Alpha Below 1.0.2

Patch release for Minecraft 1.20.1 focused on the new Alpha Steve horror layer, Alpha HUD/gameplay parity across Fabric+Forge, and a large compatibility/stability pass for rendering + music in modded dimension stacks.

Highlights

• Renamed Mysterious Stone to Petrified Cobblestone.
• Updated Player Remains texture, thank you @FeritWolf95!
• Added Alpha Steve as the main horror entity (horror mode):
  • New encounter types include cave work sightings, strip-mine reveal moments, structure window watch scenes, tree-work sightings, and failed ceiling escape events.
  • Includes dedicated sounds, renderer/model support, and debug hooks for encounter testing.
• Added Alpha Steve lore traces and aftermath storytelling:
  • Contextual sign traces after encounters (sparse, cooldown-gated, non-spammy).
  • Added rare Alpha Cave Chicken encounter scenes (horror mode only).
• Added/finished Alpha gameplay rules:
  • Sprint disabled in Alpha.
  • Hunger drain disabled in Alpha.
  • Food restores health directly in Alpha.
  • Fall damage in Alpha cannot be fatal.
  • 1.9+ melee cooldown removed in Alpha (classic full-strength swings).
  • Classic bow, no draw/charge animation.
• New config — Allow mob spawning (Alpha dimension): enables overworld-style natural spawning and chunk population; uses Plains-like spawn lists when Alpha biomes have none.
• New config — Allow entity roaming (Alpha dimension): stops removing non-persistent mobs on load so you can bring animals, use other mods’ entities, etc.; does not enable natural spawning unless Allow mob spawning is on.
• Added/expanded rendering compatibility pass (300+ textures):
  • Expanded Alpha texture coverage for boats, armor, etc.
• Removed Chicken Freestyle track. Never was intended to be included in the mod, was just part of the C418 archive used to provide our music.
  • Cave chicken event inspired by this.

Fixes

• Fixed player remains piles not dropping their scattered loot when the block was broken.
• Fixed cross-dimension music spam/overlap with other dimension mods:
  • Dimension transitions are now tracked by world key (not only alpha/non-alpha boolean flips).
  • Music reset now runs correctly on any dimension change.
  • Replaced perpetual non-Alpha suppression with a short post-exit grace period, preventing repeated forced restarts in dimensions that mute vanilla music.
• Fixed issue with resource packs using alternative top-layer textures. Resource packs should no longer overwrite textures from the Alpha dimension.

Notes

• Immersive Portals compatibility is reflection-based on both loaders (defensive against API changes).

Known Issues

• Same Sodium/Embeddium-related caveats as 1.0.0 (skybox fog bleed, chest latch glitch); shaders or fog settings may help.