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TheDiamondPlayables
May 19, 2024, 12:49 am to Public

Just learned today that if you haven't migrated to Microsoft from a historical Mojang account, your account is permanently deleted and you have to buy the game again.
Even if you have the receipt of the original purchase.

Heck, to this day you can still migrate your old YouTube account for free.
17 years after YouTube's acquisition to Google, that deal held on.

Props to SalC1 for doing the experiment and confirming this with hard data.
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TheDiamondPlayables replied to MarkSarmite's comment below 2024-05-19 07:17:33

I'd still make the comparison if it is since the point is still there.
It's probably even worse for Microsoft if that's actually the case, regardless of if the YouTube migration deal is still held.

MarkSarmite said 2024-05-19 05:33:57

yt is not under microsoft
TheDiamondPlayables
May 16, 2024, 10:20 am to Public

Another random piece of trivia: The file containing the things I need to know in order to port any given project to 1.20.5 is around 200 lines long, and counting! As a reference point, the same file with the things I need to know in order to port from 1.20.2 to 1.20.3 is only around 30. (the count is 27 if you were wondering)

Bit of context here: For every new release, I used a self-made tool called the "Patch Notes Grabber" to get information off a given update log, or a series of snapshots leading to a big update and merges all that into one mega update log (if the update log itself isn't out yet), then carefully sort through the resulting data for the stuff I need to pay attention to in order to bring a project to a given release.

It's standard practice for me now, but I never really talked about it since it's more of the boring bits, but I still need to let you know I'm still bringing this to 1.20.5, this'll just take a while for me.
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TheDiamondPlayables
May 16, 2024, 2:51 am to Public

I'm starting to think that this bug is on its track to becoming the 2nd Damage Wobble bug.
It was a thing once, got removed, then many years later was re-implemented again and felt like a new feature.
(Technically this one was never a thing, but alternatives existed that did the same thing - all of which were removed instead)

If 1.21 is released without this bugfix I'll look for another path to bring back "/nameless" to Villager Names myself. (Hopefully there'll be another way around it by then)
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Sul4ur
May 13, 2024, 1:38 pm to Public

Ok; There was a story about a man named Vikram whose grandmother is sad and bored in her room and Vikram is outside because he has an idea.

and then Duolingo:
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Ender Sparkle said 2024-05-13 13:48:09

Hold on, I have a meme for this
Sul4ur
May 12, 2024, 3:54 pm to Public
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Panda_Iceberg said 2024-05-12 18:45:56

My Dreams: being a Dragon on Uranus While crab rave is playing in the background, and the partgoers from the backrooms are there, jumping up on down on the cat in the hats head.

ScotsMiser said 2024-05-12 17:25:07

What could go wrong?
TheDiamondPlayables
May 12, 2024, 8:17 am to Public

3 days later, I got a brand new tool out of it. This'll help me shave off a ton of time posting stuff (and managing them) across multiple platforms.
look, building a parser from scratch is tough beans, alright?
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Sul4ur
May 11, 2024, 12:29 pm to Public

Well guys guess what!

One of my data packs Experienced powers got stolen by this 9minecraft.com website.

Well that was stolen way ago, back in late February. but it's ok. It taught me just how important it is to license a work.

Yeah, I just licensed all of my data packs and my one and only resource pack, so that I can handle with all of my stolen data packs in the future. Right now, I can't do anything about that stolen work really.

But I do just love how the site contains inaccurate information; For example it says that this data pack is for 1.20.4, 1.20.1 and 1.19.4, when it doesn't even work for versions older than 1.20.2!

And luckily, it contains the exact same data pack I published, So my name is still in there!

Moral of the story: All contents on 9minecraft are stolen.
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Darkfap said 2024-05-11 12:30:59

They stole one of my resource packs as well!
TheDiamondPlayables
May 9, 2024, 5:32 am to Public

Decided to speedrun HTML and CSS in 4 hours - I'll need them for future update shenanigans.
Just the basics of them anyway, I can always improve it later on.
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Sul4ur
May 8, 2024, 4:09 am to Public

I'm back! Probably...

I have been inactive for 2 weeks— and you may ask what happened.

I've had 2 really hard exams, but today I've completed these 2 exams!

The reason I say "probably" is because that I still have more exams, but they are a bit easier and most likely have a lot of space between them.

