1.17.0-rc.4

1.17.0-rc.4
Release date	August 7, 2022
Development versions
Version chronology
◄◄ 1.16.5 ◄ rc.3 rc.5 ►

1.17.0-rc.4 is the 4th release candidate for 1.17.0, released on August 7, 2022, which fixes a few non-critical issues.

Additions

Blocks

Crock

• Added 6 new crock labels, dynamically chosen based on contents, including for when its contents are rotten.

Tweaks

Blocks

Firepit

• Can now interact with firepits while having a torch or pot in hands.
• Firepit now reduces the font size for the cooking recipe text if necessary.

Gameplay

Sounds

• Snappier, crunchier gravel step sound.

World generation

Spawn

• On world creation, the game now tries to avoid spawning players above 75% of world height.

General

Shaders

• Fine tuned reflective shader. Fixed reflective tiling issues.

Servers

• Server repair mode will now regenerate corrupted chunks, should they ever appear.

Fixes

• Might fix UI rendering issues on MacOS M1 chips.
• Lowest liquid level no longer flowing downwards.
• Cascade bomb explosion did not destroy the bomb but dropped an item.
• Itemstack tooltip flicker every second in the handbook.
• Missing hotkey symbol in the flint tooltip.
• Game crashing on invalid hotkeys (e.g. when using russian translations).
• Loose stones poke holes in lava lakes during worldgen.
• Hitting 'H' while hovering water bowl opened the page on the honey bowl.
• Fish trying to jump back into water throwing an exception on the server.
• Visible seams between some blocks.
• Weird interactions with rush matting.
• Own step sound not playing at the player but at the step location.
• Seraph voices missing in some cases.
• Might fix missing libsztd dll error in some instances.
• Buggy lamellar armor repair.
• Macro editor did not prevent duplicate macro names, causing undefined behavior.
• Bamboo hat recipes no longer conflict with bamboo roof ridge recipe..
• Game crash when trying to repair gamboised helmets.
• Waterlogging issues with ruins generated underwater.

API changes

Refactorings

• Large refactor of the API methods for setting liquids.
  • The default GetBlock() is no longer obsolete.
• Renamed IWorldChunk.Blocks to IWorldChunk.Data. IWorldChunk.Blocks still exists but is obsolete now.
• ChunkDataLayer code (see also pinned discord post in #mods)

Tweaks

• Added new "Quantity" field to crushing properties to allow for fractional values.

Fixes

• TreeAttribute.Clone() caused ItemstackAttribute values to loose its resolved Block/Item.

References

1. "De-Jank and Game Juice Update (1.17.0-rc.4)"– Vintagestory.at, August 7, 2022