Highlands 2.1.0 can now be downloaded! This patch is still for 1.5.2. It includes, mostly, the new settings system, but also has fixes for the village bug and for some sapling growing bugs. Also Bogs now have green water.
SDJ, I'm sure I told you this when I first discovered highlands, but this mod is AMAZING. My favorite biome/terrain mod of all time. The only suggestion I can currently think of is to re-implement the sponge block as I think it would go brilliantly with the deep bodies of water that Highlands adds (and save me from drowning constantly while trying to build sea bases).
Anyway, I find the height limit to be very problematic. I adore the epic-huge mountains, but I hate that I can't build much on them. Cubic Chunks would completely resolve this issue [and many others]. I feel a little awkward for advertising it like this, but the prospect of SDJ64 being let loose on Minecraft without a height limit is just too enticing.
Thank you for your compliments! Sponges sound like an interesting idea. I agree that Cubic Chunks or something like it would be an excellent addition to Minecraft. I'd love to make mountains as tall as real-world ones.
Massive mod but really cool, i love the little sub biomes that you've added and the detail in which you made this mod (making it so villages can spawn in your new biomes) I made a mod spotlight for this mod if anyone is interested...
Thanks for the compliments and video! You thought Ice Mountains and Ice Plains were added by Highlands? they're actually in vanilla. Also Shrublands is a border biome, in your case the border between the forest and the Ice Mountains. And Tall Pine Forest (and many other biomes) is both a sub-biome and a biome on its own.
I found the problem with the villages. The village list is initially non-resizeable and it has to be replaced with another list if you want to add village biomes. Apparently I forgot to add my village biomes to the existing list then replace and instead replaced the list with the list of Highlands biomes. Something in the way the settings are set up between the different biome mods after that could have caused the weird differences in village spawning. I will still have to test to see if it works now in all cases.
Archibald, thanks for your continued support and your work with Ruins. Also thank you everyone for your well-documented and specific posts! It makes it so much easier than simply "villages broken please fix!!!1!"
Finally finished switching everything over to the Forge configs. No update released yet but I thought you all might want to know. Future versions will use Highlands.cfg rather than HighlandsSettings.txt and it will auto-update on new versions like all of your other mods. The new settings format will look different but it is completely compatible, so there's no need to change block or biome IDs.
For the near future, it looks like I might a new 1.5.2 version with the new configs and a few bug fixes, then work on 1.6 and a bit more new content. Most people are still on 1.5.2 so I think it will be more helpful to more people that way.
According to the people in charge of ExtrabiomesXL, their 1.6 update should be released in about a week. After that, they will follow up with version 4 which will contain "forgotten nature".
I'm newly addicted to MineCraft. Does anyone care to comment on how quickly the major mods, like Highlands, get updated after these updates?
1.6 is less of a drastic change than 1.5 was. That said, I will probably wrap up 1.5.2 with another bug fixing update before I move on to 1.6. Most people who use mods are still on 1.5. EBXL version 4 has been in the works for ages, almost as long as Highlands has existed.
the plants that come from the mod should be able to be grown with bone meal just like the vanilla flowers
They can be grown with bonemeal, but not exactly the same way as vanilla flowers. Use bonemeal on the plant itself, not the grass, and it will grow more of itself on grass blocks nearby.
There are so many other biome modifications out there that practically litter your world with all kinds of goodies. I do like goodies though! But what made me love this mod was the beautiful nature and the diversity managed by using the vanilla logs and leaves.
Now, imagine running a server, using Highlands as a server-side mod? Much like running Custom Ore Generation (COG). The clients won't need to worry about modding, just play and enjoy. Terrain generations is handled server-side, so what do you say? Does this exist as an option already, and I have just been too daft to notice?
Highlands currently requires clients to have the mod when they connect to a server. Alternately, you could premake a large world using Highlands then run it on the server.
I'd love to use this with bukkit as I think it'd be a great fit for my server. I've disabled all added blocks and such, so that's not the issue. The issue I'm having is that I'd like the world to be generated all the way by using WorldBorder. So, I thought the best way to do this would be to use MCPC. I've got MCPC all set up and working, but I don't know how to set Highlands as the world generator.
tl;dr: How do I set Highlands as the world generator in MCPC?