So if I can, I will update the data pack SGrave. Here is a sneak peak btw!
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TheDiamondPlayables
May 3, 2024, 6:31 am to Public

One of the things I'm implementing in this update asides from a full system rewrite is a new way to customize my datapacks!
This is an idea I had back when we got 1.20.2, but it took me up until now to finally be able to implement it system-wide. I have to rewrite the system anyway, so might as well.
(Note: by "system" here I mean all the packs I've made since 1.20 and am currently updating)
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TheDiamondPlayables
April 27, 2024, 9:39 pm to Public

Yes, Version 20d1 (coming soon) will be designed for both 1.20.5 and 1.20.6, given the features we've seen in that release so far.
It's exactly the same deal as it was in 1.20.4.
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iHopeICanChangeThis
April 26, 2024, 8:35 pm to Public

Sorry for no packs recently. I've been preoccupied with college stuff. That should be over soon.
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ScotsMiser said 2024-04-26 23:00:43

Ssssssssssh!
a college kid behaving responsible impunes the preferred Hollyweird narrative…. q.v. Real Genius — 1985
daenvil
April 26, 2024, 12:35 pm to Public

My three most popular datapacks (Cuttable Wood, Better Stonecutter, and More Compostable Items) are now updated for 1.20.5! Next I think will be Baked Goods, but this will take a bit more time.
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Sul4ur
April 25, 2024, 5:14 pm to Public

Day 40: Fun fact

Villagers can sleep in the nether without exploding the bed!
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Darkfap said 2024-04-25 19:31:14

Hackers.
Sul4ur
April 24, 2024, 12:49 pm to Public

I've been busy for the past 3 days. Sorry for the inactivity, but I'm back!

1.20.5 has just been released! Remember that the data packs SGrave, Duplication with Star and Cheaper Nametags won't be compatible with 1.20.5. Other data packs may not work as well though.
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daenvil
April 24, 2024, 6:17 am to Public

Just updated my Cuttable Wood datapack for 1.20.5. Next to be updated is Better Stonecutter, hopefully today or tomorrow.
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TheDiamondPlayables
April 23, 2024, 11:15 pm to Public

I'll be seeing "Where's 1.20.5" comments soon.
When that comes, I'll save a link to this post as a response so I don't have to copy and paste the same post over and over again. Here goes:

I manage 20 projects currently. Short version: It takes time. (Progress updates on Discord)
Long version:
My updates take time to complete as I properly go through each of them to see which features I'd need to improve to match the current version's meta, if there is any.
I'm also using latest techniques available on the version I'm designing it for to make sure my packs are the best they can be on release, and it takes time to discover what these new techniques are.
My datapack creator tool Scripter helps, but like any tool, it needs a person to be used to make stuff with.

Bit of a long default response, but the recap is the same across all my releases.
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TheDiamondPlayables said 2024-04-23 23:20:20

Link to this post if you happen to see a "Where's 1.20.5" comment ahead of me. We'll make it a race!

www.planetminecraft.com/member/thediamondplayables/wall/post/811517/
TheDiamondPlayables
April 21, 2024, 9:29 pm to Public

A small comment on the massive changes 1.20.5 is bringing to the table and it's massive effects to datapacks and custom maps as a whole:

I think the hardest thing with making the ideas I wanted to make happen into a datapack is that a lot of the times it's really really hard to do so efficiently, and some other times, Mojang would step in and mess with your stuff, and without the reach needed to overrule the thing they've irreversibly changed, you kinda just have to live with the storm.

It's understandable if because of that or any other reason, creators would prefer mods over datapacks since they can do what they want on a version they choose to do it at (basically removing Mojang's effect on things, at least partially, if you've read some of my secret Patreon dev posts), and if they choose to do so, we should still support them for it, because at the end of all this, they've spent the hours that could've been spent in other ventures that'll most likely give them way more money, to make sure you get the best things possible, in the best way that they can.
(Wait, I've been making datapacks for 5 years? Time flies, man.)

As for me? I'll just live with the storm and do my best to make sure all my projects I've made in the 1.20x series get a proper update to 1.20.5. I personally find the storm to be a challenge, a problem that I'm slowly overcoming with Scripter - which, in a way, is like the hand-crafted ship I'd built to weather this storm.
But also because I wanted to experience the latest stuff the game has to offer with the tweaks that I've personally made to enhance the game the way I find fun to play.

But anyways, enough of that, the updates are coming.
I'll leave update details on Discord if you wanted to check those out.
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TheDiamondPlayables said 2024-04-21 21:37:06

You honestly thought I was also moving to mods, don't ya?
Reply to this one if you think I was about to say something like that at any point in the post.

TheDiamondPlayables said 2024-04-21 21:34:16

I know that technically a datapack can stay at a given release too, but unlike mods, datapacks are more reliant on the tools that Mojang provides in each new release. So something I wanted to make back in 1.13 for example, can't really be made efficiently until way later on. It's kinda why I have a long list of old ideas. I just kept them all, even when I know it's not doable, so when it is, I can start messing with it.
Sul4ur
April 20, 2024, 2:11 pm to Public

Day 39: Fun fact

Spicy food doesn't actually make your mouth hot, it only tricks your brain into thinking so!
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TheDiamondPlayables
April 20, 2024, 10:09 am to Public

At some point I'll make it possible so everyone could quickly make packs with my custom datapack creator Scripter.
I'm not confident with showing the tool as it is now, as it was only built to suit my weird style, so it likely won't help anyone as it is.
But someday, when I have a lot more time to spend on datapack shenanigans, I'll work on a version that can be used by a more diverse set of people, and release it by then.

Anywho, 1.20.5 is coming.
Working on upgrading all my projects, more news in the Discord Server. See you soon!
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