Galacticube 2.0

A major release that consolidates everything since the 2.0 alpha into one big update: planets, rockets, survival systems, structures, visuals, and dozens of fixes.

Ship constructor & rockets

• Ship constructor (NASA-style workbench): nose cone, 6 hull panels, fins, fuel tanks, and engine craft Rockets Mk I-IV in the output slot
• Part items: nose cone, stabilizer, fuel tank, engine (crafted on a normal crafting table)
• Tiers Mk I-IV by hull materials (red panels / lunar iron / martian iron / titanium + uranium)
• Rockets are no longer crafted on a normal crafting table - constructor only
• Schematic hints for Mk I-IV, ghost items in empty slots, tooltips for parts and recipes
• Rocket models: Ad Astra-style Java entity models (MIT geometry) with original 128x128 skins
• Classic rocket item kept with the older block model
• Fixed levitating rocket parts (mirror flag reset); Tier 4 side pods render again; pad seating matches entity transforms
• Rocket hitbox is one invisible 2x2x5.5 entity (multipart rocket_hitbox blocks removed)
• Clearer launch failure messages; camera no longer locks yaw/pitch while flying

Planets, sky & map

• Custom skies across Galacticube worlds (GalacticSkyRenderer): black vacuum, stars, sun; moons show their parent planet
• Moon sky: Earth high in the sky (not in the vanilla moon slot); vanilla-style starfield
• Venus: amplified terrain with lava seas, calderas, ridges (new chunks / new world recommended)
• Galactic map: orbits spaced so planets don't overlap; zoom fits outer worlds; Moon always drawn near Earth
• Shader clouds on alien worlds fixed for Iris/Sodium (galacticube:vacuum, no volumetric overworld clouds)
• Sun position / satellite fixed-time fixes; map no longer clips past Saturn

Survival (Mars foundation)

• Battery and oxygen tank with NBT indicators
• Space suit: oxygen + energy on Mars; no energy -> oxygen fails; helmet damage; night cold
• Dust storms on Mars (server-synced intensity, client dust render)
• Detailed spacesuit item icons

Structures & mobs

• Lunar Sanctum on the Moon (crater temple, nave, chapels, arena with Selene Guardian)
• Abandoned lunar base and abandoned Mars outpost with loot for rocket progression
• Sanctum pathing/spawn fixes; no worldgen deadlock from spawning bosses during generation
• Dungeon bosses and guards: new textures/models (monster-style bosses, zombie-based guards)
• Mob textures refreshed (soft shading, unique palettes)

Worldgen & landing fixes

• Empty sky after rocket teleport: aligned dimension heights, force-load landing chunk, surface heightmap (or platform)
• Far-chunk setBlock spam fixed (moon cracks, Venus features)
• Mercury crypt / chunk generation hardening; separate dimension types for outer bodies
• Procedural block textures for many planetary stones/dusts/ices

Items & crafting visuals

• Ingots and ores recolored/layered like vanilla
• Tools, swords, spears, and armor recolored per metal (lunar, titanium, nickel, uranium, martian)

Tech notes

• Minecraft 1.20.1 | Fabric | Fabric API required
• Official release version: 2.0
• If an old Moon world has broken height, delete DIM-galacticube_moon or start a new world