EZvac

Prerelease. The first pilot of 2.1, with smooth transitions between biomes and a server-wide Fahrenheit/Celsius switch. The save format is the same as 2.0 (format 6), so it's a drop-in upgrade from ALPHA 2.0.

Biome transitions

Walking from one biome into another no longer changes the climate in a single step. The outdoor climate at a spot is now the average of the biomes around it, within 24 blocks by default, with nearer biomes counting more. It works like Minecraft's Biome Blend setting fades grass colours.

• Unchanged deep inside a biome: the average of the same biome is that biome.
• Everything blends: temperature, humidity, weather and natural water. Rain at a desert's edge cools it partway.
• It's the real outdoors, not just a reading. A house built on a border lives in the in-between climate, and its thermostat, idle drift and ETA all follow it.
• Weather sensors still report the real sky above them.
• Light on the server: only loaded chunks are sampled, and each spot is worked out once and cached.

biome-blend:
  radius-blocks: 24   # 0 turns transitions off

Fahrenheit or Celsius, server wide

units: F   # or C

• Display: every temperature players see follows this setting: signs, sensor hubs, chat, the HUD and placeholders. %ezvac_temp_f% and %ezvac_temp_c% keep their own unit.
• Typing: temperatures you type use it too: thermostat sign line 3, /hvac thermostat <id> set, and the target of /hvac create thermostat.
• Either unit always works: typing 72F or 22C overrides the setting, so nobody sets 72 °C by habit.
• config.yml stays in °F, whatever the setting says. Those keys end in -f.
• Upgrading: a config with hud.units: C starts out with units: C. hud.units is no longer read.

Upgrading from 2.0

• Builds near a biome border may see a slightly milder or harsher outdoor climate after the update, because it now blends with the neighbouring biome. Thermostats inside one biome behave exactly as before.
• Saves: thermostats on a border also save their mix of rain and snow (outdoorRainShare, outdoorSnowShare). Every other thermostat saves exactly as before.
• Config: config.yml gains units and biome-blend automatically, with a backup of the old file.

Full details in the changelog and the docs.