v3.6.2 Released

CJ Kucera — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:35:47 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-minecraft-12-minecraft-x-ray-362/page__view__findpost__p__13423957

This release just fixes a single bug, which would cause an Exception if X-Ray encountered an Anvil chunk with no data in it. Such as it is, the full Changelog follows:

* Fix an Exception when an Anvil chunk has no actual level data in it

See? Exciting.

v3.6.1 Released

CJ Kucera — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:22:52 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-minecraft-12-minecraft-x-ray-361/page__view__findpost__p__13173092

3.6.1 is out, and mostly just adds support for a couple of newish block types leading up to the official Minecraft 1.2 release. Right now only 1.2-preview is out, but I expect that X-Ray 3.6.1 should be fully compatible with 1.2.

Full changelog:

* Added "tex_data_bits" to YAML files, so blocks can specify how many bits of their data field contribute to the texture selection.
* Added support for upside-down stairs from weekly 12w08a, and upside- down slabs from 1.2-preview
* Cleaned up stair and slab rendering
* Added "circular" Stone Brick texture from Minecraft 1.2-preview

Enjoy!

v3.6.0 Released

CJ Kucera — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:05:57 -0000

Looks like I forgot to announce 3.5.1 on here when it was released. Alas!

Anyway, discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-minecraft-110-anvil-minecraft-x-ray-360/page__view__findpost__p__12956050

This release adds support for the new Minecraft chunk format called "Anvil" (introduced in weekly 12w07a), a handful of new block types from recent weekly builds, and a whole bunch of other bugfixes.

Full changelog:

* Added jungle tree/leaf/sapling texture data from weekly 12w03a and 12w04a
* Added Redstone Lamp textures from weekly 12w07a
* Support for new map format "Anvil" from weekly 12w07a
* Support for new door data format from weekly 12w06a (though it will only actually be enabled for levels saved in Anvil format)
* Added a few further-away lighting level presets
* Fixed the camera position reporting, and some chunk highlighting issues
* Report world position as floats instead of ints
* Fixed a bug where next/prev camera presets could trigger a crash after warping to a different dimension
* Default keys for "Move Faster" (previously Left Shift) and "Move Down" (previously Left Control) have been swapped, to better match the default Minecraft up/down keys (while flying in a Creative map)
* The Ore Highlight Distance slider hasn't actually worked correctly since X-Ray 3.4.0. That's been fixed.
* The render distance wasn't being loaded properly from the saved state from the last run. That's fixed now too.
* Bundle the official Minecraft texturepack for use as a fallback, rather than a third-party pack.
* (internal) update to LWJGL 2.8.3

Enjoy!

v3.5.0 Released

CJ Kucera — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:56:07 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you want: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-minecraft-10-rc2-minecraft-x-ray-350/page__view__findpost__p__10296486

This release was primarily concerned with GUI stuff, thanks mostly to a submission by Eleazar Vega-Gonzalez and Saxon Parker of a dialog for setting keybindings inside X-Ray.

Full Changelog:

* Dialog to change keybindings in-game, courtesy Eleazar Vega-Gonzalez and Saxon Parker.
* The "O" key can now be used to open a new map without having to quit X-Ray and start over.
* The "]" (right bracket) key can be used to change which block types are highlighted.
* Added new Beta 1.9-pre6 block definition: Dragon Egg
* Renamed ENDER_PORTAL and ENDER_PORTAL_FRAME to END_PORTAL and END_PORTAL_FRAME
* Slime-spawn highlighting will only display in the Overworld
* Slime-spawn highlighting will go up to y=40, as per Beta 1.9-pre5
* Cleaned up snow rendering
* Added a visual tint around the ore highlight toggle indicators, making them far easier to read in many circumstances.
* Resolutions with less than 800px of horizontal resolution have been disabled.
* (internal) update to LWJGL 2.8.2
* (internal) removed quite a few unneeded LWJGL Jar files

v3.4.3 Released

CJ Kucera — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:03:32 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you want: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta19-pre4-minecraft-x-ray-343/page__view__findpost__p__9521983

This is a bugfix release to address a NullPointerException which was introduced in v3.4.2. Specifically it would happen whenever a user's xray.properties file didn't include the STATE_HIGHLIGHT_ORES directive (or if the xray.properties file never existed in the first place).

