SCORCH LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.24 / HUD 0.1.15 EARLY ACCESS The owner requested this public testing release. Full player walkthrough and compatibility qualification are still in progress. Report problems to ScorchPvP. LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.24 / HUD 0.1.15 - 2026-10-11 Cyan blue truce markers CHANGED - Truced players now appear as cyan blue directional arrows on the minimap. Faction members stay green, allies stay pink and your own arrow stays white. This uses the same HUD Bridge 0.1.1; no new server component is needed. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.23 / HUD 0.1.14 - 2026-10-11 Classic menus and your faction on the map ADDED - Nearby faction members, allies and truces appear as directional arrows on the circular minimap: green members, pink allies and purple truces. Your own arrow stays white. Markers follow actual loaded players and server-confirmed relationships, and disappear when data expires. - Friendly markers require Scorch HUD Bridge 0.1.1, staged for the server owner's next restart. Up to 32 nearby friendly players can appear; unavailable relationship data shows no player markers. CHANGED - Inventories, chests, crafting and furnace menus return to their normal flat Minecraft layout and mouse controls. The floating inventory feature and its size, tilt and position settings have been removed. - Your arm and held-item update stays: size, X/Y position, arm visibility and live previews remain in Right Shift > Features. Existing arm settings, HUD profiles and minimap settings are preserved; no reset is needed. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.22 / HUD 0.1.13 - 2026-10-11 Your surroundings, at a glance ADDED - A circular, north-up minimap shows nearby surface terrain from chunks your client has loaded, with a direction arrow for your player. Enabled nearby compass waypoints appear in their chosen colors. - Open Right Shift > HUD > Circular Minimap to change Map size, move it, toggle direction labels or turn it off. The size previews live; Save Profile keeps it, while Cancel or Escape discards edits. CHANGED - The minimap starts enabled in existing and new profiles. Existing customized widget positions and settings are preserved. Terrain refreshes gradually, clears on world changes and stays blank outside loaded areas; this is a surface map without player or mob radar. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.21 / HUD 0.1.12 - 2026-10-11 See held-item changes as you adjust them CHANGED - Opening Features places the settings panel on the left so your first-person item and arm remain visible. The panel-side button still lets you move it. FIXED - Held-item size and X/Y position now update live while you drag their sliders in Right Shift > Features. Arm visibility, the compact-item toggle and Reset also preview immediately. - Save Profile keeps the look you previewed. Cancel or Escape restores the previously saved appearance without saving the draft. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.20 / HUD 0.1.11 - 2026-10-11 Floating menus and a clearer first-person view ADDED - Native inventories and containers float over the game with adjustable size, perspective tilt and position. Open Right Shift > Features > Floating inventory to customize them, reset their settings or switch back to the flat menu. - Smaller held items leave more of the screen visible. Right Shift > Features > Held items / arms lets you choose item size, position and whether your skin arm is shown. Save Profile keeps your choices; Cancel discards edits. CHANGED - Floating menus and compact held items start enabled for existing and new profiles. Saved HUD layouts, resource-pack choices and other feature settings are preserved. - Native slot actions and item-use animations are retained. Maps and empty hands keep their normal rendering; enchanting, touchscreen mode and other mods’ custom inventory screens keep their original menu presentation. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.19 / HUD 0.1.10 - 2026-10-07 Read your cooldowns at a glance ADDED - Choose cooldown-name colors in Right Shift > HUD > Combat / Cooldowns. Use a color preset or enter a six-digit hex color, then Save Profile. Status colors stay separate from name colors. CHANGED - Server-confirmed ready entries show Available in green. Active timers show Unavailable: 30 seconds in red and count down in whole seconds. - Missing timing data stays gray and unknown. A locally finished timer waits for fresh server confirmation before showing Available; the client does not invent a general pearl cooldown. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.18 / HUD 0.1.9 - 2026-10-07 Scorch scenery throughout your menus CHANGED - The ScorchPvP website landscape now replaces the dirt background in Options and its settings screens, including Video Settings, Music & Sounds, Controls, Language and Resource Packs. - Singleplayer, Multiplayer and the Forge Mods menu use the same scenery. The image fills the window without stretching, with darker list areas to keep text readable. FIXED - Scrolling menus keep one stationary background, including their header and footer, instead of bringing back tiled dirt. Minecraft buttons, sliders and settings keep their native layout and actions. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.17 / HUD 0.1.8 - 2026-10-06 A clearer Scorch scoreboard CHANGED - The Scorch server sidebar shows scorchpvp.com branding, hides its ordering numbers, and uses bold text at a 15% larger size. - Saved HUD positions, custom widget scales and other servers’ score displays are preserved. FIXED - The sidebar measures its actual bold text and reserves space for the enlarged content, without leaving a blank score-number column. The default scoreboard stays below the FPS panel. