NewSeasons

NewSeasons 2.1.0 Changelog

This update improves NewSeasons with better configuration, more seasonal behavior, and a cleaner setup for server owners.

What's New

• Added a proper build setup for NewSeasons.
• Updated the plugin version to 2.1.0.
• Added new configuration files for weather, crops, mobs, and biome settings.
• Added biome configuration support for seasonal temperature, snow, and winter freezing.
• Added Terralith biome configuration files.
• Added /ns install terralith to install Terralith biome settings.
• Added a public Modrinth description file.
• Added a third-party notice file for reused configuration data.

Gameplay Improvements

• Seasons now affect weather using configurable precipitation chances.
• Temperature now uses configurable base values, season modifiers, biome modifiers, weather, time of day, light, altitude, armor, water, and Nether settings.
• Temperature can now be shown in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• Creative players are protected from temperature effects by default.
• Crops now use configurable seasonal growth settings.
• Winter crops can require shelter, enough light, and safe temperature, making greenhouses useful.
• Seasonal mobs now load from mobs.yml.
• Seasonal mob spawning now happens near players instead of random world coordinates.
• Spring baby animal behavior is configurable.
• Season transition effects now play when the season changes.
• Ambient seasonal effects are enabled for players by default when they join.

Server Owner Improvements

• You can now limit NewSeasons to specific worlds using general.enabled-worlds.
• Weather duration settings are configurable.
• Day and night length settings now load from config.yml.
• Player statistics now update automatically while players are online.
• Player statistics are autosaved instead of being saved on every small change.
• The plugin now saves and loads bundled resource files more reliably.
• Missing command registrations are now handled safely instead of causing startup errors.

Fixes

• Fixed decompiled code issues by restoring editable Java source.
• Fixed the season enum so the project builds correctly.
• Fixed personal temperature toggling.
• Fixed world temperature toggling.
• Fixed several type errors from the recovered source.
• Fixed winter ice handling when no chunks are loaded.
• Fixed seasonal effects changing the same location object repeatedly.
• Fixed broken or awkward public messages in effect commands.
• Fixed SNOWMAN mob naming by supporting the modern SNOW_GOLEM name.
• Removed placeholder behavior from the Terralith install command.
• Removed old decompiler comments from source files.

Language

• Public plugin text is now kept in English.