Version 1.2.15

This release fixes some critical bugs introduced in the last release for Minecraft versions 1.20.3-4.

Fixed Bugs

• Formatting errors in sign JSON broke Modification Room functionality.
• The Missile Display book was missing its second page.

Looking Ahead

We have been working on a 1.3.0 update for Rocket Riders featuring a brand new gamemode, visual improvements and quality of life features! We appreciate your patience as we continue developing this update to be the best it can be. Stay tuned for a future release!

Version 1.2.14

Minecraft 1.20.4 Support

As of this release, Rocket Riders now supports Minecraft versions 1.20.1-1.20.4. We have fixed several incompatibility issues caused by 1.20.3/1.20.4 in this release, as detailed below.

Fixed Bugs

• TNT fuse detection was dysfunctional due to an NBT casing change, breaking ICBMs and several modifiers.
• Book text for the Lobby Book and the Missile Display lectern had JSON formatting issues which made them illegible/unusable.
• The achievement icon for Get Off My Lawn became invalid due to the grass block ID changing.
• If a Vortex armor stand got killed for any reason, the server would crash while trying to summon new replacement armor stands.

Looking Ahead

We have been working on a 1.3.0 update for Rocket Riders featuring a brand new gamemode, visual improvements and quality of life features! We appreciate your patience as we continue developing this update to be the best it can be. Stay tuned for a future release!

Version 1.2.13

Minecraft 1.20.2 Support

This release of Rocket Riders now supports Minecraft versions 1.20.1 through 1.20.2. Future releases of Rocket Riders will most likely continue to support Minecraft versions from 1.20.1 onwards.

Fixed Bugs

• Void death messages were incorrect due to a change in 1.20.
• Time of Day sign still said Daytime on a freshly downloaded world before modifying any settings.

Looking Ahead

We have been working on a 1.3.0 update for Rocket Riders featuring a brand new gamemode, visual improvements and quality of life features! We appreciate your patience as we continue developing this update to be the best it can be. Stay tuned for a future release!

Version 1.2.12

This release fixes a critical bug in which players could softlock the game by selecting an invalid gamemode. Apologies for the inconvenience!

Version 1.2.11

Minecraft 1.20.1 Update

As of this release and going forwards, Rocket Riders only supports Minecraft versions 1.20.1 and above.

• We will not be providing a courtesy backport of this release for Minecraft 1.19.4. If you wish to stay on this Minecraft version, please use this link to download Rocket Riders 1.2.10 for Minecraft 1.19.4 instead: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tpP1gOd83klU5h8RZo5le_-uoFiilyIB/view?usp=sharing

New Parkour!

Redesigned the Parkour so it looks and plays better than ever before! Special thanks to M310N for the design assistance.

• This was prompted by the fix to MC-1133, which made the Parkour impossible in Minecraft 1.20+.

Other Changes

• Renamed Daytime setting to Time of Day in the Modification Room.

Fixed Bugs

• Some game assets became defunct because they used player heads from unmigrated accounts.

Rocket Riders for 1.19.3

This release backports applicable changes made in Rocket Riders Version 1.2.10.

We will not be supporting Minecraft 1.19.3 for future updates.

Version 1.2.10

Minecraft 1.19.4 Update

We have now updated Rocket Riders to Minecraft 1.19.4 due to several breaking changes made to datapacks. We will not be supporting Minecraft 1.19.3 for future updates of Rocket Riders.

If you would like to continue using Rocket Riders for Minecraft 1.19.3, we have made a standing download link for Rocket Riders 1.19.3 available with relevant changes applied: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ra7ygjnTjug2IkdXM70g8caZNJZRxFvT/view?usp=share_link

Changes/Tweaks

• Hypersonic missile now spawns in a much more favorable manner for players to ride it upon deployment. Thanks to IndigoLaser for making the necessary modifications!
• Infinite effects are now applied in cases where the potion effect would need to be constant anyway.

Fixed Bugs

• If you were on the enemy base when your opponent left during a 1v1 Duel, you would obtain the Traveler achievement for being teleported back to your base during the forfeit timeout period.
• Players would only get one arrow at a time if they logged out with an Infinity Saber in Powerups Mode and logged back into a different gamemode.
• Chat hoverEvent still used deprecated value field (updated to contents).
• There was a command in a Chase Mode function that was supposed to add to a scoreboard but did literally nothing.
• "No gamemodes installed" warning could display in the first few ticks of the world/server starting due to Minecraft's asynchronous chunk loading.

Version 1.2.9

This release fixes some bugs and adds quality of life improvements.

Changes/Tweaks

• Canopy pearls are now refunded if the thrower dies before they deploy, in addition to the existing 1-second window after the thrower dies.
• Players now see title text informing them to break the glass again once they've lowered a flag in CTF Mode.
• Added new start/win/lose splash messages as suggested by the community.
• Reduced the frequency/count of dust particles to improve performance.
• Removed all instances of negative explosion radius creepers to provide for gameplay parity between vanilla and Paper servers.

Fixed Bugs

• Second Nova Rocket explosion launched players extremely far on vanilla servers.
• Joinpad barrier particles displayed needlessly every tick when teams were full/imbalanced.
• It was possible to remove obsidian at the kit selection area on each base in Crusade Mode.

This will be the last version of Rocket Riders to support Minecraft 1.18.2. For those still playing on this version, a similar release has been issued. Download here!

Version 1.2.8

This release fixes some more critical bugs following our 1.19 update.

Changes/Tweaks

• Added new win splash message as suggested by the community.

Fixed Bugs

• Splash utilities no longer spawned their respective liquids.
• One flag on each base in Capture the Flag Mode was offset by 4 blocks.
• Console outputted warns for references to item tags which did not exist.

Rocket Riders for 1.18.2 Re-release

For those still using Rocket Riders for Minecraft 1.18.2, a re-release has been issued to fix not being able to spawn missiles, among other bugs. This occurred due to a mixup with our 1.19 datapacks. Apologies for any inconvenience!

(This version is based on release version 1.2.3 with relevant fixes backported from 1.2.5 through 1.2.7.)