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Update 1.6.1 (MC 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* Compatibility with Xaero's Minimap (or Better PVP) 20.12.0. Not compatible with older versions.
+ Added a map selection/control screen for multiplayer servers/realms. It can be opened by clicking the new button in the bottom left corner of the world map screen. You should no longer have to go through map data files to manage multiple world maps on the same server address. This will work similar to "Make Sub-World Auto" from the minimap mod when using the world spawn-based map selection mode.
+ Added a "Map Selection" option to the map selection screen. It lets you choose the map selection mode used on the current server address.
+ Added "Manual" map selection mode as the new default mode. In this mode, you are asked to select and confirm the world map to "write" to every time you switch worlds/dimensions. You can also use a key binding to quickly confirm the last confirmed map for the entered dimension. This mode is only useful on servers with multiple worlds/sub-servers.
+ Added "Single" map selection mode. This mode essentially treats the server like a singleplayer world. No manual confirmation is required and no issues should be caused by world spawn-based map selection. This is the equivalent on having "Multiworld Detection" set to OFF in the minimap mod.
+ Added "World Spawn" map selection mode. This is the old automatic and problematic multiworld detection you're used to. However, you can now choose what world map is bound to your current world spawn by using the map selection screen. So, if the world spawn changes for some reason, you can easily bring back any world map you need and bind it to the new world spawn.
* Fixed freeze on world join / dimension change when the entered map is very large.
* Fixed some multiplayer map regions not saving properly when switching between worlds/servers very quickly.
* Fixed world spawn-based detection not working properly on some servers.
* The world map screen should now always show the correct waypoints for the viewed map, instead of showing the ones selected in the minimap mod.
* Fixed backwards compatibility with old non-compressed map data files.
* Performance improvements.
* (1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10) Made dimension names consistent with 1.14.4 and 1.15.2 and the minimap mod. This makes 1.5.* version of the mod incompatible with the new format.

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Update 1.6.2 (MC 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* Fixed compatibility with fake worlds (again). For example, this fixes compatibility with bspkrsCore.
+ Added a line of text above the map selection dropdown menu, so it's more clear what it is.
* The map selection dropdown list should now be alphabetically sorted.

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Quote from PixelPaladin2»

The 1.6 update completely ruined this mod.

I play in 2 places; one is a plugin-heavy multiplayer server, the other my friend's vanilla Realm. On both I use this mod as well as the Minimap mod. On both the realm & the server, the update to 1.6 completely reset my world map, erasing all exploration I've done. But they were also each messed up in different ways.

On the server I don't use waypoints much because we're not to use player-side mods to teleport. But there is a server-plugin command that players use to teleport which I use constantly, and every time I do I get a big message across my screen telling me to press RIGHT SHIFT because "World Map needs confirmation" (whatever that means). It's not a game breaker or anything but it's annoying as hell to have to do every single time I teleport.

On the Realm it is much worse. I've lost access to ALL of my waypoints. None of are showing on my world map anymore (not even the ones in the area around me, which is the only area showing as explored on my map now). When I open the waypoint menu, under "Sub-World/Dimension" there's a drop-down menu where there are now 2 Overworld's listed, and all my waypoints are in the 2nd Overworld rather than the first/auto one. When I select the world with my waypoints, they show up in the world itself, but still not on the world map. And when I click on them in the list, the teleport option is disabled. So I can no longer see OR access any part of the world I've explored & labeled before. I'd have to start over from scratch, re-exploring the world and rebuilding a new network of teleport waypoints.

This has left me no choice but to go back to using WorldMap 1.5.7 and MiniMap 20.11.0 (good thing I've kept copies of every mod file I've downloaded for just this reason!). I don't think I will bother trying any newer versions of these mods at all until it's for Minecraft 1.16, and even then only if the above problems have been fixed.

When you're asked for confirmation, you're supposed to open the map, select the correct map from the dropdown menu and click confirm. That's it. This is the manual map selection mode. Don't press right shift if you don't know what it does. It's for quickly confirming the last confirmed map for the dimension. You can also change how the map is confirmed, including the old automatic system which is called "World Spawn" in the "Map Selection" option. The tooltip for that option tells you everything you need to know really. The option is on the world map selection screen. The bottom left icon on the world map opens it.

EDIT: The minimap detects what map you have confirmed to determine "auto" waypoints, so using the world map correctly should fix that too.

Update 1.6.3 (MC 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* Fixed the world map not closing with the map key binding if it's set to a mouse button.
* Disabled quick confirmation for server dimensions that don't have a previously confirmed map. Should prevent some confusion.

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Update 1.6.4 (MC 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* Fixed compatibility with Immersive Portals and potentially other similar mods.
* Fixed world map not closing with the map key binding in multiplayer if it's set to a mouse button.
* The world map zoom will no longer reset when reopening the map.
+ Added a setting to hide the player arrow on the world map.
+ Added a setting to hide the zoom level display on the world map.
* (1.14.4 - 1.15.2) Fixed random crash when joining a world/server.
* (1.7.10 - 1.12.2) Fixed map key binding not opening the map until another key is pressed when set to a mouse button.

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Quote from prototype464»

Hey Xaero, I'm absolutely LOVING the new world map selection feature! It has come in SO useful you have no idea! My problem was completely solved with the addition of this, and it makes using multiple accounts on the same server so much more easier when it comes to the world map!

