyeing you
• Breaking their block with Silk Touch will make it vanish, you can drop the block including the mob using Resonance, while Pest Control will earn you a nice sum of XP instead

Redstone Sand rework

Redstone Sand has been completely revamped. It has lots of utility now, useful in many redstony scenarios.

• transfers redstone signals in any direction, including upwards and downwards (with is kind of a pain in vanilla)
• immediately gives off power to neighboring Redstone, but transferring to other Redstone Sand creates a slowly growing signal
• Stores energy. Signals drop off slowly after turning off the input
• Will fall when powered and not supported
• Retains its energy during the fall, giving a short Redstone Pulse when landing

Improvements

• Rewrote quite a few guidebook entries
• When using a Crafting Tablet in a Pedestal, hoppers and other item transport methods now only fill each slot as needed, instead up to 64 items, making autocrafting setups much more quick and efficient
• You can bonk Item Roundels with the Paintbrush to make it spin the other way around (a godsend, if you enjoy mirrored setups)
• The Guidebook now has a way of listing Item => Ink conversions. The guidebook now also shows that you can use Dye, in addition to Pigment
• The Radiance Staff now supports Efficiency. Its floodlight ability places lights a lot quicker
• Stable Midnight Aberration now notes it's creative exclusive in its tooltip
• Added the command '/spectrum list_item_tags'. Prints a list of all tags of a given item (or the one in your main hand)
• The Spirit Instiller's 'finish crafting' sound is not only 60% as loud
• The Primordial Fire sound is not only 60% as loud
• Updated all Fluid Collision recipes in EMI
• Renamed the 'craft_colored_sapling' advancements title. Now called 'Botanian Rhapsody'
• Lowered the crafting time of the Soothing Bouquet. The required time was longer than midnight even lasted - making it unable to be crafted unless using speed upgrades
• Bidents can now be enchanted with Indestructible
• Kindlings are now immune to Primordial Fire
• The Creative Menu now has a full Bottomless Bundle for testing shenanigans
• The soothing bouquet recipe now mentions its midnight requirement
• Added Stiffness Potion recipe for the Potion Workshop
• Removed Downstone Fragments from the Undergrowth Manors loot. You can now find additional ones in a new platforming challenge in the mining drill structure
• All Guidebook images now use up to date textures
• The colored gems in the Pedestal & Crafting Tablet GUIs now use up to date colors
• Added more translation strings for the guidebook (used in wip Russian translation)
• Updated the Spirit Instiller texture
• The repair percentage for the 'Moonstruck Nectar repairing' recipe now is configurable
• Several hardcoded item texts & lore from chest loot is now translatable
• Added Surveillance Maps leading to Undergrowth Manors. You can find them in state property. yes, this has lore implications
• Made eraser hitboxes 33% bigger
• Decay now drops XP, the later game, the more. A new XP farm just dropped, hm? Do you dare? >:D
• Added Item Crushing recipe for Nether Wart from Nether Wart Blocks
• The volume of Azure Aura is now configurable and is now 50% as loud as before by default
• Added an advancement for placing down a Forgotten Memory
• Added an advancement for trying to create a Spawner of a blacklisted/boss/unknown mob
• Added raw Azurite, Malachite & Bloodstone blocks. The Azurite one causes Azure aura, as with all Azurite blocks
• Redesigned the Wireless Redstone puzzle structure so players that crouch into the water flow can't get stuck anymore
• Nightdew Vines now use a proper loot table for their rare drops. Added loot condition matching nearby sleeping entities
• The Block Breaker now uses Fabrics Fake Player API - making it drop cloaked drops even if their owner is offline
• The 'open DD portal' advancement now also procs when creating it via Bottling up Ruin
• Reworked the Bedrock Anvil mechanics to handle special cases much more smoothly
• I 'primordial fire converting' recipes using item entities
• Gemstone Powder Blocks and the Redstone Calculator now use the up to date gemstone color palette
• Improved inventory handling across all containers. Crafting Chest now start autocrafting as soon as possible. They did not run if you added more stuff to an existing stack before
• Since Dragonbone Chunks are now renewable from Marrow Drops, Kindlings now drop nothing. MC hasn't had useful drops from killing non-hostile mobs in a while

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the 'collect_mob_head_using_treasure_hunter' advancement not unlocking
• Fixed an oversight that could lead to Pastel nodes accumulating items (thank you, Aquaeyes!)
• Fixed a typo in the 'slot_reserver' data component name (was "slot_eserver")
• Fixed the Advocaat recipe - it used an item tag that was removed in 1.21
• Fixed recipe viewers listing an empty slot, if a Titration recipe does not require a fluid
• Fixed the Fusion Shrines weather recipes not changing the weather
• The 'eat_each_pastry' advancement now requires eating Cream Pastry, Myceylon Apple Pie, Myceylon Pumpkin Pie & Rabbit Cream Pie
• Fixed pigment palette not accepting ink after clearing its contents
• Fixed Semi Permeable Topaz Glass requiring Amethyst, instead of Topaz powder
• Fixed the Poisoner's Handbook not opening the corresponding guidebook entry on use
• Fixed the Puzzle Item Bowl in the Undergrowth Manor not spawning
• Fixed the memories in advancements not showing their color, but rendering black
• Fixed unlock popups being duplicated after repeatedly leaving/joining worlds
• Fixed the 'meat rotting' Dragonrot Dipping recipe not listing input
• Fixed Suspicious Brews not having effects
• Fixed Titration Barrel interactions
• Fixed repeatedly activating/deactivating the Dreamflayer stacking stats, until you get chunkbanned
• Fixed the DD killing ceiling being one block too high

Mod Compat

• Starry Skies: Made Geode spheres a lot more common
• Starry Skies: Tweaked resource generation chances
• Starry Skies: You can now find Mermaid's Gems & Quitoxic Reeds in Starry Skies
• Starry Skies: Fixed Paltaeria generating in Scarcy Skies
• Waystones: Colored Sharestone recipe popups are now grouped
• Colorful Azaleas: Colored Leaves can now turned into sizable amounts of Ink
• Recipe Viewers: that can operate with ingredients with >1 count can now do more fancy stuff
• Recipe Viewers: Fixed Enchanted Books ingredients not listing their enchantment requirements. Same for Infused Beverages