Talking Colonists (Minecolonies Addon)

2.1.0-beta.1 - 2026-10-11

Chores

• record client smoke verification for the T2/T4 stack - (7ab0e17) - Hendrik Lind
• bump version to 2.1.0-beta.1 - (efc52f0) - Hendrik Lind
• point links and mod metadata at the talking-colonists org - (02222cb) - Hendrik Lind

Code Style

• use imports instead of inline qualified names - (64986f2) - Hendrik Lind

Documentation

• (L1) AI backend interface design - (d5dd018) - Hendrik Lind

• (A11) API 2.1 overview, migration guide and release notes draft - (6ce1818) - Hendrik Lind

• (roadmap) add 2.1 roadmap for API gaps, QoL, and addon ideas - (b75036a) - sshbot

• (AGENTS.md) correct outdated package and build facts - (15a3cca) - Hendrik Lind

• (roadmap) keep refactor internal and replace Errands reflection - (a2b1d03) - sshbot

• (X0) link the addon template repository - (f5c43bc) - Hendrik Lind

• (roadmap) link wave milestones - (b3c3260) - Hendrik Lind

• (roadmap) list Track T issues in the 2.1 status table - (61c173d) - Hendrik Lind

• stable public API policy and testing roadmap track - (eb03197) - Hendrik Lind

• roadmap links to the org project board - (9cc02e4) - Hendrik Lind

• a MineColonies gameplay-mechanics reference for feature design - (4b721a5) - Hendrik Lind

• one javadoc for RandomConversationHandler.endInterrupted - (836d68d) - Hendrik Lind

Features

• (A3) Live model fallback for addon text generation - (46ddc79) - Hendrik Lind

• (api) add additive API feature detection (A0) - (ef010bc) - Hendrik Lind

• (A1) broadcast and news publishing for addons - (9e3ec67) - Hendrik Lind

• (A2) colony event feed for addons - (ca6fe32) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q5) complaints grow with how long a problem lasts - (d736ef6) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q8) config presets (Free Tier / Paid Key / Quiet Colony) - (9dad4b9) - Hendrik Lind

• (A5) conversation utterance events for addons - (fd7fb90) - Hendrik Lind

• (dev) count audio per provider turn and report silent turns - (316ea80) - Hendrik Lind

• (A9) cross-colony controlled sessions - (f1d078c) - Hendrik Lind

• (A3) in-character text generation for addons - (ac0a9ca) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q4) per-player ambient speech budget (#133) - (b0559cb) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q7) pick personality archetypes in the config screen - (049c53f) - Hendrik Lind

• (A6) player conversation start options for addons - (2903e42) - Hendrik Lind

• (A10) player speech capture for addons - (a951c06) - Hendrik Lind

• (A4) player text input into conversations - (2835077) - Hendrik Lind

• (A7) provider capacity and quota status for addons - (0cfa802) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q2) show quota exhaustion to players and in status - (099ddae) - Hendrik Lind

• (dev) speech timeline and report for automated playtests - (8bfa4ac) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q9) start conversations without the talking device - (3e54c66) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q1) tell operators when no Gemini API key is configured - (9d9664e) - Hendrik Lind

• (Q10) type in chat to the citizen you are talking to - (3adaa27) - Hendrik Lind

• (A8) visitor speakers behind an opt-in policy - (db3f508) - Hendrik Lind

...and more. The full changelog is on the GitHub release for this version. Last entry shown: - localize hard-coded strings for translation support - (3ac8ae3) - Hendrik Lind