Latitude — Changelog (1.2.2 → 1.2.4 Beta)

⚠️ Deprecated build This version is superseded by newer releases and is no longer recommended for new worlds.

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✅ Major Fixes & Improvements

🌍 World Radius & Latitude Accuracy

• Fixed radius mismatches between:

  • World border
  • HUD latitude readout
  • Biome selection math

• Latitude degrees, biome bands, and warnings now correctly scale across all world sizes (Itty Bitty → Ginormous!).

❄️ Climate & Biome Corrections

• Restored missing biomes that were unintentionally dropped in earlier versions (e.g. taiga, grove, pale garden, cherry grove, etc.).

• Enhanced variety of climate bands, especially tropical and subtropical.

  • Swamps more common
  • Included mangrove swamps which were missing before
  • Less endless jungle!

• Improved subpolar and polar biome consistency:

  • Snow and ice no longer leak into tropics/equator.
  • Cold biomes now appear at appropriate latitudes.

• Reduced cases of obviously incorrect ecology (e.g. warm biomes at extreme latitudes).

• Better separation between latitude band selection and in-band biome variety (vanilla-like feel preserved).

• Better biome blending between cool temperate (high latitudes) and snowy subpolar.

🧭 Hazard & Warning Logic

• Polar warning effects are now properly gated by latitude, not triggered too early.
• World border / polar hazard math is unified and consistent.
• Prepared groundwork for future difficulty modes (non-default).

🏔️ Terrain & Generation Stability

• Confirmed that mountains, elevation variation, and terrain noise are still generating correctly.
• Fixed several issues that caused biomes to feel overly flat or monotonous in some bands.

🧭 HUD / UI

• Fixed the Compass HUD “Attach to Hotbar” mode so it anchors to the right side of the hotbar, preventing overlap with the health and armor overlays on the left.

⚙️Default Keybind change

• Changed default keybind of hiding compass HUD from K to comma , to avoid inadvertently reloading shaders.

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⚠️ Known Issues / Disclaimers

🌫️ East–West Fog (Sodium)

• EW fog does not currently render when Sodium is enabled.
• The system is present internally, but compatibility with Sodium’s fog pipeline is unresolved.
• This is cosmetic only and does not affect gameplay or world generation.

🕳️ Cave / Surface Oddities

• Some exposed cave features (e.g. dripstone near surface at higher latitudes) may still appear in edge cases.
• These are known and will be addressed in a future polish pass, though the issue appears to be fixed.

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⏳ IMPORTANT: First World Load Time (Normal Behavior)

When creating a Latitude world for the first time, you may experience a long initial loading time (sometimes noticeably longer than vanilla).

This is normal. Reason:

• Latitude performs additional setup during first-time world initialization (radius sync, biome math prep, tag resolution).

Good news:

• Once the world is created, future loads are fast and normal.
• This only happens on first creation, not on subsequent launches.

Please do not force-close the game during first load unless it’s clearly frozen for several minutes.

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🔮 Planned Next Steps (Post-Beta)

• Proper Sodium-compatible EW fog implementation (no flicker, no render conflicts).
• Further biome transition smoothing at latitude boundaries (less visible seams).
• Additional biome ecology passes (mountains, rivers, rare biomes).
• Optional difficulty / realism toggles (non-default).
• Continued cleanup of legacy “Globe” internals while preserving world compatibility.

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🧪 Beta Notes

• This beta prioritizes correctness and stability over new visuals.

• If something looks off, please include:

  • World size
  • Approximate latitude
  • Screenshots (with F3 if possible)
  • Steps to reproduce (when applicable)

Bug reports & feedback: Please report issues on the GitHub Issues page for Latitude: 👉 https://github.com/joolbits/latitude/issues