1.17.0-rc.3

1.17.0-rc.3
Release date	July 31, 2022
Development versions
Version chronology
◄ 1.16.5

1.17.0-rc.4 is the 3rd release candidate for 1.17.0, released on July 31, 2022, which fixes a critical issue when upgrading old savegames (1.16.x savegames loaded in 1.17.0-rc.2), along with a few other fixes and tweaks.

Tweaks

Items

Hats

• Added recipes for straw, bamboo, and top hats. Also improved their transform values.

Dye

• Dyes now need to be sealed for a while before they're ready.

Gameplay

Sounds

• Reverted spear thrust sound to old voiced sound.
  • They now respect the selected voice pitch.

Commands

• Added subcommand /player [playername] entity maxoxygen [int] to edit oxygen capacity on existing players.

General

Shaders

• Water visuals fine tuning.

Settings

• Removed 'new seraph voices' setting.

Miscellaneous

• Various minor tweaks (addded sub-1 movespeeds to worldedit dialog, fixed a typo, improved ifp clayforming, slower vertical texture animation of water).

Fixes

• Worldmap: The trader icon disappeared.
• Multiple issues with the worldedit eraser and paintbrush when placing/deleting water.
• Drifters not fleeing during daylight.
• Unusually dark clouds in some cases.
• Plank block spawning under players feet on first spawn when it shouldn't.
• Crash when repairing copper head lamellar.
• Ground storage guide twice in handbook. Fixed a render issue with one of the hotkeys on the same guide.
• Attempt to fix startup issues on some systems related to libzstd.
• Attempt to fix rare deep water chunks not being drawn properly.
• Water and reeds in worlds created prior to game version 1.17 not updating correctly in 1.17.0-rc.2.

API changes

Refactorings

• WaypointMapLayer icons and colors are no longer static and renamed to WaypointIcons/WaypointColors.

References

1. "De-Jank and Game Juice Update (1.17.0-rc.3)"– Vintagestory.at, July 31, 2022