Minescript

Updates in Minescript 4.0-beta2

• Ignore ID 0 in java_release(...) (d9f0fd8)
• Return zeros for empty BlockPack.block_bounds() (2152b7c)
• Robustness improvements for Java reflection APIs (f8373a7)
• Improve error message from bad Java method call (08a675c)
• Improvements to Java reflection API (f36178f)
• Return bool from cancellation functions (b2cdf35)
• Simplify signature of java_new_instance(...) (aae9662)
• Return dataclass from player_get_targeted_block (e128d32)
• Replace deprecated Float ctor with Float::valueOf (93a3436)
• Fix NPE in ExceptionInfo::fromException (eb32887)
• Add Numbers class for numeric operations (4464e0f)
• Remove unused import of asyncio from minescript.py (ba821db)
• Add java_assign script function for dynamic tasks (0762eaa)

Updates in Minescript 4.0-beta

• Support running script functions during tick loop (20x per second), render loop (30-100+ fps), or script loop (~5000 times per second) (923f9bb, bfbd192, fb936b8)
• Java reflection via Python script functions (ebdba54, 8008110, 39160c3)
• Support Python scripts in arbitrary folders using command_path in config.txt (791c295, 99c8619, 23ee273)
• Support alternative script languages for commands (890d2a9)
• Initial version of Minescript mod for NeoForge (7dd592f)
• Schedule groups of script functions to run every render or tick cycle (19eb79c, 1377acb, d2bd144)
• Support for scripting several game and input events with a unified EventQueue API (d1cb4c9, 6628525, 993c9b6, b96159e, 4af1a32)
• Async script functions that are more powerful, easier to use, and cancellable (882bc7e)
• Unify Minescript and Minecraft chat histories (46a0cde)
• New and updated script functions, including:
  • press_key_bind() (174dac8)
  • show_chat_screen() (adf8dac)
  • entity selectors for entities() and players() (6d6d627)
  • job_info() for detecting other running scripts (156dc33)
  • version_info() for detecting versions of Minecraft, Minescript, and OS (d448c4b)
  • multiple args to echo(), chat(), and log(), like builtin print() function (114c559)
  • append_chat_history(), chat_input(), and set_chat_input() for managing chat input and history (46a0cde)
  • player_get_targeted_entity() (93dd5e8)
• Return complex data types from script functions as dataclasses (e.g. EntityData) rather than dicts, for easier and safer scripting (7caaf3b)
• Support tab completion of config and help params (b4bfa0e, f485973)
• Safer script output: print() no longer executes commands or sends public messages to chat by default (6101484)

See detailed changelog.

Updates in Minescript 4.0

• Support running script functions during tick loop (20x per second), render loop (30-100+ fps), or script loop (~5000 times per second) (923f9bb, bfbd192, fb936b8)
• Java reflection via Python script functions (ebdba54, 8008110, 39160c3)
• Support Python scripts in arbitrary folders using command_path in config.txt (791c295, 99c8619, 23ee273)
• Support alternative script languages for commands (890d2a9)
• Initial version of Minescript mod for NeoForge (7dd592f)
• Schedule groups of script functions to run every render or tick cycle (19eb79c, 1377acb, d2bd144)
• Support for scripting several game and input events with a unified EventQueue API (d1cb4c9, 6628525, 993c9b6, b96159e, 4af1a32)
• Async script functions that are more powerful, easier to use, and cancellable (882bc7e)
• Unify Minescript and Minecraft chat histories (46a0cde)
• New and updated script functions, including:
  • press_key_bind() (174dac8)
  • show_chat_screen() (adf8dac)
  • entity selectors for entities() and players() (6d6d627)
  • job_info() for detecting other running scripts (156dc33)
  • version_info() for detecting versions of Minecraft, Minescript, and OS (d448c4b)
  • multiple args to echo(), chat(), and log(), like builtin print() function (114c559)
  • append_chat_history(), chat_input(), and set_chat_input() for managing chat input and history (46a0cde)
  • player_get_targeted_entity() (93dd5e8)
• Return complex data types from script functions as dataclasses (e.g. EntityData) rather than dicts, for easier and safer scripting (7caaf3b)
• Support tab completion of config and help params (b4bfa0e, f485973)
• Safer script output: print() no longer executes commands or sends public messages to chat by default (6101484)

See detailed changelog.

Updates in Minescript 3.2

• Support for Minecraft versions up to 1.20.4
• Fix Forge bug where Minescript loop could run on the wrong thread and crash, and improve performance (especially with Fabric) by setting the default for minescript_ticks_per_cycle to run every tick rather than once every 3 ticks (79613b1)
• Add script function screen_name() for getting the name of the currently displayed GUI screen, if any (e40d52a)
• Introduce ChatEventListener Python class for more user-friendly handling of chat events (83dd4aa)
• Support propagation of Java exceptions to Python (2c8692d)
• Support for listening for keyboard events with KeyEventListener Python class (b0163d3)
• Fix player_inventory_slot_to_hotbar() "ghost items" in survival mode (c63fd27, 49ee542)

See detailed changelog.

Special thanks to TimGeel1998 and MCT32 for help debugging and fixing an issue with ghost items.

Updates in Minescript 3.2

• Support for Minecraft versions up to 1.20.4
• Fix Forge bug where Minescript loop could run on the wrong thread and crash, and improve performance (especially with Fabric) by setting the default for minescript_ticks_per_cycle to run every tick rather than once every 3 ticks (79613b1)
• Add script function screen_name() for getting the name of the currently displayed GUI screen, if any (e40d52a)
• Introduce ChatEventListener Python class for more user-friendly handling of chat events (83dd4aa)
• Support propagation of Java exceptions to Python (2c8692d)
• Support for listening for keyboard events with KeyEventListener Python class (b0163d3)
• Fix player_inventory_slot_to_hotbar() "ghost items" in survival mode (c63fd27, 49ee542)

See detailed changelog.

Special thanks to TimGeel1998 and MCT32 for help debugging and fixing an issue with ghost items.