Huckleberry News

November 21st 2014

General Changes

Update 26

• New Block: Slime Block! Falling on this block will induce no fall damage and spring you back up!
• Solved an issue that was causing scrolling on the latest changes panel to be buggy.
• Redwood Spider is now correctly named. (Promise, this time!)
• Sound effects have been added to grinder plants when stood on.
• New Feature: Animal Cages! When placed on the ground, the next animal to wander over them will become trapped inside. When the filled cage is used, the animal will be free again!
• Sound effects have been added when opening/closing a mailbox.
• Grass with a mailbox on top of it should no longer turn to dirt.
• Zombies can now break all types of wooden doors.
• Villagers can now open all types of wooden doors.
• Player heads should no longer become stuck on the minimap when that player dies.
• Solved an issue where using XP bottles could give the player two XP bars.
• Players can no longer store their XP in a bottle if they have less than 1 level.
• Solved an issue that was preventing Redwood Trees from growing from a sapling.
• Solved an issue where saplings would sometimes turn into glitched Oak Saplings.
• 2x2 thick trees can no longer be grown from saplings planted by players.
• Leaves no longer have a chance to drop apples. (A new method of obtaining apples coming soon.)
• Gravestones will now face the correct way when placed.
• Solved an issue where pumpkins/skulls were not rendering when worn by a player.
• The sound settings should now scale properly and be less glitchy.
• Jukeboxes are now correctly controlled by the 'Music' volume slider under sound settings.
• When changing the 'Music' volume slider, background/record music should no longer stop.
• Backpacks can no longer be stored inside other backpacks. (Fixed, again!)

Update 26.1

• Breaking an animal trap manually should no longer crash you indefinitely.
• The surface of Slime Blocks are now slippery and cause less friction
• Mobs caught in animals traps can no longer take damage.
• Animal Cages and Grinder Plates no longer float with nothing below them.

November 20th 2014

General Changes

Update 25.1

• Redwood Spider should now be correctly named.
• Podzol should no longer break instantly when punched with any tool.
• New Block: Redwood Leaves. Formed with Redwood Trees and drops Redwood Saplings.

Update 25.2

• You can now scroll on the latest changes panel using the mouse wheel.
• Backpacks can no longer be stored inside other backpacks, sorry!
• Solved and issue that was preventing Wolf Fur Backpacks from being dyed.
• Text on the latest changes panel should now wrap when going off the screen.
• Multiple server error messages have been edited to be more helpful.

Update 25.3

• The mouse scroll-wheel for the latest changes panel has been inverted.
• Backpacks should no longer loose their colour when opened/closed.

November 19th 2014

General Changes

Update 25

• Players in creative mode should no longer prevent the day skipping when everyone sleeps.
• XP can now be stored in a glass bottle by using an enchanting table.
• New block: Podzol! - Similar to grass in functionality, however does not spread.
• New Block: Redwood - Includes logs, planks, half-step, stairs and saplings.
• New tree: Redwood - Grown from redwood saplings and found naturally in a new biome.
• The recipes for Acacia / Dark Oak stairs has been fixed and they should now be craftable.
• New biome: Redwood Forest - A prime source of podzol and redwood!
• New monster: Redwood Spider - Lurking in Redwood Forests these spiders have a fiery bite.
• The recipe for Dark Oak Planks should now correctly display in the recipe guide.
• New item: Redwood Door! Crafted using Redwood Planks, it functions just as any other door.
• New blocks: Tin, Copper, Bronze, and Steel Blocks. Crafted using 9 of the respective ingots.
• Beacons now accept tin, copper, bronze and steel blocks/ingots for construction/use.
• Player names in Huckleberry will now be coloured to reflect their rank on Runsafe.
• Cloak rendering has been optimized to prevent minor performance loss when worn.
• New feature: Backpacks - When wearing a backpack, press "P" to open!
• New item: Leather Backpack! Crafted out of leather, it can hold 18 items and can be dyed.
• New item: Wolf Fur Backpack! Crafted out of wold fur, it can hold up to 36 items and can be dyed.

November 17th 2014

General Changes

Update 24.1

• Polished Manarock should now be correctly textured and named.
• Red Sandstone Stairs should now be correctly named.
• Crafting Recipes for TNT are now displayed in the crafting guide.

Update 24

• New Block:' Gravestones! Craftable in two different styles in five block types.
• Dead Bushes will now appear as the correct colour on the minimap.
• Solved an issue where players would not appear as "Sleeping" on the player-list.
• New Item/Block: Glass Door! Crafted the same as a normal door, just using glass.
• Runestones now display their use in the item tooltip when hovered over in your inventory.
• Ogres should now be aggressive toward players.
• New Feature: Crafting Guide! available in the workbench showing all available crafting recipes.
• Acacia/Dark Oak slabs can now be used when crafting a Daylight Sensor.
• Red Sand can now be used in the creation of TNT in-place of normal sand.
• Mossy Stone brick can now be crafting using a Stone Brick and a Crude Chisel.
• Chiseled Stone Brick can now be crafted using Stone Brick and a Crude Chisel.
• Cracked Stone Brick can now be crafted using two Stone Brick Slabs.
• Polished Manarock can now be crafted using four blocks of Manarock.
• Using a Mailbox/Runic Plinth whilst holding a block should no longer place the block.
• Red Sandstone stairs can now be crafted using Red Sandstone.