Thank you for your help.
I haven't used MCPC or Bukkit so I'm not sure how different it is from Forge servers, but if you go into the server.properties you can change the level type to HIGHLANDS or HIGHLANDS_LB.
Loving this mod so far. A small issue with growing trees from saplings though. I've only tryed the poplar sapling so far, but when ever it grows into a tree, the tree starts at the block above the sapling and the sapling remains under it. Looks very strange.
Thanks for pointing out this bug. It only seems to happen for me when I don't use bonemeal. I will look into it.
Hey sdj64, I just install the newest version of High Lands v 2.0.3 and it doesn't work well with NEI
*snip*
This is the error that it shows. Hopefully it can be fixed. Thanks
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at codechicken.nei.recipe.RecipeInfo.load(RecipeInfo.java:104)
at codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig.loadConfig(NEIClientConfig.java:682)
at codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig.loadWorld(NEIClientConfig.java:302)
at codechicken.nei.NEICPH.handleSMPCheck(NEICPH.java:119)
at codechicken.nei.NEICPH.handlePacket(NEICPH.java:27)
at codechicken.core.packet.PacketCustom$ClientPacketHandler.handle(PacketCustom.java:102)
at codechicken.core.packet.PacketCustom$CustomPacketHandler.onPacketData(PacketCustom.java:73)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.handlePacket(NetworkRegistry.java:255)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.handleCustomPacket(NetworkRegistry.java:245)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.FMLNetworkHandler.handlePacket250Packet(FMLNetworkHandler.java:84)
at net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.NetClientHandler.func_72501_a(NetClientHandler.java:1571)
at net.minecraft.network.packet.Packet250CustomPayload.func_73279_a(SourceFile:59)
at net.minecraft.network.MemoryConnection.func_74428_b(MemoryConnection.java:89)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71407_l(Minecraft.java:1899)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71411_J(Minecraft.java:835)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:760)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sdj64.highlands.HighlandsFuelHandler.getBurnTime(HighlandsFuelHandler.java:25)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry.getFuelValue(GameRegistry.java:307)
at net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntityFurnace.func_70398_a(TileEntityFurnace.java:402)
at codechicken.nei.recipe.FurnaceRecipeHandler.findFuels(FurnaceRecipeHandler.java:261)
at codechicken.nei.recipe.FurnaceRecipeHandler.<clinit>(FurnaceRecipeHandler.java:288)
... 17 more
A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at codechicken.nei.recipe.RecipeInfo.load(RecipeInfo.java:104)
at codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig.loadConfig(NEIClientConfig.java:682)
at codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig.loadWorld(NEIClientConfig.java:302)
at codechicken.nei.NEICPH.handleSMPCheck(NEICPH.java:119)
at codechicken.nei.NEICPH.handlePacket(NEICPH.java:27)
at codechicken.core.packet.PacketCustom$ClientPacketHandler.handle(PacketCustom.java:102)
at codechicken.core.packet.PacketCustom$CustomPacketHandler.onPacketData(PacketCustom.java:73)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.handlePacket(NetworkRegistry.java:255)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry.handleCustomPacket(NetworkRegistry.java:245)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.FMLNetworkHandler.handlePacket250Packet(FMLNetworkHandler.java:84)
at net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.NetClientHandler.func_72501_a(NetClientHandler.java:1571)
at net.minecraft.network.packet.Packet250CustomPayload.func_73279_a(SourceFile:59)
at net.minecraft.network.MemoryConnection.func_74428_b(MemoryConnection.java:89)
-- Affected level --
Details:
Level name: MpServer
All players: 1 total; [EntityClientPlayerMP['Cryostasis'/128, l='MpServer', x=-24.50, y=68.62, z=-411.50]]
Chunk stats: MultiplayerChunkCache: 0
Level seed: 0
Level generator: ID 11 - Highlands LB, ver 0. Features enabled: false
Level generator options:
Level spawn location: World: (-19,64,-416), Chunk: (at 13,4,0 in -2,-26; contains blocks -32,0,-416 to -17,255,-401), Region: (-1,-1; contains chunks -32,-32 to -1,-1, blocks -512,0,-512 to -1,255,-1)
Level time: 39 game time, 39 day time
Level dimension: 0
Level storage version: 0x00000 - Unknown?
