Version 1.5.1

Changes

• Fixed a bug

Version 1.5.0

Changes

• All biome colors (especially the water color) are up to date now
• There are proper Windows releases now. This should fix some class path issues.
• The application has been into separate CLI and GUI binaries. The command line interface is platform independent, but the GUI isn't.

Version 1.4.1

Changes

• Minor bug fixes
• Updated to Minecraft 1.14.4

Version 1.4.0

Changes

• Updated to 1.14
  • 1.13 worlds and chunks still work
  • 1.14 villages are recognized
  • New biome colors and other details are still missing (help appreciated!)
• Improved GUI
  • Minor pin improvements
  • Added "about" dialog
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Splash screen
  • Improved startup performance
  • Everything is cached now, so it should be a lot faster
• New world save format and command line options
• Bug fixes
• New bugs

Backwards-compatibility

The save format and command line have changed, and it is not backwards-compatible to BlockMap 1.3.0.
If you use BlockMap on a server, you'll need to update the server script and older clients won't be able
to open the worlds anymore.

Version 1.3.0

Changes

• Added Pins
  • They contain information about the world and the render process (did it fail?)
  • Save them together with your rendered world
  • Display them in the GUI
• Redesigned GUI layout
• Little performance improvements
• Updated to Java 11
• Updated libraries

Version 1.2.0

Changes

• Reworked the RegionFolder API. It remains not being great, but at least now with more features
• Rendered worlds can now be saved to a file using the save subcommand
• Rendered worlds can be loaded from the GUI, even on remote servers
• More automatically generated screenshots (and source code)
• Updated to a newer version of the NBT library, which got its region file API rewritten
• Fixed bugs

Version 1.1.2

Changes

• Updated to Minecraft 1.13.2
• Added a grid overlay
• Fixed some bugs

Version 1.1.1

Some small changes and fixes to the command line. Main feature is the new lazy rendering option.

Changes

• Support for changing the color map as well as the shader through CLI options
• Added an option to render chunks only if needed, called --lazy. (Implements #1)
• Fixed a few CLI bugs

Known issues at release

• The about/help dialog still does nothing yet

Version 1.1.0

Version 1.1.0

This release comes with a lot of rendering features and a greatly improved GUI.

Changes

• Support for multiple color maps
• New color maps: No foliage, ocean ground, cave view
• Support for different shaders
• New height shading options: None, relief, biome color, height map
• GUI overhaul
• Made rendering of stacked semi-transparent blocks of the same color way faster
• Restructured gradle project structure

Known issues at release

• The about/help dialog does nothing yet
  For all issues, visit the issues page

Version 1.0.1

Changes

• CLI now actually works
• Added some simple relief shading to improve readability. The map does not look flat anymore.
  • A toggle and more shaders are yet to come

Known bugs

• There are some chunk-sized artifacts in the shading. This seems to come from chunks that have not been fully generated yet.