Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0

Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0

◄◄ 1.7.6.2 ◄ 1.7.6.2_02   1.7.7.0_01 ►

Release date	August 1, 2023

Minecraft Beta 1.7.7.0 is a major update to Better than Adventure!, which adds new biomes such as the Glacier and Birch Forest, new blocks, new mobs and mob variants, and much more.

Additions

Blocks

Baked Mud

• New decorative block obtained from smelting Mud.
• Not affected by gravity.

Basket

• New container block.
• Collects items that fall onto it.

Chainlink Fence

• New fence-like block crafted from Chainlinks.

• Can be climbed along by players.

Cobbled Permafrost

• New Cobblestone variant acquired from mining Permafrost.

Deactivated Mob Spawner

• Obtained by mining spawners with silk touch.
• Totally inert - does not spawn any monsters nor have fire particles.

Firefly Lanterns

• New decorative light source blocks.
• Comes in 4 colors; Red, Orange, Green and Blue.

Flag

• New customizable decorative block.

Glass Trapdoor

• New transparent trapdoor variant made of Glass.
• Currently has no Tinted Glass variant.

Mud

• New gravity-affected block, similar to Sand and Gravel.
• Found in the Swampland biome.
• Takes longer to fall than the aforementioned blocks.

Permafrost

• New stone/ice variant found in the Glacier biome.
• Cannot melt.
• When harvested, it drops Cobbled Permafrost.

Permafrost Bricks

• New brick variant crafted from Permafrost.

Perma-Ice

• New Ice variant found in the Glacier biome.
• Cannot melt.
• Entities can slide along the block, similarly to regular Ice.

Scorched Grass

• New grass variant found in the [Biome|Outback biome]].

Items

Ice Skates

• New uncraftable boots.
• Found inside structures in the Glacier biome.

Jar

• Used to capture Fireflies.

Music Disc - Dog

• Found in dungeons and dropped from creepers.
• Plays Dog by C418, previously only accessible in Xbox 360 Edition.

Raw Ores

• Iron and Gold Ores now drop raw items that can be smelted into Ingots.

Fire Striker

• Has higher durability than regular Fire Strikers.

Steel Shears

• Have a higher durability than regular Shears.

Mobs

Firefly

• New ambient mob.

Scorpion

• New hostile mob.
• Drops String when killed.

Snowman

• New hostile mob.

• Spawns in the Permafrost biome.

• Throws snowballs at the player before killing them.

World Generation

Rivers

• Rivers have been added, including two distinct types.

Biomes

Birch Forest

• New forest variant filled with tall Birch trees.

Glacier

• New snowy biome, similar to the Tundra.
• Contains Permafrost.

World Types

Debug

• A void world containing the block states of every block in the game.

Empty

• An empty void world containing a single block of bedrock that the player spawns on.

Floating Islands

• Generates numerous floating islands above the void, somewhat similar to the Indev map type.

Other Additions

• The game now features a dynamic wind system that affects cloud direction, falling leaves, and flags.
• Paintings are now more user-friendly, with the ability to select which painting is placed when the player right-clicks them. Various new paintings have also been added.
• Aurora borealis.
• The options menu has been completely redesigned, making it much easier for the player to find what they're looking for.
• The game now has various new volume sliders.
• Swamps now feature pools of stagnant water.
• Algae now change color depending on the season.
• Sign backgrounds.
• Signs can now be dyed.
• Tooltip styles.
• Improved silk touch mechanics.
• Translation support.
• Mob variants.
• Modern and slim skins.
• Wolves will seek out items on the ground and bring them back to you.
• Color correction.
• [Pebble|Pebbles] can now be placed on the ground.
• Revamped season colors.
• Discord rich presence.
• Chests now behave more like modern Minecraft, and can be placed next to each other.
• Inventory improvements - players can now click and drag items around like in modern Minecraft.
• Tweaked ore textures.
• Players can now pan and rotate freely in photo mode. It should also be a lot smoother overall.

Miscellaneous Changes

• Improved world conversion
• New backgrounds
• Better full-screen handling
• VBOs setting
• More accurate Retro worlds
• Fixed high DPI scaling
• Number key item switching
• Closing inventory no longer drops items
• M1 Mac colour fix
• New splashes
• Repackaged every single class making the game much easier to work with
• Portal blocks now render fullbright
• Armored zombies now have bits of chainmail fly off as they get damaged
• Block tags
• Tinkering with Paradise appearance
• Improved trommel animation
• Blood rain
• Monster mob now takes on player skin when labelled
• Entity nicknames now depth-tested
• New terrain generation pipeline
• /time set dayX
• Ambient occlusion in fullbright
• Mushrooms no longer generate in the Nether
• Cape API from betterthanadventure.net
• Item clumping
• Fog enable/disable setting
• Fixed portal placement
• Auto walk key
• Option to swap mouse buttons
• Removed old mod loader
• Better seasonal sky color
• Frosted grass in winter
• Trapdoors have side textures
• 3D biome support (not currently used)
• Creative players can reach further
• Improved door selection box
• "/chunk regen" command
• Autosave timer
• Better biome placement logic
• Chat scrollback
• Better text editing
• Stairs can now be placed upside-down.
• Logs can now be placed sideways.