This update is accessible via the “Testing” release of Boundless on Steam.

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The following release notes are not final and should not be considered complete or exhaustive.

Overview:

Added 3 new transparent Glass Panes: Plain, Stylish and Ornate.

Added the Latticeworker Chisel for creating Lattice Frame structures.

Video Overview:

Thanks @Jiivita

Testing 228:

Art + Animation + Assets:

Added 3 transparent Glass Panes: Plain, Stylish and Ornate variations are currently available. These are crafted and tintable and should provide more variation for creating windows than just using gleam signs. Their tint is taken from the Refined Gleam. Placement of the Glass Pane’s is more similar to doors/trap-doors than it is to signs, so that you do not have to create a backing wall to place the panes onto the way you would with signs, but can just place on the ground (and will stick out like a door) and then place onto the tops/sides of the panes to make them larger. Panes also do not have to be exact rectangles like with signs. Please use these instead of signs as they’re more efficient. They current do use up the mesh allocation of a chunk. However in the future they will be part of the voxel landscape and hence not count against the mesh allocation.



Crafting + Resources + Equipment:

Added a new Venerable Boon called Latticeworker that can be applied to Chisels. Short Description: A Chisel Boon which prepares Blocks for creating lattice-based structures. Description: A Boon which allows Forged Chisels to prepare Blocks for tetrahemihexacron Pole and Beam building fun.

A Lattice Chisel will prepare a block for building Lattice Frame structures.

The chisel will cycle through 4 sizes of lattice frame diameter: 1/3m, 1/4m, 1/6m and 1/12m.

You can then use the standard Square and Bevel chisels to add and remove the lattice arms.

The Square chisel will make regular square lattice frames. The Bevel chisel will make beveled lattice frames at 45 degrees.

All blocks than can already be chiseled can be used to create Lattice Frames.

This chisel opens up a huge number of new creative shapes and structures.

GUI + HUD:

The Beacon and Settlement map is now presented in the HUD when Builder mode is enabled. This allows all players on all platforms to have access to the details. We plan to add a Tip that describes the different regions. We’ll also search for options to simplify the presentation.



Bug fixes:

Fix “send item to top” in machine queues to just move to the top instead of swapping with whatever is at the top currently.

Fix not being able to extend your beacon vertically if there is a neighbouring beacon with an enabled protection zone buffer that would be able to reserve the space your beacon is in, if when extending vertically you do so via an adjacent plot so that it is not touching a plot above or below in your beacon.

Testing 228.1: