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# MorriCraft
# 🟦 MorriCraft
![MorriCraft](assets/TitleImage.png)
MorriCraft is a high-performance voxel engine built with C++ and Raylib. It features a custom physics engine, dynamic world generation, and an interactive inventory and crafting system.
**MorriCraft** is a high-performance, multiplayer-ready voxel engine built from the ground up using **C++** and **Raylib**. Inspired by classic survival games, it features a custom physics engine, real-time world synchronization, and a deep crafting system.
## Features
- **Custom Physics**: Stable "Ground-Lock" system prevents camera jitter and ensures smooth movement.
- **Dynamic World Generation**: Multi-octave Perlin noise (FBM) for realistic terrain, including biomes like grass, sand, and forests.
- **Advanced Crafting**: Includes both a 2x2 player inventory grid and a 3x3 workbench system.
- **Optimized Rendering**: Texture batching and neighbor-chunk caching for stable 60+ FPS.
- **Cross-Platform**: Builds for both Linux and Windows.
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## Version History
## 🌟 Key Features
### v2.1.7 - Log Realism (Latest)
* **Authentic Oak Logs**: Replaced plank-fallback textures with dedicated bark (side) and ring (top) textures.
* **Multi-Texture Rendering**: Implemented specialized draw calls for logs to support independent side/top textures.
### ⚔️ Combat & Survival
- **PvP Combat**: Real-time melee combat with synchronized hit registration, knockback, and audio feedback.
- **Health System**: 8-heart health system with a visual HUD and damage mechanics.
- **Survival Mechanics**: Falling damage and block-breaking progress.
### v2.1.6 - Inventory Insight
### 👥 Multiplayer & LAN
- **P2P Architecture**: Cross-platform networking stack using standard sockets (Windows/Linux).
- **Instant LAN Hosting**: Host your world with a single click from the pause menu.
- **Skin Personalization**: Built-in skin editor to customize your character's shirt and pants, fully synchronized across the network.
- **Global Chat**: Press `Enter` to communicate with other players in real-time.
### v2.1.0 - Personalization & Stability
* **Integrated Skin Editor**: Personalize your shirt and pants colors directly from the Options menu.
* **Network Skin Sync**: Custom skin colors are now synchronized between all players via an updated handshake protocol.
* **Enhanced World Sync**: Increased chunk rebuild priority and optimized block update broadcasting for real-time consistency.
* **Refined Nameplates**: Elevated nameplates to 2.1f for better visibility above the new humanoid models.
* **Diagnostic Logging**: Added developer-focused logging for world state changes to ensure parity.
### 🔨 Crafting & Inventory
- **Dual Crafting Modes**: Supports both 2x2 player crafting and 3x3 Workbench crafting.
- **Inventory Insight**: Hover over any item to see its name and properties with dynamic tooltips.
- **Authentic Visuals**: Specialized rendering for complex blocks like logs (bark/rings) and crafting tables.
### v2.0.9 - Identity Update
* **Humanoid Player Models**: Replaced placeholder "blue blobs" with multi-cube humanoid shapes.
* **Chat Input Isolation**: Inhibited movement and action keys while the chat interface is active.
### ⚙️ Performance & Tech
- **Optimized Voxel Engine**: Texture batching and neighbor-chunk caching for stable 60+ FPS.
- **Dynamic World Gen**: Multi-octave Perlin noise (FBM) with forest, desert, and stone biomes.
- **Cross-Platform Portability**: Standalone binaries for Windows and Linux with zero external DLL dependencies.
### v2.0.8 - Real Update & LAN
* **Real Update System**: Implemented live file download via `curl` for seamless client updates.
* **Open to LAN**: Added a button to the Pause menu to host a world session instantly.
* **UI Fixes**: Corrected the main menu "Connect" button navigation.
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### v2.0.7 - Collaborative Polish
* **Streamlined Multiplayer UI**: Relocated all networking settings to a dedicated "Join Server" screen.
* **Fresh Start Survival**: Players now start in new worlds with an empty inventory.
* **Full System Updater**: Overhauled the updater to handle comprehensive file replacement.
## 🚀 Getting Started
### v2.0.6 - World Sync & Visibility Hardening
* **Host-Side ID Tracking**: Fixed a critical bug where the host could not see connected clients.
* **Auto-Chunk Generation**: Updated `SetBlock` to automatically generate chunks for remote updates.
* **Reliable Data Streams**: Implemented `SendAll` and `RecvAll` with micro-sleeps to guarantee delivery.
### Prerequisites
- **Linux**: `libpulse-dev`, `glfw` development headers.
- **Windows**: MinGW-w64 (for cross-compilation).
### v2.0.5 - Persistence & Volume Control
* **Stateful Volume Settings**: Fixed global scope for volume variables to ensure persistence across sessions.
* **Selective Config Saving**: Refined `SaveConfig` to only persist user preferences (Volume, Name) and ignore session-specific state.
### Build Instructions
### v2.0.3 - Multiplayer Protocol Hardening
* **Protocol Synchronization**: Overhauled the packet processing loop to prevent data drift and 'ghosting' blocks.