November 15th 2014

General Changes

• Tall grass should no longer appear white on the minimap.
• Player heads should now once again be rendering on the minimap.
• Fixed an issue where teleporting would not work for long distances.
• Solved an issue where interacting with a mailbox would continue to use any held item.
• Solved an issue where interacting with a runic plinth would continue to use any held item.
• Mail packages can now be accepted from your mailbox. If you have no room, the items will spill onto the floor.
• Nothingite now emits light four times brighter than glowstone.
• The mailbox UI has been greatly improved and enhanced.
• The mailbox system has now been enabled! Mailing items to player will cost 1 emerald.
• Huckleberry should no longer be consuming large amounts of RAM for no good reason.
• The current update version is displayed on the main title window.

November 16th 2014

General Changes

Update 23

• When right clicking on a mailbox or runic plinth while holding a block, it's no longer placed.
• Fixed a bug where using a runestone would sometimes teleport you to the wrong place.
• Teleporting with runestones no longer has temporary limitation radius of 100 blocks.
• When teleporting using Runestones, you should no longer become phased out from the world.
• Solved an issue that was prevented - Death from teleporting players.
• The default background for most UI screens has been changed.

November 12th 2014

General Changes

• Acacia and Dark Oak logs are now flammable.
• New block: Mailbox! Crafted from wooden logs and planks.
• Currently the mailbox interface is available but sending/taking mail is not enabled.
• New item: Crude Chisel! Crafted from a stick and smooth stone, and used in the creation of chiseled sandstone.
• Snow can no longer settle ontop of a Runic Plinth.
• Solved an issure where Red Sand and Red Sandstone would appear gray on the minimap.
• The minimap has been completely rewritten and now performs at 4x FPS than previously.
• Teleportation runes no longer teleport players short distances.
• The Runic Plinth interface should now render correctly on all screen resolutions.
• Solve an issue where Runsafe and Huckleberry chats would become disconnected.
• Grinder plates now only inflict 5 points of damage, down from 30.

November 10th 2014

General Changes

• Locked chests no longer merge with someone else when placed down.
• The "Online Players" list will now show when a player is AFK or Sleeping.
• Player heads will no longer appear stuck on the minimap when in The Nether or The Manavoid.
• Arcane Ascension will no longer teleport players above the realm height limit.
• Nether Portals can no longer be crafted within The Manavoid.
• New blocks: Red Sand, Red Sandstone (Normal, Smooth and Chiseled).
• Cacti can now be placed and grow ontop of red sand!
• When leaving The Manavoid after logging out, you should now appear at the current location.
• New items: Runestones! Crafted using a runic plinth, these items will allow teleportation in the next update.
• New Biome: Red Desert! Similar to a normal desert, but much hotter with a plethora of red sand!
• Solved a problem that prevented red deserts from being generated in the world.
• When selecting a rune to craft, the name should appear at the bottom correctly now.
• Breaking/placing a jukebox should no longer cause you to be disconnected.
• All three teleportation runes currently implemented are now functional.
• Runestone deposits now generate naturally within The Manavoid.

November 9th 2014

General Changes

• Monster spawners should now correctly drop a spawn egg when broken.
• Grinder plates now render in 3D when held in the inventory.
• The icon for Steel Ingot has been changed to better reflect steel.
• Base block/item system has been modified to support 10,000 block types (rather than 256)
• Acacia/Dark Oak Half Slabs now position correctly when placed into the world.
• New block: Runic Plinth. Crafted out of diorite and used for the crafting of arcane runes.
• New dimension: The Manavoid, the plane where all arcane is drawn from.
• New Item: Arcane Dust. Obtained from The Manavoid in various manners.
• New block: Manarock, the core structure of The Manavoid, pulsing with arcane power.
• New block: Arcane Residue. Commonly found protruding from the floor in The Manavoid.
• New Block: Arcane Crystal. Used as a light source, can be made from arcane dust.
• Any fire that starts in The Manavoid will be enfused with arcane magic!
• The minimap will no longer render whilst in The Nether or The Manavoid.

November 6th 2014

General Changes

• Roses and Dandelions should now display the correct name in inventories.
• Flower pots now work again and support all the new flowers.
• Added new record: Dynamism - JettKuso! Currently obtainable through dungeons and pirate ships!
• Mob Spawn eggs will now place down a monster spawner of they type.
• Mining a mob spawner with a silk touch pickaze will now cause a spawn egg for that monster to drop.
• A mob spawner will now drop an egg even when broken even without silk touch.
• The icon for "Copper Lock" has been updated.
• Clocks no longer have durability and will not take damage when used in combat.
• Ogre weapons now deal more damage, last longer and can be repaired using ogre bones.
• Flower Pots now correctly sync their contained flower with the client.
• New block: Grinder Plate. When placed on the ground will deal high damage to anything walking over it.
• New death message added for when a player dies from standing on a Grinder Plate.
• New item: Steel Ingot. Crafted by tempering an iron ingot in a furnace.
• New item: Steel Rod. Crafted in a similar fashion to sticks but using Steel Ingots in-place of wood.
• New item: Copper Wiring. Crafted from a Copper Ingot, can be used for various things.