Level weather: Rain time: 0 (now: false), thunder time: 0 (now: false)
Level game mode: Game mode: survival (ID 0). Hardcore: false. Cheats: false
Forced entities: 13 total; [EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/459, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/458, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/457, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/456, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/455, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/454, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/453, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/452, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityClientPlayerMP['Cryostasis'/128, l='MpServer', x=-24.50, y=68.62, z=-411.50], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/451, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/450, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/449, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00], EntityTFNagaSegment['unknown'/448, l='MpServer', x=0.00, y=0.00, z=0.00]]
Retry entities: 0 total; []
Stacktrace:
at net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.WorldClient.func_72914_a(WorldClient.java:441)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71396_d(Minecraft.java:2414)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:783)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Okay this error is probably caused by not updating the config file. 2.0.3 adds a few new blocks that have to be initialized and Highlands won't do that unless they are in your settings file. Otherwise NEI will error when it encounters the block that hasn't been initialized in the fuel recipe.
These are the new blocks so you can copy them to your existing settings file:
/* because of how metadata works, this has to take up four block ID's: the one listed here and the three after.
Highlands Planks Stairs
BlockID = 760
aww man.. this mod is beast but I have one problem I want/need mystcfaft symbols for it on my server (I only give out the server configs) I cant host the overworld because its a void world/nexus. any plans on mystcraft symbols being added and/or a mod that adds them. but ima bookmark this mod and add it to my single player.
I have been trying to find a current Mystcraft API but I can't seem to find one. Also, a large number of features (sub-biomes, borders, improved oceans) rely on gen layers that only run in the overworld, not in Mystcraft ages.
Anyone been able to craft Berries from bushes yet? Craftguide is not showing itas an option. I do see Thorn bushes craft into sticks and cotton into string... Nice!
See above and try copying that into the config. It seems like your berries aren't initialized since they aren't in the config.
Huge apology everyone
So it seems like a large number of errors are occurring due to the config file. I think everyone deserves an explanation, so here goes. When I first created Highlands I made my own config reader and writer, because I didn't know about Forge's config setup at the time. My config setup doesn't automatically detect the current version and update, like Forge does. I did learn about Forge configs a while ago and I should have made the switch to them then. My config reader is currently the longest class in the mod in terms of lines of code so it will take a long while to switch everything over but I think it is necessary now. I promise you all I will work on switching to Forge configs for the next update.
Highlands 2.0.3 released! This update contains many bug fixes and a few small features, here are the highlights:
Colored planks now have stairs and half-blocks.
Berry bushes now craft into berries - 1 porkchop of hunger, can be eaten twice as fast as other foods.
Thornbushes hurt when you run through them.
Biome prefix changed from "Highlands:" to "Highlands_" for compatibility with Mo' Creatures.
More Oceans setting fixed for values greater than 1.
Added "Island Rarity" setting.
Saplings now can only be planted on dirt or grass.
Hopefully fixed the server crash - it runs well on my computer with the latest Forge.
This happened to my brother, before the last update it worked, after the update the mod doesn't appear, it's like he didn't put it inside the mods folder at all. Hes playing on a mac, thats about the only difference between both our setups - I can play on his Lan server, he can't play on mines because of -Highlands. If you guys could help me pronto that would be amazing as I'd love to play today or tomorrow!
Just popping in to say I LOVE this mod, and to hopefully help somebody out there by sharing how I got the new version to work for me! I didn't see anyone posting with this same problem so...
I had been using Highlands 1.2.5 for a while when I found out there was a new version, so I downloaded it, loaded it into MagicLauncher, got to the Mojang screen and promptly had a crash. It gave me an error similar to the one another poster got from using GregTech (first couple of lines were "java.lang.NullPointerException at net.minecraftforge.common.BiomeDictionary.registerBiomeType(BiomeDictionary.java:61)") but I wasn't running any mods except optifine. I took a look at my config file anyway, searched for "Birch Hills", and ...couldn't find anything? That was when I realized the new mod was trying to read the old config file, and because of the new blocks and additional biomes it was throwing errors. Just renamed the old config file to let it generate a new one and it worked! Maybe this is obvious and I am just bad at modding or something, haha, but maybe it'll help someone else! (I am running Xubuntu so maybe that's why it didn't automatically overwrite the file?)
