Create: Above the Clouds

World Generation

• Sky Archipelago Update: Upgraded Sky Archipelago to version 1.3.4 (see full changelog).

Performance

• More FPS: Improved FPS when using shaderpacks by adding "CreateBetterFps" and optimized HUD rendering using "Gnetum".
• World Loading: Reduced world load times with the addition of "Ksyxis".
• Culling: Replaced "EntityCulling" with "More Culling" to remove redundancy with Sodium and further improve performance.

Features

• Inventory Management: Added Inventory Profiles Next. This provides power-user features like sorting buttons, locked slots, and automatic tool replacement.
• Building QOL: Added Bridging. This allows players to place blocks horizontally in front of them without needing to crouch over the edge of islands.

Modifications & Performance

• Mod Updates: Updated various mods to their latest versions to improve stability and fix bugs.
• Immersive Optimization: Added the Immersive Optimization mod to further boost performance and frame rates.

World Generation

• Ore Generation: Changed ore spawning to be relative to island surfaces instead of fixed world heights. This ensures ores spawn with a vanilla-like distribution inside all islands, regardless of what altitude they generate at.
• Stone Variants: Increased the spawn rates for andesite, diorite, and granite so they appear more often.

Bug Fixes

• Server-Only Mods: Enabled server-only mods on the client side when playing single-player.

Features

• Resource Unification: Consolidated duplicate steel and zinc variants. Redundant items have been completely removed from both the recipe viewer and creative tabs.
• Steel Crafting Rework: Steel recipes have been overhauled and now strictly require charcoal dust.
• Food Unification: Removed duplicate dough items to streamline food crafting.
• Cake Recipe Update: Added support for milk bottles when crafting cakes.

World Generation

• Sky Archipelago Update: Upgraded Sky Archipelago to version 1.3.3 (see full changelog).
• Simplified Stone Generation: Streamlined the generation logic for andesite, diorite, and granite.

Features

• Physics Interactions: Big Cannons now apply recoil and impact forces to Sable physics objects.
• Aeronautics Fixes: Improved compatibility between Create: Aeronautics and Create: Bits 'n' Bobs.

World Generation

• Bone-Dry Caves: Completely removed aquifers, springs, and sea-level cave flooding. This prevents water streams from spilling out of islands into the void.
• Fixed Lava Lakes: Lava lakes now correctly spawn deep inside the islands.
• Overhauled Biomes: Replaced Biomes O' Plenty with William Wythers' Overhauled Overworld. This maintains beautiful and diverse world generation while eliminating custom modded terrain blocks.
• Smaller Oceans: Drastically reduced ocean sizes to stop the generation of giant patches of empty islands.
• Kelp and Seagrass: Added seagrass and kelp generation to surface lakes to ensure resource availability for Create mod mechanics.

Performance

• Faster World Gen: Implemented experimental world generation speed improvements utilizing fast noise.
• Distant Horizons: Optimized the default configuration for smoother performance.