Full Changelog:

* Fixed a NullPointerException which occurs when xray.properties doesn't include STATE_HIGHLIGHT_ORES

So yeah. Enjoy!

v3.4.2 Released

CJ Kucera — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:17:50 -0000

Forum link, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta19-pre4-tool-minecraft-x-ray-342/page__view__findpost__p__9513128

This is a pretty minor release, mostly just providing the option to use the old-style ore highlighting in addition to the new. Full Changelog:

* Updated ore-highlighting toggle ("H" by default) to switch between old-style (white) and new-style (disco) highlighting, in addition to turning it off.
* (internal) update to LWJGL 2.8.1

Yep, that's it!

v3.4.1 Released

CJ Kucera — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:12:17 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta19-pre4-tool-minecraft-x-ray-341/page__view__findpost__p__9322407

This release just brings X-Ray in line with Minecraft Beta 1.9-pre4. Full Changelog:

* Updated Air Portal rendering to Beta 1.9-pre4
* Added Ender Stone block from Beta 1.9-pre4
* Set "The End" as a known dimension, for the level list
* Rename AIR_PORTAL and AIR_PORTAL_FRAME to ENDER_PORTAL and ENDER_PORTAL_FRAME
* Change minimap orientation to match the official internal Minecraft directions in Beta 1.9-pre4 (when the sunrise was changed from North to East)

The minimap change will probably be the most noticeable change - note that the swap is active for any map that X-Ray loads, not just 1.9-pre4 maps. If you're still on an older version of Minecraft, the sun will rise in the North according to the Minimap (and, incidentally, inside Minecraft itself too).

v3.4.0 Released

CJ Kucera — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:00:57 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta19-pre3-tool-minecraft-x-ray-340/page__view__findpost__p__9214702

This is actually a pretty extensive release in terms of feature enhancements, though the individual components aren't huge. I'll just let the changelog speak for itself:

New Functions:
* The "C" key will toggle the new-style fence connection rendering, introduced in Beta 1.9-pre2
* The "V" key will toggle Silverfish block highlighting on/off
* The "U" key will toggle the rendering of chunk borders
* Slime-spawning chunks can be highlighted with the "M" key.
* "Y" will bring up a window with a keyboard reference

Rendering Improvements:
* Support for the new Beta 1.9-pre3 blocks
* Highlighting on solid blocks so they look more three-dimensional
* Stems now connect to neighboring fruit properly
* Slight improvements to fence and fence gate rendering accuracy
* Fixed an issue with grass colorization on some texturepacks
* Block and chunk information in the positioning popup are now slightly more accurate.
* Farmland block tweaked slightly
* Tweaked ore highlighting to be more noticeable
* Tweaked coloring for vines, stems, tall grass, and lilypads
* Explored highlighting will now key off of redstone torches, Glowstone, and Jack-O-Lanterns, in addition to regular torches
* By default, silverfish blocks are highlighted in red.
* Reverted back to having "open space" at the edges of the map, instead of a large wall

Internal Changes:
* Added "texfile" entry in block definition YAML, to support mods which use an entire new sheet of textures
* Updated to LWJGL 2.8.0
* Use log4j for file logging and console error reporting
* Silverfish block ID changed from STONE_SILVERFISH to SILVERFISH
* Bundle a third-party texture pack to fall back on if minecraft.jar isn't found. Using "Faithful 32x32" by Vattic currently. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/72747-
* More visible notifications when settings in xray.properties get overwritten with defaults

That should do it. Enjoy!

v3.3.3 Released

CJ Kucera — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:32:41 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you so desire: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta19-tool-minecraft-x-ray-333/page__view__findpost__p__8590522

Complete changelog:
* Support for all Beta 1.9 blocks
* Various rendering improvements to water, glass, glass panes, iron bars, fence gates, crops, and slabs (though transparency issues do continue to persist)

Glass in particular should behave much better now, which IMO is a pretty welcome addition. Perhaps one day I'll get all the rendering weirdness straightened out.

Anyway, enjoy!

v3.3.2 Released

CJ Kucera — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:38:29 -0000

Discuss at the forums, if you like: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/112286-beta18-tool-minecraft-x-ray-332/page__view__findpost__p__8493137

Complete changelog:
* Chests render more correctly now
* Updated Silverfish block to process its data values correctly
* Fixed an Exception some Windows users were reporting, when choosing "Other" from the world selection dialog

Relatively small release, but it may help people who might be having trouble loading worlds that aren't in Minecraft's save dir.

More to come, later!

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