TL;DR if you were running an older version of Highlands you may need to delete or rename the old config file before running the new one.
Thanks again for all the hard work you've put into this mod!
You do have to delete the old config file but it's not because of Xubuntu. It mainly has to do with the fact that Highlands does not use the Forge config file system but rather I wrote my own config reader/writer earlier in the mod's history and it doesn't have all of the features that the Forge one does. It has been a pain updating it and although it will take a while to remake it with Forge configs, i'll probably work on that soon.
The mod not loading problem: I have it too, and it's starting to seriously perplex me angrily.
K. So I have it installed fine on my own computer. I'm copying my .minecraft with all mods, the complete package, onto my sister's laptop so we can play together.
HUGE EDIT:
Well well well.
It turns out my sister's laptop needed a Java update. . . . . . . . . . .
There goes a couple hours of my life. lol
Solution:
If this cool looking mod doesn't appear in your Mods in-game, try UPDATING YOUR JAVA.
Thereafter it should appear and be good to go. -
Hmm I will try compiling it with Java 6 instead of 7 for the next version, that's a good idea.
I like the border biome above as well, and i know it is apparently a pain in the ass to get them working, but is it possible to create different types of these border biomes?
It is possible. I was actually thinking of something to that effect, instead of just shrublands, I would have for example one border biome between jungle and desert, a different one between jungle and snow, and a third between desert and snow, or something like that.
A little suggestion sdj64, when the config option PrefixBiomes is set to true, the format Highlands:Biome (with the colon in the middle) may cause a lot of potential incompatibilities with other mods. For example, yesterday, when I was toying with Mob Spawn Controls to get creatures spawning in Highlands biomes, the Highlands biomes were not saved in the MSC config file due to that colon conflicting with other colons in the config file.
yes, I thought about that when I first saw the Mo Creatures config. They will be fixed in the next update 2.0.3. Also I will add stairs and halfblocks for the planks.
For all of you who are updating configs to get other mods to work with Highlands, thank you! I will add your hard work under the Mod Compatibility section of the OP.
TreeCaptiator seems to rely on the default Forge config format (which Highlands does not use) to find its leaves and logs. Glad someone found a workaround, however, it requires the wood and leaf blocks to be at their default values. If they are changed in the HighlandsSettings config you must change them in the TreeCapitator config as well.
I tried out Timber Mod, it doesn't seem to have any way to get mod logs and leaves at all.
Edit: I was able to add Jungle Islands and Windy Islands to the Mo Creatures configs. They must be in alphabetical order in the biome groups config and they must be in both the biome groups and the Highlands.cfg in Mo Creatures.
I'm hoping this gets a response. I'm dealing with that same issue. The Highlands creator mentioned his frustration getting a config file to work with the new Mo Creatures Biome Config system. It would be nice to get an explanation on how to correctly configure a Mo Creatures biome Config file. For now I've tuned off Mo Creatures and am investigating alternatives.
Just an update on this, I have tried adding biomes through the in-game menu as well. It adds a biome labeled "ARCTIC" or "NORMAL" (or whatever group I am adding, in all caps) to the list. In the configs, this biome is listed in the correct group but with no mod name, not even a U for undefined. It will give me a crash whenever I add a biome to the Biome Groups Config or change one biome to a Highlands biome. I have found that turning CustomMobSpawner off re-enables vanilla mobs, but no Mo Creatures mobs will spawn. This is broken for both Highlands and also for the newer version BOP biomes that aren't in the config as well.
so im getting this error with the latest gregtech note it isnt a id conflict but seems more like a way that gregtech is handling its ore gen and highlands not liking it
Check to make sure that your Birch Hills isn't null (did you change the name in the config, delete it, or give it an out-of-bounds or duplicate Biome ID?) This error has nothing to do with ore gen. The error line number in HighlandsCompatibilityManager was with Birch Hills but check all of your biomes just in case you have more errors.
