Food Expiration is Gone (and other Tech news)

[Daisy 9725]

 

 

Hello Roleplay Enthusiasts!

 

Just a quick(ish) update on food expiration, 1.21.11,  and some other things going on in the Tech land.

 

Food Expiration and Future Plans

As mentioned in my January Tech Update,  we resolved issues with FoodCore and Food Bags and originally planned to reintroduce food expiration in January. However, following feedback at the time, we chose to delay that change until the 1.21.11 update, with feedback channels open in the Tech Discord in the meantime. With the 1.21.11 update last week, food expiration and food bags were reintroduced, but I completely forgot to include that in the 1.21.11 patch notes, apologies the bad comms there.

 

Over the past few days, we’ve seen a lot of feedback regarding food expiration. We discussed it in a Java Team meeting today, where we unanimously agreed on the following:

- All vanilla food will be unperishable. Food expiration will instead be reserved for custom foods when our cooking plugin is released.

- In addition, we will be keeping Food Bags as a feature, as the ability to consolidate food into a single stack has been well received and provides clear utility without downsides.

 

While food expiration for vanilla foods had some interesting design concepts, we feel it ultimately doesn’t align well with our roleplay culture or the overall player experience.

 

1.21.11 Release Retrospective

As with any update, 1.21.11 came with a number of issues on launch. We believe the majority of these have now been resolved:
- Issues where LC regions were not enabling creative mode.

- Inventory duplications / deletions with Personas (note: this refers to a large data save issue during the first hour of release, there are still reports that this occasionally happens as it did long before the update - this is one bug that we just can't seem to track down despite a great deal of effort). If you are impacted by this bug, please read this guide.

- Two separate duplication glitches.

- Surge Crafting not recognizing your materials (note: this bug may still exist, though we think it was due to a plugin state inconsistency and was fixed with a restart).

- Copper golems being spawnable.

- Copper chests not locking.

- Unintended crafting recipes for spears and netherite horse armor.

- Staff unable to use some WorldEdit selection commands.

- WorldEdit protections for locked chests not functioning.

 

I've heard about (and experienced) instability with Figura on 1.21.11, so we'll be keeping backwards compatibility for 1.21.5 until it is stable.

 

I also want to acknowledge @Islamadon's post, which pointed out several features that were held back from this release.

 

From experience, we’ve found it’s best to prioritize a clean version upgrade first, resolve issues, and then introduce additional features afterward. Bundling too much into a single update significantly increases risk, and given the scale of a Minecraft version jump (covering 1.21.6, 1.21.9, and 1.21.11), keeping scope controlled is important for stability. We do still intend to introduce 1.21.11 content such as spears, netherite horse armor, copper armor, and nautiluses in future plugin updates.

 

It’s also worth addressing the question: why update at all if so much is unavailable on launch? Version upgrades are primarily about enabling future development. They unlock new APIs, mechanics, and features that we can leverage. They also bring server-side performance improvements, security updates, and ensure continued compatibility with third-party plugins and APIs we rely on. Additionally, new versions provide access to updated blocks and items from day one, even if some things are not made available.

 

Version migrations are large, complex efforts that affect nearly every system on the server, it was a significant amount of effort to get 1.21.11 live. Not every team member is required to participate in updating though, I largely led effort with help from those mentioned on the post, while others continued focusing on their own plugins and systems in parallel. Like any staff team, we're volunteer-run, and folks work on what drives them.

Overall, the focus of 1.21.11 was establishing a stable foundation for future development. We'll continue to tackle issues, work on new and exciting features, and reintroduce the held-back content in upcoming updates.

 

Settlement Applications
Since the release of the system, we have received six settlement applications. We are currently reviewing the Dark Elf and Snow Elf applications, while the Dwarf ones are on hold until after the subjugation period ends for Urguan next week. The remaining two (High Elves and Lubba) are on hold pending an Implementation Team meeting later this week, where we'll be discussing if cooldowns on creating settlements should be in place for vassals who were evicted or lost their land in conquest. I am looking forward to seeing some settlements on the map, stay tuned!

Cheers,
Daisy

Report bugs via our GitHub tracker

 

View upcoming development plans on our roadmap

 

Join the plugin and systems discussion in our Tech Discord

 

 

[Metamancy 1759]

REJOICE GOD IS GOOD

[LobsterLarry 1514]

good

[subatomic 1497]

Reserved

[Javert 9615]

THANK F UCK

[Tav 4336]

the wicked witch is finally dead!

[Beardicuss 486]

Nice thanks for the update on the dwarf lair apps!

[trinn 5128]

why is settlement issues  only the purview of implementation team

this seems more like a moderation discussion as well

[PolarLoLs 983]

What are the talks of CAs being able to use persona scale? 

[Digit___ 1223]

REJOICE, MY FRIENDS! FOOD EXPIRY IS GONE!

(Foodbag is hella convenient tho, saves me inv space)

[Vegancomedy 35]

GOD IS GOOD !!!!

[DarkxWalker 248]

[Hom 1987]

yay food expiry gone!! 

 

is there any word on the shop plugin being fixed or is that still being worked on?

[Turbo_Dog 3566]

1 hour ago, Daisy said:

duplication glitches

 

@mediashout out

[PanicZealot 648]

@DaisyCan it be explained why the dwarves making a settlement app have to wait for subjugation to be over for our app to be reviewed? It's not a rebellion or anything, just people moving. We made our app before the dark elves and snow elves. It doesn't really make sense, and I'm looking for clarification.