Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0 Pre-1

Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0 Pre-1

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Release date	March 5, 2023
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Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0 Pre-1 is the first snapshot for Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0, released on March 5th, 2023.

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 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.

Steel 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 Glacier biome.

• Throws snowballs at the player before killing them.

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 [Weather|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 changes 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.
• 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.