> Mod support
> Custom Ore Generation:
> COG will work with Highlands but to get the increased frequencies of ores in certain biomes, you need these config files.
> Many thanks to JJurmain for putting them together.
Seems like something clicky is missing.
Yeah, you're right. The link got killed in the update from 1.2.5 to 2.0.0. I have replaced it. Be careful though those were made in 1.4.7 and if COG changed its config layout they won't work anymore.
PEOPLE YOU CAN TURN THE NEW WOOD LEAVES AND PLANTS OFF IF YOU WANT TO THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THE CONFIG
/rant
they will still appear in creative but won't generate in the world.
I'm just frustrated that Mo Creatures won't work. Editing the Global Config and recognizing Highlands biomes works fine, but when you try to add one biome to the biome groups config it crashes. Without it, I get absolutely nothing (not even vanilla mobs) spawning in my biomes. Can anyone who got anything to spawn tell me what they did?
Also, I have fixed a few more bugs: wood, planks and saplings now work with furnaces (you can burn them all as fuel, wood makes charcoal) and small plant bugs have been fixed. Palm logs and leaves are now properly registered. I also removed the parts of the Forestry API that I don't use, so that one guy who was having problems with the Forestry API might be fixed now as well. Highlands 2.0.2 is up for download in the main post.
Hurray for the mod soon being featured on Minecraft Daily. Thousands of new people discovering the mod, hundred of them not reading the installation instructions then popping up on the thread screaming "I see no new biomes on my normal world, what kind of treachery is this?", sdj64 shall be delighted
Haha you're right. I'm glad you have been helping out people so far, thanks.
Okay, this is caused by right clicking a small plant with no block or item in your hand. I forgot to add to check if the held item is null before checking if it is bonemeal. I will fix this soon. For now don't right click on small plants when holding nothing in survival mode.
Oh, a thing I noticed around the same time as my Treecapitator difficulties - the new log blocks won't cook. I can't make charcoal out of them. I didn't test if they'd burn in a furnace as fuel themselves, but in the long run the matter of being able to make coal seems more pressing.
Okay, sorry. I forgot to add furnace recipes and properties to my blocks. I will add to logs the ability to cook in furnace and for logs and saplings to be used as fuel.
is it possible to alter the biome's names a bit, for example Alps to Alps HL, so that you can see the difference to some of the Biomes o' Plenty biomes with F3 pressed? I tried to reanme certain biomes in the config file but that just stopped new Highland worlds from loading... An answer would be very nice I'm a big fan of biome mods, especially of this one
Yes, you can. Don't change the names of the biomes in the config. I added an option in the config of 2.0.1 to change all of them from for example "Alps" to "Highlands:Alps" if you want. That option is at the top of the config. You should delete your config and let Highlands create a new one or add these lines to the start:
#SECTION: Additional Settings
/* use a prefix of "Highlands:" + biome name for all biomes? May help if you are using multiple biome mods and have duplicate biome names */
PrefixBiomes = true
I updated the download with Highlands 2.0.1. I have confirmed it is compatible with Thaumcraft and Buildcraft now. Also fixed the shrublands issue. Shrublands now has a greater temperature difference needed and will never generate between a biome and one of its own sub-biomes. Also decreased the number of cattails in bogs and slightly decreased the number of plants in meadows.
edit: also added an option to prefix all biomes with "Highlands" so if you're using multiple biome mods and don't want duplicately named biomes you can have that.
Okay, I'm using FTP with FileZilla and I managed to install forge, but how do I install this mod now? There is no folder in my Minecraft server directory called "mods" unlike singleplayer. It works fine on singleplayer
Run the server once with just Forge installed, it will create a mods folder for you. Drop in Highlands and in the server.properties change the worldtype to HIGHLANDS and create a new world.
Can you please add Forge Biome Dictionary support to this mod? It would go a long way toward decreasing the headache of messing with configs to make it compatible with mods that add biomes, especially for anything other than ExtraBiomesXL or BiomesOPlenty.
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1.6 support coming soon!
Thank you for your compliments! Sponges sound like an interesting idea. I agree that Cubic Chunks or something like it would be an excellent addition to Minecraft. I'd love to make mountains as tall as real-world ones.
