From 7605453c303ad948a23d4e51e822441d5fe24a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dnorberg Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 01:51:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document 26.3 beta 1.0.1.54 and separate 1.21.1 gameplay guidance --- Installation.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Installation.md b/Installation.md index 09000c4..c5cf856 100644 --- a/Installation.md +++ b/Installation.md @@ -1,17 +1,21 @@ # Installation -Choose the file that matches your Minecraft version. **The 26.3 alpha is not a replacement for the full 1.21.1 mod.** Do not install both Rivencraft JARs together. +Choose the file that matches your Minecraft version. **The 26.3 beta is not a replacement for the full 1.21.1 mod.** Do not install both Rivencraft JARs together. | Track | Minecraft / NeoForge | Java | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [1.0.1.1 release](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/releases) | 1.21.1 / 21.1.264 or newer in the 21.1 line | 21 | Full feature set documented in this wiki. | -| [1.0.1.9-alpha.1](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/releases/tag/V1.0.1.9-mc26.3-alpha.1) | 26.3 / 26.3.0.99 | 25 | Experimental port preview with prototype vanilla-terrain Ages. | +| [1.0.1.54-beta.1](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/releases/tag/V1.0.1.54-mc26.3-beta.1) | 26.3 / 26.3.0.99 | 25 | Experimental port with authored terrain, biomes, and selected generation features. | ## Required mods For **Minecraft 1.21.1**, install Rivencraft, **Dynamic Dimensions AR Edition 0.9.1**, and **Bad Packets 0.8.2** on both client and server. A singleplayer installation needs these same required mods. -For the **Minecraft 26.3 alpha**, install only its matching Rivencraft JAR with NeoForge 26.3.0.99 and Java 25. The 26.3 port has a first-party prototype Age backend and does **not** use Dynamic Dimensions or Bad Packets. Do not add the 1.21.1 dependencies to a 26.3 instance. The alpha supports basic named Linking Books and Descriptive Books, a Link Panel Page made from paper and an Ink Vial, leather + Link Panel crafting for an unwritten Linking Book, and the blue Crystal growth chain. Its Ages still use prototype vanilla terrain. Page-authored generation, crafting stations, portals, modifiers, live previews, and the optional integrations below remain unported. Use a disposable world or back it up first. +For the **Minecraft 26.3 beta**, install its matching Rivencraft JAR with NeoForge 26.3.0.99 and Java 25. Its first-party Age backend does **not** require Dynamic Dimensions or Bad Packets. Do not install 1.21.1 dependencies in a 26.3 instance. + +The beta includes named books, Link Panel modifiers, the Ink Mixer and Book Binder, blue crystal growth, seeded random terrain/biome choices, authored terrain/biome distributions, and selected generation features. These include Rocks, vegetation, Dungeons, lakes, Floating Islands, Tendrils, Skylands, Spheres, Spikes, Obelisks, Crystal Formations, Dense Ores, and Star Fissures. Existing chunks are not regenerated. Material-bearing features accept an immediately preceding compatible Block/Fluid page; most repeated features currently cap at 32 pages. Not every Creative page has a ported effect. + +The full writing/discovery loop, structures, environmental systems, instability, crystal portals, random feature selection, and optional integration parity are still in progress. Use a disposable world or back it up first. Consult the [26.3 beta guide](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/src/branch/main/ports/mc263/README.md) for supported combinations and limitations. ## Optional integrations (1.21.1 only) @@ -28,6 +32,6 @@ None of these optional mods is needed for core Age travel on 1.21.1. **Ecliptic ## Before updating -Stop the server and back up the **entire world folder**, not just an Age's dimension folder. Age definitions, books, and dimension data must be restored together. Do not migrate a 1.21.1 Rivencraft world to the 26.3 alpha; cross-version save migration is not supported. Alpha saves are not guaranteed to survive later port iterations. +Stop the server and back up the **entire world folder**, not just an Age's dimension folder. Age definitions, books, and dimension data must be restored together. Do not migrate a 1.21.1 Rivencraft world to the 26.3 beta; cross-version save migration is not supported. Beta saves are not guaranteed to survive later port iterations. -On 1.21.1, follow [Getting Started](Getting-Started). If a book opens but its Age will not load, see the [Age recovery guidance](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/src/branch/main/docs/AGES.md#administrator-recovery). Those gameplay instructions do not yet apply to the 26.3 alpha; consult its [release notes](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/releases/tag/V1.0.1.9-mc26.3-alpha.1) instead. +On 1.21.1, follow [Getting Started](Getting-Started). If a book opens but its Age will not load, see the [Age recovery guidance](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/src/branch/main/docs/AGES.md#administrator-recovery). Those gameplay instructions do not yet apply to the 26.3 beta; consult its [release notes](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/releases/tag/V1.0.1.54-mc26.3-beta.1) instead.