.net 7 Experimental build 1.17.11-rc.3
Mar 9 2023
This should be the last release of a separate .net7 build before we merge the changes into the main release.
Download Links:
Windows 64bit Full Installer (380mb)
Linux 64bit Archive (338mb)
Linux 64bit - Server Only (21 mb)
Mac 64bit Archive (405mb)
Requires .net 7 runtime
.net 7 runtime for Windows
.net 7 runtime for Linux
Game updates
- Tweak: Add the current player count to server logticks output
- Tweak: Allow the /wgen pregen to be run from console, uses world center to pregen
- Fixed: Client startup parameters not passed to integrated server correctly (-o,-p,...)
- Fixed: Modicons in Mod Manager not showing correctly
- Fixed: Pasting no text content from clipboard leading to crash
- Fixed: Output sound device selection not working
- Fixed: Loading libzstd on some linux distros by upgrading to a newer version 1.5.4
- Fixed: Linux server.sh not working
.net 7 Experimental build 1.17.11-rc.2
Feb 12 2023
Download Links:
Windows 64bit Full Installer (380mb)
Windows 64bit Update (55mb)
Linux 64bit Archive (338mb)
Linux 64bit - Server Only (21 mb)
Mac 64bit Archive (405mb)
Requires .net 7 runtime
.net 7 runtime for Windows
.net 7 runtime for Linux
Game updates
- Feature: new graphics setting "GPU data rate limiter" attempts to reduce one possible cause of lagspikes (Detail: on PCs with fast CPUs and non-latest GPUs, in .NET7 new chunks may be sent to the GPU at such a high rate by the chunk rendering queue that a slow GPU chokes up, causing framerate drops (lagspikes) during new chunk uploads)
- Tweak: The .net7 version now creates a separate data folder so you can run it along side .net4 installations
- Fixed: Fullscreen not working
- Fixed: Various issues with mouse control
- Fixed: Handling of special key combinations (Fn + F5)
- Fixed: Various issues with keymappings
- Api Fixed: Restore Api Compatibility for .net4 mods
.net 7 Experimental build 1.17.11-rc.1
Feb 6 2023
Download Links:
Windows 64bit Full Installer (380mb)
Linux 64bit Archive (338mb)
Linux 64bit - Server Only (21 mb)
Mac 64bit Archive (405mb)
Requires .net 7 runtime
.net 7 runtime for Windows
.net 7 runtime for Linux
Game updates
All the same, but faster!
As far as game content is concerned, this version should be idential to the standard .net 4 v1.17.11 version and also freely interoperate between both versions on multiplayer.
The biggest difference is the upgrade to a new .net framework and accompanying supporting libraries, such as OpenTK 4.
Due to the nature of .net 7 applications compiling to native code, this build should yield significant performance boosts. We would be curious to to learn about comparison benchmarks between the .net 4 and .net 7 build!
Known issues
Possibly increased lag spikes on some systems when chunks are loading. Due to the CPU side performing much faster, the game seems to oversaturate the GPU with chunk uploads.
If you run into .net7 specific issues, please report them on our issue tracker, thank you!