# Rivencraft 26.3 beta 1.0.1.78-beta.1

Collects the player-validated port slices since 1.0.1.71-beta.1. This beta is
not yet feature-complete with the Minecraft 1.21.1 version.

## Sky and color writing

- Missing Sky pages now select a deterministic seeded style. Books with
  Normal Time and no explicit Sky select celestial-compatible Overworld Sky.
  Explicit Sky pages always win; weather and lighting choices stay independent.
- Ported Red, Green, Blue, Black and White color pages. Preceding Number pages
  control component strength; unnumbered colors use seeded values. Colors mix
  before clamping the completed group. Colors before Sky tint that sky; a
  trailing color group also targets the sky.
- Added an Ambient Color controller for an independent ambient-light tint.
  Color alone does not change effective illumination or monster-spawn rules.
- Native, End and animated Static backgrounds use saved Age color settings.

## Normal Time celestial controls

- Length pages control the native day cycle; a preceding Number fine-tunes
  length. Zero Length freezes the cycle at a seeded time or an authored Phase,
  without interpolation bounce or changing the shared Overworld clock.
- Rising, Zenith, Setting and Nadir Phase pages choose the starting phase.
  Clockwise and Counterclockwise control direction. North, East, South and
  West Angle pages choose orbit bearing. Preceding Number pages fine-tune
  Phase and Angle in 15-degree increments.
- Small, Normal and Large Celestial size Normal Time's sun to 0.5×, 1× and 2×.
  A preceding Number overrides size from 0.25× to 3×. As in 1.21.1, the paired
  moon remains normal-sized. Size does not alter illumination or day length.
- Settings persist through reload/restart and remain stable when reseeding
  future terrain. Older profiles retain native/default values.
- Added operator diagnostics for environment, color and celestial profiles.

## Compatibility and testing

- Catalog protocol is now 6: use matching client/server builds.
- Player in-game checks passed for the included slices. Build checks and
  targeted disposable-server diagnostics covered numeric modifiers, catalog
  round trips, unchanged sampled lighting, reload, reseed and restart.
- Standalone Sun/Moon controllers, multiple bodies, per-body colors, eclipses,
  full writing/discovery, instability, portals and optional-integration parity
  remain incomplete. Creative availability does not imply full page support.
- Number-controlled Static Sky resolution remains tracked in issue #109;
  time-page naming improvements remain tracked in issue #110.
- Existing chunks are not regenerated. Save compatibility is not guaranteed
  during beta; keep backups and keep the two Minecraft version tracks apart.

Requires Minecraft **26.3**, NeoForge **26.3.0.99**, and **Java 25**. Dynamic
Dimensions and Bad Packets are not required. Minecraft 1.21.1 is unchanged.

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