I own an SMP server called TerraMC that I play on in my main whenever I'm fixing something, testing features, or just stalking new players, and I mapped out a large portion of the world there. I play on my alt account to play as a regular player, so the world map getting confused was starting to be an issue until I updated to the newest version and that problem completely went away! Thank you so much for adding this I thought you'd appreciate a thank you from me

P.S. if you'd ever like to stop by whenever you have time, IP is terramc.playmc.co

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words. I think I made it a bit confusing at first for people updating from older versions, but let's hope it's better after the tweaks :D. The old system was definitely too unreliable in 2020 to be the default. Although it's still there as an option for those who want it

Update 1.7.0 (MC 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* Compatibility with Xaero's Minimap / Better PVP 20.15.0. Not compatible with older versions.
* Fixed a lot of mod compatibility / concurrent modification-related crashes by moving all necessary work to the main game thread. For example, this fixes random crashes with Serene Seasons. This took a lot of work and rewriting, so new bugs are not unlikely.
* Fixed mipmap generation-related stuttering. It is possibly the "lag" that some people have been reporting for a while. There is a bug (?) where mipmap generation freezes rendering for much longer than the time it actually takes to generate mipmap. I previously used a workaround for the issue, while I wasn't even sure what the source of it was. It wasn't easy to track it down because the freezes happened at random OpenGL commands unrelated to mipmaps. The workaround seemed to only work on some devices and I think even caused other issues. In this update I simply removed mipmap generation for now.
* Fixed texture upload benchmark-related stuttering when exploring the world. The mod measures and approximates how quickly your computer can upload textures to the GPU, which may cause stuttering until it's finished. Map exploration-related texture updates are no longer measured, so the stutter should be gone.
* Fixed maps with a single region not refreshing after you change a refresh requiring setting and then select the map in the map selection menu.
* Reworked how Patreon capes are implemented. It's now done with a core mod and they should behave exactly like vanilla capes, which includes changing the elytra texture.
* Fixed empty regions freezing for some time after they are "refreshed".

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Quote from batmanleesuperman»

Hey people. Just came back to minecraft after 5 years and first time using this forum. Currently playing a modpack (1.12.2) with Xaero's minimap and i love it such usefull mod. I tried to add Xaero's World Map to modpack to make it even better. But i can't log back to my word after downloading the 1.12.2 World Map mod while i can see that its loaded and active in the mods. I tried few versions of the worldmap mod for 1.12.2 but still no dice. The world opens for a split second but then closes saying " Shutting down internal server " . I tried deleting the options text file from the modpack that also didnt work. I would appriciate it if someone here knows a solution to this problem or somehow help me. Thanks for your help in advance.

Thanks! You need to also update the minimap for the latest world map update.

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Hey thanks for the fast response man. I updated the minimap mod and both seems to be working now. Again thank you for your help and keep up the good work !

Glad to hear and thanks for the support!

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Sorry to bug again lol. Is there a way to decrease the zoom multiplier in the worldmap mod ? Lowest seem to be 0.5x but its not really enough for me to cover up the places i discovered gotta drag the mouse alot. I checked the config folder but couldnt see a similar option. I would love to have like 0.001 or even less zoom to cover a larger area when i open up the map. Thanks for the feedback in advance , have a good one

It's not possible atm. I have it planned but it'll be a long time before it's implemented (if it's even "doable"). Use the waypoint jump feature described in the original post to quickly scroll the map to destinations.

Update 1.7.2(.1) (MC 1.16.1, 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* (Fabric 1.16.1) Upgrade to Minecraft 1.16.1.
* (Fabric 1.15.2, 1.14.4) Port to Fabric.
* Fixed a map getting automatically confirmed in manual mode after you delete a currently confirmed map.
* Fixed a rare crash caused by a ConcurrentModificationException.
* Fixed rare memory leak.
* Improved mod version checking to support separate versions for different mod loaders.
* Improved multiplayer region and config saving/loading security.
* (1.14.4 - 1.16.1) Fixed some inconsistencies between Forge and Fabric versions of the mod.

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Quote from Glorken»

Is there documentation for the file format of the world map cache? I'm working on a mapping project on a server, and right now I can only accept voxelmap and mapwriter data because those are the only formats I've been able to decode.

There isn't any documentation anywhere but I think I can just tell you the format. Do you need color cache (basically images) or the multiplayer map files containing actual block states?
EDIT: You might have difficulties decoding the color cache because it can contain compressed data if the user has the "Texture Compression" setting enabled. The compression format is picked by the graphics driver (GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSION_HINT set to GL_NICEST and internal format when uploading being GL_COMPRESSED_RGB). The cache files do contain the actual format used but I don't expect you to handle every format that is thrown at you.

Update 1.7.3 (MC 1.16.1, 1.15.2, 1.14.4, 1.12.2, 1.8.9, 1.7.10):

* (Forge) Upgrade to Minecraft 1.16.1.
* (Fabric) Fixed compatibility with Mac.
* (1.16.1) Fixed regions failing to load or even crashing the game (in singleplayer) when the number of unique blocks in a single chunk section is very high.
* (1.14.4 - 1.16.1) Fixed game crash when a chunk section pallete contains an unknown block state (in singleplayer).
* Moved S2C packet callbacks to the main thread. Can fix compatibility with some mods/future MC versions.
* Fixed crash when trying to export PNG for an empty map.

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