🧱 Gang & Friends — Changelog

Version: 0.1 (Alpha)
Platform: Fabric (Minecraft 1.21.10)
Status: First playable Alpha — focused on performance, quality of life, and cozy multiplayer gameplay.

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✨ New Additions / Core Features

• Voice & Social:
  voicechat, vcinteraction, SimpleRPC, chat_heads, chattools, morechathistory, chatanimation

• Maps & Navigation:
  XaerosWorldMap, nethermap, PickUpNotifier

• Building & Planning:
  litematica, malilib, Scribble, structure_layout_optimizer, BlockRunner, calcmod

• Quality of Life:
  Controlling, craftingtweaks, clienttweaks, MouseTweaks, held-item-info,
  shulkerboxtooltip, Searchables, inventoryessentials, clientsort, configurable, ConfiguredDefaults

• Visuals & Immersion:
  iris (Shader support), lambdynamiclights, visuality, AmbientSounds, fallingleaves,
  ExtremeSoundMuffler, sound-physics-remastered, entity/skin layers & features,
  optigui, LeaveMyBarsAlone, OverflowingBars, status-effect-bars, boatiview, do_a_barrel_roll

• Server-Friendly Gameplay:
  NoChatReports, sleepwarp, players-drop-heads, mob-heads, securecrops,
  cropsloverain, easyelytratakeoff, netherportalfix, axolotlbuckets

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🚀 Performance & Stability

• Client Optimization:
  sodium, lithium, vmp, c2me, BadOptimizations, ImmediatelyFast,
  entityculling, betterbiomeblend, fusion, ScalableLux, rrls

• Server / Technical:
  servercore, spark (profiling), Chunky (world pregen),
  Alternate Current (redstone optimization), DistantHorizons (LOD worlds)

• Network / Compatibility:
  badpackets, placeholder-api, ForgeConfigAPIPort, polymer-bundled

Note: The 1.21.10 / 1.21.9 version mix is intentional. Expect fine-tuning in later updates.

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🧰 Tools, Admin & Utilities

• Menus & Configs:
  modmenu, ConfiguredDefaults, configurable

• Player Utilities:
  Zoomify, Gamma-Utils, durabilitytooltip, fast-ip-ping,
  LeaveMyBarsAlone, LeavesBeGone, Searchables

• Creative & Building Tools:
  freecam, Axiom, Scribble, Jade, cherishedworlds

• Extras:
  Sodium Shadowy Path Blocks Fix, elytra_physics, weaponmaster_ydm,
  audioplayer, vr_typewriter_daycounter_v1

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🧱 Libraries / Dependencies

fabric-api, fabric-language-kotlin, balm, collective, midnightlib,
PuzzlesLib, CraterLib, CreativeCore, cicada-lib, yet_another_config_lib_v3,
supermartijn642configlib, prickle, geckolib, ForgeConfigAPIPort, polymer-bundled
(These provide APIs or support functions for other mods.)

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🎨 Resource Packs

• Recolourful Containers 2.1.2 — colorful container textures
• SodiumTranslations — improved UI translations for Sodium

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💡 Shader Support (via Iris)

• Complementary Reimagined r5.6.1
• Complementary Unbound r5.6.1
• Miniature Shader 2.18.3
• Photon v1.2a
• Rethinking Voxels r0.1-beta9

Tip: Start without shaders for stability, then try Complementary Reimagined as a balanced default.
DistantHorizons + shaders may require tweaking.

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⚙️ Recommended Settings

• Video Settings:
  • Sodium: chunk distance 10–16; entity distance +5–10
  • Dynamic Lights: “Fast” for FPS, “Fancy” for visuals
• Jade Tooltips: Minimal for cozy gameplay
• VoiceChat: Push-to-talk; default range
• World Map: Enable Nether support for nethermap

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🧪 Known Alpha Issues

• Version Mix (1.21.10 / 1.21.9): Some RC builds in use — report crashes or missing features
• DistantHorizons + Shaders: May cause visual glitches
• Freecam / Admin Tools: Use according to server rules
• NoChatReports: Ensure both client & server have it enabled

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🗒️ Technical Notes

• Server Essentials:
  servercore, spark, Chunky, Alternate Current
• Client Optimization Stack:
  sodium → lithium → vmp → c2me → ImmediatelyFast → entityculling
• Builder Suite:
  litematica + malilib (+ Scribble for notes or layouts)

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📢 Highlights (TL;DR)

• ⚡ Major performance boost via Sodium / Lithium / VMP
• 🌅 Shader-ready visuals with curated shader set
• 🌳 Immersive world: Ambient Sounds, Dynamic Lights, Falling Leaves, Visuality, Sound Physics
• 🎤 Social features: VoiceChat, improved chat UI, maps & navigation tools
• 🧱 Builder-focused: Litematica suite, structure tools, clean UI