Echo Protocol v0.4.0-alpha — False Memories

The world no longer remembers only what happened. It begins remembering what never happened.

Added

• False Memories that begin with authentic player recordings before deviating
• Panic Imprints based on dangerous moments survived by the player
• Rare Peripheral Echo sightings
• Audio Residue from familiar but empty locations
• Borrowed Habits for The Original
• Adaptive Event Director 2.0
• Six new hidden advancements
• New administrator and testing commands

The Original Reworked

The Original has received a complete movement and behavior overhaul:

• Smooth continuous walking
• Acceleration and deceleration
• Natural body and head rotation
• Bounded local waypoint planning
• Observation-aware reactions
• Stuck detection and recovery
• Distinct behavior for all nine Original event types
• Real position-driven walking animation
• Purposeful pauses and bounded endings

Improved

• Event pacing and repetition prevention
• Familiar-location behavior
• Safe movement around obstacles
• Multiplayer privacy
• Configuration migration
• Disconnect and dimension-change cleanup

Safety

• No block modification
• No inventory or container modification
• No chunk force-loading
• No destructive Panic Imprint recreation
• Hardcore-safe defaults
• Private Echo data remains server-authoritative

Requirements

• Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.1
• Fabric Loader 0.16.14 or newer
• Fabric API
• Java 21
• Installed on both client and server

Known Limitations

• New event histories are session-scoped
• The Original uses bounded local navigation rather than full mob pathfinding
• Complex multi-floor paths, ladders, closed doors, and long routes may trigger a safe fallback
• Sound design primarily uses compatible vanilla sound events