Whiteout

Whiteout

Whiteout is an attempt to implement the gameplay and mechanic consistency patches included in the Paper project stream in Fabric.

Patches

Present

Bug	Upstream Source	Enabled by Default	Name
MC-27056	Paper	❌	You can blow the extension off a piston
MC-33041	CraftBukkit	✔️	Dedicated server logs "java.io.IOException: The handle is invalid" on startup
MC-84789	Paper	✔️	Wolves still beg for bones after being tamed
MC-98153	Paper	✔️	Portals generate far-away chunks & set player on fire
MC-99075	Paper	✔️	Cancelled block place (spawn protection) causes inventory desync
MC-108513	Paper	❌	End crystal did not spawn/despawn correct after enderdragon respawned
MC-117075	Paper	❌	Performance issue with unloading large number of block entities
MC-121706	Purpur	✔️	Skeletons and illusioners aren't looking up / down at their target while strafing
MC-123450	Paper	✔️	Item frames play sounds when the item within them is read from NBT
MC-123848	Paper	✔️	Item frames (and items within) when removed from a ceiling, drop atop, not under, the block
MC-145260	Paper	❌	Whitelist on state inconsistency
MC-147659	Paper	❌	Some witch huts spawn the incorrect cat
MC-153010	Paper	❌	doMobLoot gamerule doesn't prevent foxes from dropping their items
MC-153086	Paper	✔️	Beacons always play deactivating sound when broken, even when not powered
MC-157395	CraftBukkit	✔️	Small armor stands drop no loot table
MC-157464	Paper	✔️	Villagers move around in bed or even leave the bed when food is thrown at them
MC-158900	Paper	❌	"bad packet id 26" upon connecting after tempban expire
MC-163962	Paper	❌	Villager demand values decrease indefinitely
MC-167279	Paper	✔️	Bees get stuck in the void
MC-171420	Paper	✔️	OP players get kicked for not being on the whitelist (enforce = on)
MC-177381	Paper	❌	Game does not count the distance properly if you locate a structure from more than 46340 blocks away
MC-179072	Paper	❌	Creepers do not defuse when switching from Survival to Creative/Spectator
MC-188840	Paper	❌	This ticket covered piston-based block duplication. It is unknown why the ticket was privated/deleted.
MC-243057	Paper	✔️	Furnace recipes don't consider alternatives when first option of recipe is used for fuel
MC-248588	Paper	✔️	The "mobGriefing" gamerule doesn't prevent burning entities from being able to decrease the levels of water or powder snow cauldrons
MC-257487	Paper	✔️	The ender dragon's name is not reset when it is respawned in the end
MC-259832	Paper	✔️	Combination of potion effect durations and amplifiers will cause a specific effect to disappear
MC-262422	Paper	✔️	Lightning bolts during thunderstorms can strike players in spectator game mode
MC-263999	Paper	✔️	Zombies breaking doors do not show break particles
MC-264285	Spigot	✔️	Unbreakable flint and steels are completely consumed when igniting a creeper
MC-264979	Spigot	✔️	Fresh installations print NoSuchFileException for server.properties
MC-297169	Paper	✔️	Happy Ghast with Silent tag plays happy ghast sounds when mounted/dismounted
MC-300685	Paper	✔️	Running '/waypoint modify' on an entity in another dimension causes the waypoint to appear in the executor's dimension
MC-301114	Paper	❌	Memory leak when an entity is frequently damaged
N/A	Paper	❌	Accessing the nether roof
N/A	Paper	❌	Breaking permanent blocks

Patches that aren't enabled by default generally meet at least one of the following criteria:

• The new behavior created by the patch is (possibly) not what's actually intended by Mojang
• The patch circumvents the issue but doesn't truly correct it
• The manner in which the patch is applied is not technically elegant and might cause unforeseen issues and/or performance degradation
• Mojang has not assigned the ticket a priority, meaning that a Mojang employee has not yet personally reviewed the ticket and confirmed that the described behavior is unintentional
• Mojang closed the ticket with the "Cannot Reproduce" resolution, meaning that a Mojang employee was unable to reproduce the described issue
• Mojang closed the ticket with the "Won't Fix" resolution, meaning that the behavior is confirmed unintentional but they don't care enough to fix it themselves

If you wish to enable them, you will have to do so in .minecraft/configs/whiteout.properties.

Planned

Bug	Source	Name
MC-3304	Purpur	Enchantments from items held in the main hand are applied to other items when entities are killed
MC-238526	Purpur	Spawners for fishes, dolphins, squids & glow squids are height dependent
MC-302297 (MC-297508)	Paper	Swapping an item stack from a GUI into the offhand on the same tick the player's inventory is cleared creates a ghost item

Not Planned

Bug	Name	Reason
MC-11193	The order in which powerable blocks (e.g. redstone dust blocks) along a wire are powered or de-powered is not clearly defined and causes a non-deterministic behavior for redstone contraptions	Actively being addressed by Mojang in experimental snapshots.
MC-81098	Redstone dust updates cause lag	Actively being addressed by Mojang in experimental shapshots.
MC-92282	Mob spawner block_entity_data does not copy SpawnData data to missing SpawnPotentials	Not properly resolved in Spigot implementation.
MC-307764	unknown	Ticket deleted - purpose unknown.

These patches are not planned for any future release.

Disclaimers

Whiteout is in no way associated with the Paper project. Please do not contact the maintainers of the Paper project about Whiteout.

License

Since all bug fixes provided by this mod are ported from Paper, said fixes inherit their licensing from the Paper project, which is licensed under the GPLv3.

While some contributors to the Paper project chose to release their code under the more permissive MIT License, it is easier, and legally permissible, to release this entire project under the GPLv3.

Compatibility

Best effort is made to keep Whiteout compatible with Lithium. Reporting of issues with compatibility is appreciated.

Compatibility with all other mods is at my discretion.

Compatibility with Sinytra Connector and similar projects is not supported at all. Issues using Whiteout with such layers are the responsibility of those wishing to use it.

Backporting

I currently do not have the time to maintain backports. Deprecated versions will likely never be supported. Do not open issue tickets asking for backports.