1.18 Preliminary Announcement
Greetings
@role! This week's just full of announcements isn't it?
Today brings the release of two different milestones in MC: The release of the first 1.18
official snapshot, 21w37a, as well as the release of Java 17!
For most of you, Java 17 isn't really any noteworthy news, besides the fact that it is the new LTS release, and it is expected that Mojang will be switching to it from Java 16 in either 1.18 or the next release after, considering it's LTS status.
However, 21w37a brings with it
both a first official taste at the upcoming worldgen changes (Including the height limit change) as well as a variety of QOL and feature changes across the board (Some of which include specifying an audio device, new video settings, and much more).
As for Reborn, preliminary work towards an initial port has already passed without issue (As can be seen in
#unknown), with work on porting due to begin once the Yarn and FabricMC teams are ready with their tools.
As for whether things will swap to 1.18 snapshots on the server...that remains up to you all. I was against doing so on the experimental snapshots, since each release drastically changed worldgen, to where I'd need to keep resetting the world for an accurate representation. Since things are moving into a more official standpoint, I am open towards that option. Please let me know in
#paradise-lost whether you wish for the server to transition to 1.18 testing, or remain on 1.17 (At the moment, there is no migration path for existing worlds, so if things do go to 1.18, it would be on a fresh world, with the old world backed up for another vote when said functionality is restored in a future snapshot)
That's all the news for now, stay tuned for more news in
#dev-teasers on anything involving the porting process, and Thanks again for all your support! 😄
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