Thanks for the compliments and video! You thought Ice Mountains and Ice Plains were added by Highlands? they're actually in vanilla. Also Shrublands is a border biome, in your case the border between the forest and the Ice Mountains. And Tall Pine Forest (and many other biomes) is both a sub-biome and a biome on its own.
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I found the problem with the villages. The village list is initially non-resizeable and it has to be replaced with another list if you want to add village biomes. Apparently I forgot to add my village biomes to the existing list then replace and instead replaced the list with the list of Highlands biomes. Something in the way the settings are set up between the different biome mods after that could have caused the weird differences in village spawning. I will still have to test to see if it works now in all cases.
Archibald, thanks for your continued support and your work with Ruins. Also thank you everyone for your well-documented and specific posts! It makes it so much easier than simply "villages broken please fix!!!1!"
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For the near future, it looks like I might a new 1.5.2 version with the new configs and a few bug fixes, then work on 1.6 and a bit more new content. Most people are still on 1.5.2 so I think it will be more helpful to more people that way.
1.6 is less of a drastic change than 1.5 was. That said, I will probably wrap up 1.5.2 with another bug fixing update before I move on to 1.6. Most people who use mods are still on 1.5. EBXL version 4 has been in the works for ages, almost as long as Highlands has existed.
They can be grown with bonemeal, but not exactly the same way as vanilla flowers. Use bonemeal on the plant itself, not the grass, and it will grow more of itself on grass blocks nearby.
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Highlands currently requires clients to have the mod when they connect to a server. Alternately, you could premake a large world using Highlands then run it on the server.
I haven't used MCPC or Bukkit so I'm not sure how different it is from Forge servers, but if you go into the server.properties you can change the level type to HIGHLANDS or HIGHLANDS_LB.
Thanks for pointing out this bug. It only seems to happen for me when I don't use bonemeal. I will look into it.
No, but there will be a pot fields biome. /sarcasm
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Okay this error is probably caused by not updating the config file. 2.0.3 adds a few new blocks that have to be initialized and Highlands won't do that unless they are in your settings file. Otherwise NEI will error when it encounters the block that hasn't been initialized in the fuel recipe.
These are the new blocks so you can copy them to your existing settings file:
/* because of how metadata works, this has to take up four block ID's: the one listed here and the three after.
Highlands Planks Stairs
BlockID = 760
Highlands Planks Halfblock
BlockID = 764
Highlands Planks Double Halfblock
BlockID = 765
Berries
ItemID = 766
I have been trying to find a current Mystcraft API but I can't seem to find one. Also, a large number of features (sub-biomes, borders, improved oceans) rely on gen layers that only run in the overworld, not in Mystcraft ages.
See above and try copying that into the config. It seems like your berries aren't initialized since they aren't in the config.
Huge apology everyone
So it seems like a large number of errors are occurring due to the config file. I think everyone deserves an explanation, so here goes. When I first created Highlands I made my own config reader and writer, because I didn't know about Forge's config setup at the time. My config setup doesn't automatically detect the current version and update, like Forge does. I did learn about Forge configs a while ago and I should have made the switch to them then. My config reader is currently the longest class in the mod in terms of lines of code so it will take a long while to switch everything over but I think it is necessary now. I promise you all I will work on switching to Forge configs for the next update.
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Colored planks now have stairs and half-blocks.
Berry bushes now craft into berries - 1 porkchop of hunger, can be eaten twice as fast as other foods.
Thornbushes hurt when you run through them.
Biome prefix changed from "Highlands:" to "Highlands_" for compatibility with Mo' Creatures.
More Oceans setting fixed for values greater than 1.
Added "Island Rarity" setting.
Saplings now can only be planted on dirt or grass.
Hopefully fixed the server crash - it runs well on my computer with the latest Forge.
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You do have to delete the old config file but it's not because of Xubuntu. It mainly has to do with the fact that Highlands does not use the Forge config file system but rather I wrote my own config reader/writer earlier in the mod's history and it doesn't have all of the features that the Forge one does. It has been a pain updating it and although it will take a while to remake it with Forge configs, i'll probably work on that soon.
Cool textures! Thank you for making HD textures for the new blocks.
