CREATE BACKUPS BEFORE UPDATING

Please create a backup of your server (including the worlds and Nova plugin directory) before updating to this version. Major changes were made to Nova's world file format. Please report any issues you encounter with the automatic legacy conversion.

General changes

• Updated to Minecraft 1.21.1 (1.20.4 is no longer supported)
• Optimized item networks
• Parallel network ticking
• Major internal changes
• Nova now bundles all libraries instead of downloading them on startup.
• nova:wrench was moved to the Logistics addon

Fixes

• Fixed #304 - Break network connections during chunk save / chunk load ?
• Fixed #307 - Unbreakable block with tool
• Fixed #320 - Block#breakNaturally() and Block#remove() don't properly break solid custom Nova blocks.

Addon API

New Features

• New backing state config type: LEAVES
• Tools can now have multiple tool categories
• Item behaviors can now modify block damage
• Model generation Nova Documentation - Creating a custom block model

Changes

• Major changes to custom items, blocks, tile-entities, and tile-entity networks.

Migration Guide

Nova Documentation - Migration Guide 0.16 ➝ 0.17