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.16 / HUD 0.1.7 - 2026-10-06 Follow your own beacon ADDED - Colored beacon-style beams mark saved waypoints. Press P, choose Edit, and customize the name, coordinates, color, beam height and width. Beam, label and compass visibility can each be switched on or off. - Enabled waypoints appear on the top compass with matching colors, names and distance. Points outside the compass view show an arrow toward their direction. CHANGED - The in-game watermark now uses the official gold ScorchPvP logo and scorchpvp.com. - Existing saved waypoints gain beacon beams and compass markers while retaining their locations and shown/hidden choices. The default navigation panel stays below the expanded compass. - ScorchPvP’s server HUD bridge is staged for the owner’s next restart. After activation, combat, teleblock, ability cooldowns and Envoy/KOTH information come from the server. An absent general pearl cooldown remains unavailable. FIXED - The client retries its server HUD connection after a missed handshake or an expired feed, instead of waiting indefinitely. Singleplayer and missing-server-connection messages now explain why live data is unavailable. - Waypoint editing uses a separate draft: Cancel leaves the saved point unchanged, and Save validates the location and color before writing it. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.15 / HUD 0.1.6 - 2026-10-06 Know what changed in every patch ADDED - Dated release history inside the launcher. Open Release notes to read each patch's additions, changes and fixes, with the newest patch shown first. - Earlier public releases are listed below the current patch. Expand a version to see what it introduced. CHANGED - The Release notes page now shows the launcher version and included HUD version separately, replacing the old general feature list. - The downloadable release notes use the same patch history as the launcher, so both describe the same update. FIXED - Launcher-only fixes, including automatic reopening after an update in alpha.14, now appear under the version that delivered them. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.14 / HUD 0.1.6 - 2026-10-06 Reopen Scorch after updating FIXED - Scorch Launcher reopens automatically after updates started from alpha.14 or newer finish installing. - The installer selects Run Scorch Launcher by default on its Finish screen. When updating from an older launcher, leave that option checked. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.13 / HUD 0.1.6 - 2026-10-06 A full-screen Scorch welcome CHANGED - New volcanic ScorchPvP scenery fills the Minecraft main-menu background, with the ScorchPvP title at the top center. - Minecraft and Forge menu buttons return to their original positions and appearance. The soundtrack credit stays at the bottom left. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.12 / HUD 0.1.5 - 2026-10-06 The Scorch soundtrack ADDED - Red (No Vocals Alternative Mix) by Scott Buckley replaces background music in the main menu and during gameplay, with artist and CC BY 4.0 credit on the menu. CHANGED - Minecraft's regular Music and Master volume sliders control the soundtrack. Game effects and jukebox records keep their separate sound settings. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.11 / HUD 0.1.4 - 2026-10-05 Warnings, waypoints and clearer combat ADDED - Configurable flashes and quiet sounds warn when armor is close to breaking or buffs are about to expire. - Save Base, Raid and Custom waypoints, keep a death marker and show chunk borders. Locations stay on your computer and are separated by server and dimension. - Toggle sprint, adjustable 2–8× hold zoom, reduced fire obstruction and particle display choices. - Open Right Shift > Features to configure these options. Default shortcuts: V for sprint, hold C for zoom, P for waypoints and B for chunk borders. Rebind them in Minecraft Controls. - Combat, teleblock, ability recovery and Envoy/KOTH panels can display information supplied by ScorchPvP's optional server connection. Missing information is shown as unavailable. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.10 / HUD 0.1.3 - 2026-10-05 Recognize item tiers at a glance ADDED - Scorch tiered items have colored hues: Simple gray, Unique green, Elite blue, Ultimate yellow, Legendary gold and Soul red. Existing Godly chests also use red. - Tier colors appear on inventory, hotbar and HUD icons, plus held and dropped items. Ordinary items and worn armor keep their normal colors; texture detail and enchantment glint remain visible. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.9 / HUD 0.1.2 - 2026-10-05 Scorch welcome screens ADDED - ScorchPvP artwork on the Minecraft loading screen and main menu, with real loading progress and working Minecraft menu actions. - The branded loading screen also works when Forge's splash screen is disabled. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.8 / HUD 0.1.1 - 2026-10-05 The official ScorchPvP look CHANGED - The launcher and download page use the official ScorchPvP crest and fortress banner. - A matching Scorch icon identifies the installer, desktop shortcut and launcher window. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.6 / HUD 0.1.1 - 2026-10-05 Sharper vanilla textures ADDED - Faithful 32x and Faithful 64x resource packs for Minecraft 1.8.9, with contributor credits and the Faithful License included. CHANGED - Faithful 32x is selected when no resource pack has been chosen. Existing custom selections and later choices are preserved. Change packs in Minecraft Options > Resource Packs; diamond armor keeps its blue/cyan color. ------------------------------------------------------------ LAUNCHER 0.2.0-alpha.5 / HUD 0.1.1 - 2026-10-05 Public early access ADDED - Download Scorch Launcher from the website's Play page. Sign in with Microsoft; the launcher prepares Java, Minecraft 1.8.9, Forge and Scorch automatically. - ScorchPvP at scorchpvp.com is saved in the managed game's Multiplayer list. - Customize compass, armor durability, potion effects, FPS/ping/CPS, coordinates, keystrokes and the server scoreboard. Press Right Shift in game to arrange widgets and save profiles. CHANGED - This public release includes the earlier required-update checks: install a newer launcher through the launcher before Play. Existing game sessions continue uninterrupted. FIXED - Includes the earlier Windows game-window fix. Closing the launcher while Minecraft is starting or running minimizes it so your game keeps running. CURRENT AVAILABILITY - Early access: full player walkthrough and compatibility testing are still in progress. - Combat, ability and event panels need ScorchPvP's optional server connection. Its hosted activation is pending. Missing or stale timings stay unavailable; there is no general pearl cooldown to display in the audited server. - Minimap and cosmetics are not included.