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Welcome! This is the page about our current development status and goals, mostly in regards to mod versions and supported versions of the game.
The Create Team is currently fixing bugs for the previously released version 0.3.1. After a short break, development on a 0.4 content update may begin!
After 0.3.1+, the 1.15 based version of Create will no longer receive content updates.
As with any update, we sadly cannot give out ETA's for upcoming releases. We are not a game studio and progress on this project depends on many unpredictable factors. Additionally, Specific dates result in a lot more pressure than you might think, and the last thing we want is to give up on making features perfect for you just so it can be ready in time.
Before you start looking for your desired version and end up disappointed in our decisions, please consider the following:
- Our planning and decision making concerning supported versions is not arbitrary or without experienced reasoning. If there is a version we do not support it is not because we are lazy or because we like to mess with you.
- The sad reality is: development takes time, a lot of time. And nobody has much of it. The time that goes into Create, is sourced only from the valuable free time of our team members. It is a non-profit occupation, making it a miracle that this project can exist in the first place. You can be reassured that we think twice about what best to work on with our limited resources.
- Create is not finished. Despite being out there for over a year now, our ambitions are still massive, and the mod is far from finished. This means that next to all the bug-fixing and version support, our team is still occupied with design and implementation of new exciting features.
- We all play the game, too, and we are aware of what old and new game versions exist. If there is a recent version we do not support, then porting work has most likely already begun, or we are holding back and preparing for a smooth transition. If there is an older version you want us to support, then we have to ask you to reconsider and look at it from our perspective.
Thank you for understanding. =)
Not yet supported
Mojang announced some exciting stuff for 1.17, one might wonder if Create can already exist for the snapshots. Sadly, in the world of mods, everything takes some time to settle. Even after the full release of Mojangs next update, it'll be a while until you see Create and your other favourite mods show up as compatible.
Full support
Forge 1.16.4 is a wonderful place to develop on. These are currently our preferred versions to work with. Any updates are certainly going to be available here.
Partial support
Critical patches will still be backported to these versions, however no new content will be added to what existed at the time these were updated last.
Not supported
1.12's player base is still large and the pool of mods is massive. We are aware of this, and yet we decide not to put time into back-porting Create. The issues we'd run into just from a technical standpoint make a back-port almost unimaginably complex and costly. In case that does not convince you, have some philosophical thoughts about it:
- Playing modpacks on 1.12 and earlier versions is extremely fun, they have made history! None of the earlier versions really need Create, it was a different time with different standards. If all mods were on all versions, there would be no nostalgia, and it would be the same exact experience everytime. I'm sure you started playing mods to to avoid running into that exact issue.
Please welcome a change of line-ups for different versions, it does more good than you think! - 1.14+ is a new era of modding. Much has changed, much will change. It is still going to have to find its bearings, but so did any of the prior versions. Give it some time to settle, modders, packmakers and players will discover the wonders of the new versions soon enough. During our current beta phase, we actually quite enjoy living in the niche.
- Porting back hurts the new version more than it benefits the old one. I'm sure you've heard this countless times, but if no mods had ported forward and stopped supporting old versions, modded minecraft would be extremely detached from the main game, settled somewhere in the late beta versions with all its buggyness forever. We are actually quite proud to have heard from so many players which we have convinced to move forward or even return from a long break of playing the game! Every day the player-base shifts, the content will grow exponentially- you are just still a little too early to watch it take off.
- Consider looking through the mods you think you'll miss in future versions, they might be working on moving forward as well!
We know we cannot convince you, you want it here and you want it now. But it is not happening, there is no good reason to from our perspective.
Thank you for understanding.
Not supported
Fabric support would be fantastic, but it does not seem realistic for us to ever make it happen. The reason we cannot support it are simply the points made in the introduction. There is no time, you can have one or the other- or find us more devs ;)