Nova

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Important

• This is an early alpha release, and you should create a backup of your world or test this on a separate test server
• Upgrades have been moved to the simple_upgrades addon, which you'll need to also install if you're using machines or logistics

General Changes

General changes in Nova, affecting server administrators.

• Nova now runs on MC 1.19.4 (all other versions, such as 1.19.3 are not supported)
• The availability of the attach mechanism is now a requirement.
  Nova will no longer work on servers where java agents are not supported.
• Improved resource pack generation
  • Improved generation speed
  • Reworked resource filter system
    • Nova Documentation - Resource Filters
  • New configuration options
    • Zip compression level
    • Pack description
• Improved boss bar overlays
  • Customizable WAILA positioning
    • Nova Documentation - WAILA positioning
  • Customizable vanilla bar spacing (overlay.bossbar.vanilla_bars.positioning)
• WorldEdit integration
• Partial compatibility with Oraxen
  • Nova Documentation - Oraxen: Known Issues
• Every item configuration file can now have an attribute_modifiers section
  • Nova Documentation - Attribute Modifiers
• Improved side configs
  • Simple- & Advanced Mode
• All Upgrades have been moved to the simple_upgrades addon, which is now a dependency of the machines and logistics addons

Fixes

• Fixed #182: CustomNameplates incompatibility
• Fixed #209: Nova will not package bar.png from other resource packs
• Fixed #228: Font File Merging
• Fixed #230: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException: null
• Potentially fixed #203: Cables randomly stop working

Addon API

New Features

• Custom World Generation via Mojang's custom world format
  • Nova Documentation - World Generation
• Custom Armor via core shaders or MCPatcher (OptiFine)
  • Nova Documentation - Custom Armor
  • Nova Documentation - compatibility with client-side rendering mods
• Namespaced CBF compound for data storage of Nova items
  • Nova Documentation - Item Data
• New vanilla recipe types:
  • smoker
  • blast_furnace
  • campfire
• New ItemBehaviors:
  • Fuel
  • FireResistant
• New ItemNovaMaterial options
  • maxStackSize
  • craftinRemainingItem
  • hidden (from /nova items and /nova give)
• Automatic generation of vertically moved fonts using moved_fonts.json
• Hardcoded Recipes
• GenerateLanguageFiles gradle task

Migration Guide

Nova Documentation - Migration Guide 0.12 ➝ 0.13

Plugin API

New Methods

• NovaMaterial#createItemStack(amount), NovaMaterial#createItemStack()
• NovaMaterial#createClientsideItemStack(amount), NovaMaterial#createClientsideItemStack()
• TileEntity#getLocation()

Changes

• TileEntity owner is now nullable
• Deprecated BlockManager#removeBlock(location, source, playSound, showParticles)
  • Replacement: BlockManager#removeBlock(location, source, breakEffects)
• Everything related to NovaMaterial has been deprecated. Use NovaItem and NovaBlock instead