November 5th 2014

General Changes

• Fixed spelling errors in Update 14
• Corrected keybinding label for the zoom key controls.
• Death messages now display correctly on Runsafe Live Server.
• New Blocks: Acacia Wood Stairs, Dark Oak Wood Stairs.
• New Blocks:Acacia Wood Slab, Dark Oak Wood Slab.
• The crafting recipe for Daylight Sensor has been updated to include acacia and dark oak slabs.
• Acacia and Dark Oak slabs can now be used as furnace fuel.
• Doors are now available in acacia, spruce, birch, jungle and dark oak!
• When crafting wooden doors (of any type), you now get two doors instead of one.
• Acacia and Dark Oak logs can now be crafted into planks correctly.
• New Item: Molten Copper. Can be crafted by placing a copper ingot into a furnace.
• New item: Molten Tin. Can be crafted by placing a tin ingot into a furnace.
• New item: Bronze Ingot. Crafted with molten tin and molten copper on a workbench.
• New item: Locked Chest. Crafted with eight iron and a copper lock. Only the owner can access it's contents.
• New item: Copper Lock. Crafted with six bronze ingots and one copper ingots.
• The latest changes screen is now split into multiple pages, allowing much better viewing of updates.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from opening any chests at all.
• Solved an item duplication bug when breaking the top half of doors.
• "Copper Lock" has been renamed to "Bronze Lock" to account for the material used.
• The difficulty option under settings has been removed as it serves not purpose.
• New Biome: Flower Field! Similar to plains, this biome is ripe with flowers galore.
• Added 7 new types of flowers: Blue Scarlet Pimpernel, Mallow, Tulip (Pink/White), Zinnia, Pansies (2 variations)
• Any biomes that were previously eligible for flowers can now generate with any of the new flowers.
• Locked Chests should now work correctly. Any placed before this update should be replaced to prevent bugs.
• Flowers held in a players hand are now rendered in full 3D

November 4th 2014

General Changes

• When getting disconnected, you will no longer be taken to a disfunctional multiplayer screen.
• Acacia trees can now be grown from Acacia sapling
• Saplings should no longer crash game clients when placed.
• When getting disconnected from Huckleberry, you should now be shown a reason.
• Acacia and Dark Oak leaves now show correctly on the minimap.
• Solved an issue that allowed players to see through the world using Acacia and Dark Oak leaves.
• Solved an issue where Acacia and Dark Oak leaves would not decay properly.
• Acacia and Dark Oak leaves should now correctly burn when exposed to fire.
• A new biome called Dense Forest has been added.
• The blue tint when sleeping has been removed.
• Corrected an issue where the player list would appear glitched when sleeping.
• Acacia and Dark Oak leaves now drop the correct saplings.
• Acacia tress can now grow in three different formations.
• Dark Oak trees will now grow from saplings.
• New Biome: Savannah, a prime sourse of Acacia and horses!
• Dense Forest biomes should no longer display as "Plains" in the F3 debug menu.
• Dense Forest biomes are now a lot more dynamic in height.
• Blaze Rods will now render in 3D when held by a player, like sticks.
• When a player leaves/joins Huckleberry, the message should now be correctly coloured.
• Ogres will no longer spawn as often inside swamp biomes.
• Player death messages appear formatted and be broadcast to the Runsafe Live Server.
• Solved the issue that caused the player-list to show glitched textures when sleeping.
• The spint key-binding now works correctly.
• New feature:Zoom! Holding left-alt will zoom your camera in, you can change this key under settings.
• Helmets are now rendered on player heacs that are placed in the world.
• Leashes are now rendered in full 3D when held in a players hand.
• Ogre huts will now generate witch chests which contain ogre weapons and other loot!
• Pirate ships should now generate with a loot chest which contains pirate loot!
• Pirate ships are now slightly rarer than before.

November 2nd 2014

General Changes

• Acacia logs, planks, leaves and saplings have been added.
• Dark Oak logs, planks, leaves and saplings have been added.
• The minimap has been redesigned slightly to improve performance when used.
• An entity picking up a clock should no longer crash the server indefinitely.

November 2nd 2014

General Changes

• Copper and tin can now be found in the world naturally, both of which can be smelted into ingots.
• A configurable sprint key has been added to the controls menu. By default this key will be left control.
• Sheep could now drop raw mutton that can be cooked. It'll be pre-cooked if the sheep is on fire!
• Player heads on the tab list should no longer appear with a blue hue.
• Creative mode player (admins) will no longer hinder resetting the time of day with beds.
• Pirates and Pirate Captains are no longer hindered by spider webs.
• Player can no longer register a username that's already in use for Huckleberry.
• The player list should now show the helmet of a players skin.

Wiki Changes

• A Huckleberry Rules page has been added to the Huckleberry Wiki.