version 2.4.0

After way too much time I can finally announce a large update covering various fields, including graphics, sounds and performance. A rewrite and extension of half the codebase now allows for easier and more frequent updates, with some cool new stuff planed in subsequent versions.

The noteworthy changes:

• Overhauled the recipe book

• Reworked portals

• Step sounds

• Added 25 additional languages

• More digging and block break sounds

• Reworked buffs

• Items now burn in fire

• Material with effects are now animated in inventory too

• Added fps slider

• Improved buckets + sounds

• Improved a few paintings

• Added some edges to block items

• Improved GUI visuals

• You can now harvest plants by right-clicking

• Added better rain renderer

• Improved item pickup

• Improved fog

• Added tooltips to arrows and bullets

• Torches get destroyed in water

• Reworked recipes for the ring, bow and arrows

• Tin arrows

• Added ash as fertilizer

• Safe

• Leave blocks

• Basalt, slate and pebble

• Yellow colored blocks

• And probably a lot of smaller improvements I forgot about

The more technical stuff:

• Rewrote and cleaned up major parts of the code

• Improved render scheduler and light engine performance

• Improved zoom especially on non-full HD screens

• New font engine and support for most glyphs

• Overhauled foliage system

• Decreased server latency and improved sync performance

• Improved collision engine and overall entity performance

I would also like to invite you to our Discord, as it's easier to chat and discuss there: https://discord.gg/fe5Tdug