amidst Files

This is a summary of the notable changes since Amidst v3.7, which is the last release in the old repository. For more detailed information have a look at [#1] and the releases notes of the v4.0 beta versions.

New features displayed in the world

• igloos
• mineshafts
• ocean monuments
• 1.9 strongholds
• the end dimension
• the end cities
• reduced false positives for villages
• increased accuracy of structures
• fixed nether fortress locations
• fixed player locations for the nether
• renamed the biome "Sky" to "The End"
• the world spawn is now read from the save game
• the player world icons now display the player's current dimension

Player loading, moving and saving

• improved workflow for player moving
• fixed the player in the sky issue by asking the user for the new y coordinate when a player is moved
• fixed player moving context menu on linux (did not show up on right click)
• added support for the playerdata directory, which is how players are stored since Minecraft 1.7.6 (saving and loading)
• added implementation of another web-service to request player names and skins by uuid
• added implementation of another web-service to request player uuids by name
• reworked how save games are recognised as single- or multiplayer

GUI

• reworked menu structure
• reworked keyboard shortcuts and Mnemonics
• added new Nether Fortress and Witch Hut icons
• added scale widget
• added world type to the seed widget
• added menu entry switch profile
• added menu entry goto spawn
• added menu entry reload player locations
• added menu entry how can I move a player?
• added warning about save game manipulation
• debug widget prevented the user to enter the biome highlight mode
• updated information in About window
• all Operating Systems now use the default Java Look and Feel
• made OS X keyboard shortcuts feel more native

Changes under the hood

• added information to the seed history file
• added useful logging output
• changed the update mechanism to work with the new project location
• increased the system requirements to Java version 8
• improved the command line interface
• removed google analytics tracker
• removed unused libraries and code
• cleaned up the source code
• used a code formatter (from eclipse)
• added documentation
• automated the build process
• added tests to ensure the world generation is not changed by accident
• changed to new version list URL
• updated the cached version list to include all versions up to Minecraft 1.9

Changes since v4.0-beta10

• added Minecraft 1.9 recognition
• updated cached Minecraft version list
• made OS X keyboard shortcuts feel more native
• disabled OpenGL on Linux
• added devtool to generate the Biome Color Table
• reworked widgets
• world seed
• world type
• selected world icon