Babel Core

Babel Core 2.0.0 — Major Framework Update

Babel Core 2.0 is a major overhaul of the framework, greatly expanding its UI, rendering and mod-development foundations.

What's New

• Introduced Babel UI 2, a new retained-mode UI framework for complex and responsive mod interfaces.
• Added improved layout, styling, rendering and interaction systems.
• Added resource-driven UI support with templates, CSS-like styling and hot reload capabilities.
• Added new Minecraft-specific UI components and improved inventory/menu integration.
• Added server-authoritative UI synchronization and inventory primitives.
• Added code editor and compact input foundations for advanced editor interfaces.
• Reworked the icon system with a new named, high-resolution icon atlas and additional editor/administration icons.
• Added and expanded UI development and debugging infrastructure, including Inspector/devtool foundations.

UI Improvements

• Improved button layout and interaction with nested/composed content.
• Fixed select menus and popovers rendering behind modal interfaces.
• Improved composite control sizing and layout behavior.
• Improved styled text rendering and Forge render-state handling.
• Improved number fields to display integer values without unnecessary decimal suffixes.
• Added better width control for color and compact input fields.

Developer & Framework Improvements

• Expanded reusable platform, entity, data and UI utilities for dependent mods.
• Improved separation between loader-neutral code and Forge-specific implementations.
• Added better support for using Babel Core directly as a development subproject.
• Expanded automated behavior and compatibility coverage.
• Preserved compatibility infrastructure for mods still using previous Babel UI APIs.

This release establishes the new foundation used by current and future SatD mods.