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• PostgreSQL backend was implemented on May 14 2016
• Tolerate packet reordering in the early init process on 22 May 2016 / potentially fixes some obscure server stalls
• Big refactoring of mapgen code on May 28 2016 / mapgen developers rejoice!
• Mapgen v7: Always carve river channels in mountain terrain on 30 May 2016 / this one should produce very nice canyons and tunnels in mountain terrain that looks very awesome
  Pic: https://i.imgur.com/WT4qok1.jpg
• Color chat was added on May 31 2016 / mod makers rejoice! coloured text can be used in game now.
• Sapier's fix for the RESEND RELIABLE problem on 3 Jun 2016 / important workaround that fixes some very annoying server stalls (slowly dying server symptom), if you have strange server lock ups or stalls - be sure to try out newest dev build.
• Initial Gamepad support on 3 Jun 2016 / initial support, more work will be done later
• Dungeons: Generalise use, add capabilities, various modifications on 17 Jun 2016 / this one allows to customize and tweak dungeons even more. Example of ultra dense underground dungeon below.
  Pic: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... dbcf43.png
• Remove cinematic toggle on F8 on 5 Jul 2016 / some people may dislike this, but you can set it back in game settings
• Profiler: Replace game profiler on 12 Jul 2016 / finally old mod profiler was replaced by a new, improved version. Mod profiler is built in tool that allows you to analyse execution speed of lua code of mods and games.

• Convert plants and saplings to use node timers on 25 May 2016 / IIRC this should be a big thing for everyone, now plants will grow even when player is not around, allowing you to harvest more.
• Enable ignition of tnt, gunpowder and permanent flame above coalblock using flint and steel on 4 Jun 2016 / now flint and steel has some more use! also, for people who like permanent fires... rejoice, by using flint and still on coal block you can light permanent fire on it for use in decorations (be safe with fire though).
  Pic of eternal flame enclosed in obsidian structure: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 31d9e5.png
• Add mossy cobble slab and stair on 15 Jun 2016 / welcome addition, to have it in survival you need to create cobblestone stair/slabs and put them near water to convert into mossy variants.
• Make brick and plank nodes rotatable on 29 May 2016 / finally you can rotate them to align with full block counterparts.
• Remove mortar from stone brick, desert stone brick on 22 Jun 2016 / this one is lighten ups the look of brick blocks, easier on eyes
  Pic: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 1ecbda.png
• Stair recipe returns 8 stairs not 6 on 22 Jun 2016 / now, when you craft some stairs, you will have 8 stairs (+2 stairs)
• Add stone / desert stone / sandstone / obsidian blocks on 25 Jun 2016 / wanted polished stones in Minetest? Arrived!
  Pics of new polished blocks:
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 2024fc.png
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 7293fc.png
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 27fade.png
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 599437.png
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 9712a6.png
• Craft locked chest from chest plus steel ingot on 27 Jun 2016 / finally you can convert all your simple chests to locked ones
• Enable crafting of mese crystal fragments into mese crystal on 27 Jun 2016 / have lots of mese crystal fragments? Now they can be crafted back into a full crystal, less trash lying around.
• Ore spawn rework on 5 Jul 2016 / some prominent changes in ore spawning: iron spawning up to Y=0, closer to the surface copper spawn, ore spawn above Y=1024 for other realms, etc.
• Save respawn position when entering bed, only read bed spawns once on 13 Jul 2016 / welcome rework of bed spawning, should be more robust now.
• Move nyancats into a separate mod on 18 Jul 2016 / nyans are now separate mod
• New bone and mese textures
  Pics of few new textures:
  Bone:
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 83bdc1.png
  Surprisingly, this new block allows you to build roads or other neat things (0.4.15 will be year of polished stone and asphalt roads):
  https://i.imgur.com/gcjZYbS.png
  Mese block:
  https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/ass ... 5ff8ef.png

That one doesn't look even close to bones

Fixerol wrote:

That one doesn't look even close to bones

It does, look at all sides, it is actually clever idea, if you look at this you will understand it: https://i.imgur.com/RVnT4EZ.png

• Bones now have drop modes, "bones" for default behaviour, "drop" to drop all items on ground and "keep" for keep inventory.
• Sethome has three new global functions you can call:
  
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  sethome.get(name)
sethome.set(name, pos)
sethome.go(name)

• You can now Zoom in like in optifine by pressing Z key, this was added on Aug 10 2016 / works if you have zoom privilege.
  Screen: https://i.imgur.com/rwQGUAt.jpg
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  [opacity:<r>

  texture modifier, that makes the base image transparent according to the given ratio, was added on Aug 12 2016

• Prevent placing sapling if grown tree intersects protection, added on Jul 27 2016 / prevents griefing via saplings
• Changed snow nodebox to 'walkable = false' , added on Aug 9 2016 / you can walk in snow now
• Add labels to ABMs, added on Aug 9 2016 / Now modmakers can add their abm's a proper name to see in new profiler output.

Fixerol wrote:[list][*]You can now Zoom in like in optifine by pressing Z key, this was added on Aug 10 2016 / works if you have zoom privilege.
Screen: https://i.imgur.com/rwQGUAt.jpg

• Fix updateFastFaceRow tiling issue / Aug 18 2016 / people who have weak videocards may benefit from this (less triangles to draw).
• Disable pre v25 init sending by default for clients / Aug 22 2016 / Disable the ability to connect to old servers by default to improve password security. If people still want to connect to old (0.4.12 and earlier) servers, they can flip the send_pre_v25_init setting.
• Make plantlike drawtype more fun / Aug 26 2016 / Adds several new ways that the plantlike drawtype mesh can be changed. Useful for mods and default game.
• Higher frequency limit for view/hand bobbing and footsteps / Aug 26 2016 / useful for sprinting mods, faster walking - faster view bobbling for example.
• Disallow registering users with the same name / Aug 29 2016 / Prevents duplicate names: 'NickName', 'nickname', 'NICKNAME'. Skips already registered users, so they can connect as usual.
• Anticheat: Use the physics_override modifiers aswell / Sep 9 2016 / This should allow you to use anticheat with speed booths and other custom physics.
• Throw error if node 'light_source' > core.LIGHT_MAX / Sep 17 2016 / light_source = 15 in mods causes light glitches, so modmakers should avoid it for now.
• Do not serialize empty NodeMetadata / Sep 21 2016 / This fixes curious bug that added some unnecessary "garbage" into mapblock data.
• Builtin/falling: Add fallback vector in case of nil 'wallmounted to dir' / Oct 3 2016 / Some people reported this annoying bug causing server to crash, should be fixed for now.

• Optimise and simplify leafdecay ABM, remove cache / Aug 15, 2016 / Leaf decay should be way easier on RAM now.
• Vary wood burn times according to wood density / Sep 4 2016 / Burn time is unchanged for applewood, and increases in the order: aspen, pine, apple, acacia, jungle which is also the order of wood colour darkness.
• Convert xpanes to connected nodeboxes / Sep 10 2016 / Glass panes and iron bars are working differently now.
• Big simplification of slabs combination / Sep 14, 2016 / Helps slab builders a lot, now you can place identical slabs muuuch faster, no more screwdriver pains.

• New settings to prevent spam in chat (chat messages length limit, message rate before limiting, message rate before kicking) / Oct 5, 2016 / Very useful for server administrators
• Added attached particle spawners / Oct 13, 2016 / As requested by modmakers
• Use range-based fog instead of z-plane based. / Oct 14, 2016 / Now fog rendered is more properly, equally in all direction

• 'Silver sand' added for cold desert biome / Oct 6, 2016 / new variety of sand for cold desert biomes
• Added coral nodes and death ABM / Oct 13, 2016 / new blocks in works for tropical sees

Dungeons: Generalise use, add capabilities, various modifications on 17 Jun 2016 / this one allows to customize and tweak dungeons even more. Example of ultra dense underground dungeon below.

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