Hmm I will try compiling it with Java 6 instead of 7 for the next version, that's a good idea.
It is possible. I was actually thinking of something to that effect, instead of just shrublands, I would have for example one border biome between jungle and desert, a different one between jungle and snow, and a third between desert and snow, or something like that.
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Yes I will be adding this feature to thorn bushes but probably not to raspberry. I will also be adding blueberries and raspberries you can eat.
yes, I thought about that when I first saw the Mo Creatures config. They will be fixed in the next update 2.0.3. Also I will add stairs and halfblocks for the planks.
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TreeCaptiator seems to rely on the default Forge config format (which Highlands does not use) to find its leaves and logs. Glad someone found a workaround, however, it requires the wood and leaf blocks to be at their default values. If they are changed in the HighlandsSettings config you must change them in the TreeCapitator config as well.
I tried out Timber Mod, it doesn't seem to have any way to get mod logs and leaves at all.
Edit: I was able to add Jungle Islands and Windy Islands to the Mo Creatures configs. They must be in alphabetical order in the biome groups config and they must be in both the biome groups and the Highlands.cfg in Mo Creatures.
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Just an update on this, I have tried adding biomes through the in-game menu as well. It adds a biome labeled "ARCTIC" or "NORMAL" (or whatever group I am adding, in all caps) to the list. In the configs, this biome is listed in the correct group but with no mod name, not even a U for undefined. It will give me a crash whenever I add a biome to the Biome Groups Config or change one biome to a Highlands biome. I have found that turning CustomMobSpawner off re-enables vanilla mobs, but no Mo Creatures mobs will spawn. This is broken for both Highlands and also for the newer version BOP biomes that aren't in the config as well.
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Check to make sure that your Birch Hills isn't null (did you change the name in the config, delete it, or give it an out-of-bounds or duplicate Biome ID?) This error has nothing to do with ore gen. The error line number in HighlandsCompatibilityManager was with Birch Hills but check all of your biomes just in case you have more errors.
Yeah, you're right. The link got killed in the update from 1.2.5 to 2.0.0. I have replaced it. Be careful though those were made in 1.4.7 and if COG changed its config layout they won't work anymore.
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/rant
they will still appear in creative but won't generate in the world.
I'm just frustrated that Mo Creatures won't work. Editing the Global Config and recognizing Highlands biomes works fine, but when you try to add one biome to the biome groups config it crashes. Without it, I get absolutely nothing (not even vanilla mobs) spawning in my biomes. Can anyone who got anything to spawn tell me what they did?
Also, I have fixed a few more bugs: wood, planks and saplings now work with furnaces (you can burn them all as fuel, wood makes charcoal) and small plant bugs have been fixed. Palm logs and leaves are now properly registered. I also removed the parts of the Forestry API that I don't use, so that one guy who was having problems with the Forestry API might be fixed now as well. Highlands 2.0.2 is up for download in the main post.
Haha you're right. I'm glad you have been helping out people so far, thanks.
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Okay, this is caused by right clicking a small plant with no block or item in your hand. I forgot to add to check if the held item is null before checking if it is bonemeal. I will fix this soon. For now don't right click on small plants when holding nothing in survival mode.
Okay, sorry. I forgot to add furnace recipes and properties to my blocks. I will add to logs the ability to cook in furnace and for logs and saplings to be used as fuel.
Villages are not disabled, in fact, they appear in more biomes, not just plains and deserts.
Yes, you can. Don't change the names of the biomes in the config. I added an option in the config of 2.0.1 to change all of them from for example "Alps" to "Highlands:Alps" if you want. That option is at the top of the config. You should delete your config and let Highlands create a new one or add these lines to the start:
#SECTION: Additional Settings
/* use a prefix of "Highlands:" + biome name for all biomes? May help if you are using multiple biome mods and have duplicate biome names */
PrefixBiomes = true
Hmm that's odd I set the rainfall amount to 0. I'll look into it.
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edit: also added an option to prefix all biomes with "Highlands" so if you're using multiple biome mods and don't want duplicately named biomes you can have that.
Run the server once with just Forge installed, it will create a mods folder for you. Drop in Highlands and in the server.properties change the worldtype to HIGHLANDS and create a new world.
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