* **Notification Debouncing**: Implemented filters to ensure join/leave messages are only triggered once per action.
* **Cross-Platform Stability**: Replaced non-portable socket flags with a robust `select()`-based architecture for Windows/Linux parity.
* **Body Validation**: Hardened the data reception logic to ensure complete packet consumption and prevent buffer overflows.
#### 🐧 Linux
```bash
mkdir build-linux && cd build-linux
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
./MorriCraft
```
### v2.0.2 - The Social & Sync Update
* **Integrated Chat System**: Press `Enter` to open the chat box and communicate with other players in real-time.
* **Player Notifications**: Added automated alerts for players joining or leaving the session.
* **Multi-Player Visibility**: Fixed player tracking to ensure all peers are correctly identified and rendered for all clients.
* **Handshake Optimization**: Host now pushes seed, time, and existing player states instantly upon connection.
* **Update Integrity**: Fixed the auto-update system to correctly write version files after a successful download.
#### 🪟 Windows (Cross-compile)
```bash
mkdir build-windows && cd build-windows
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-windows.cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
```
### v2.0.1 - World State Synchronization
* **Real-Time Block Sync**: Introduced `NetSetBlock` to synchronize all mining and placement actions across peers.
* **Time Sync**: Host acts as the master clock, ensuring identical day/night cycles for everyone.
* **Seed Sync**: Corrected world generation so that clients automatically adopt the host's seed.
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### v2.0.0 - The Multiplayer Milestone
* **P2P Architecture**: Implemented a cross-platform peer-to-peer networking stack using standard sockets.
* **Direct Connect**: Added the ability to join servers via IP and Port from the main menu.
* **Remote Avatars**: Introduced 3D representation for other players with dynamic floating nameplates.
* **Server Mode**: Integrated a non-blocking host listener into the standard world generation flow.
### v1.9.1 - The Connectivity & Polish Update
* **Persistent Configuration**: Added `config.cfg` to save player preferences and identity.
* **Player Identity**: Implemented a required name-entry sequence on first launch.
* **Auto-Update System**: Integrated version-checking, update notes viewer, and download progress simulation.
* **Multiplayer Preparation**: Added Server Mode toggle and Direct Connect interface foundation.
* **Performance Fixes**: Resolved edge-case frustum culling artifacts.
* **Audio Refinement**: Fixed music transitions between menus and gameplay states.
* **UI Polish**: Optimized layout for the Options and Main Menu screens.
### v1.6.6 (Latest)
- **Tool Scaling**: Increased the size of held items (Axes/Sticks) in first-person for better visibility.
- **Custom Assets**: Integrated a high-detail community wooden axe asset.
- **Visual Polish**: Improved the viewmodel orientation and stability.
### v1.6.5
- **Audio Optimization**: Implemented a rapid-crossfade system for cleaner day/night music transitions.
- **UI Bug Fixes**: Resolved music state issues when entering the Options and Crafting menus.
### v1.6.4
- **Immersive Audio**: Added material-specific digging sounds (Grass, Wood, Stone, Sand).
- **Viewmodel Overhaul**: Held blocks are now rendered as 3D textured cubes instead of white boxes.
- **Audio Sync**: Tied digging sounds to mining progress for better tactile feedback.
### v1.6.3
### v1.5.2
- **Stability Fixes**: Resolved texture corruption and state-management bugs with workstations.
- **In-Game Clock**: Added a 12-hour AM/PM HUD clock and day/night status indicator.
- **Lighting Engine**: Implemented a global day/night cycle (300s) with dynamic sun/moon and world tinting.
### v1.4.2
- **UI Redesign**: Overhauled the inventory and crafting windows to match the classic Minecraft layout.
- **Character Preview**: Added a player preview placeholder in the inventory.
- **Centered Layout**: All UI grids are now symmetrically centered.
### v1.4.1
- **Texture Fixes**: Corrected leaf and log textures.
- **Inventory Stability**: Fixed the double-toggle bug when pressing 'E'.
- **Bug Fixes**: Resolved grass rendering issues and fixed tree generation.
### v1.4.0
- **Crafting Table**: Implemented the Crafting Table block and 3x3 grid interaction.
- **Advanced UI**: Centered stack counts and added red versioning to the title screen.
### v1.3.x
- **Physics**: Implemented "Ground-Lock" stabilization.
- **Inventory**: Added basic drag-and-drop support.
- **Wireframes**: Added real-time block selection highlights.
## Build Instructions
### Linux
1. `mkdir build-linux && cd build-linux`
2. `cmake ..`
3. `make -j$(nproc)`
### Windows (Cross-compile from Linux)
1. `mkdir build-windows && cd build-windows`
2. `cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-windows.cmake ..`
3. `make -j$(nproc)`
## Controls
## 🎮 Controls
- **WASD**: Movement
- **Space**: Jump
- **Mouse**: Look / Aim
- **Left Click**: Destroy Block
- **Right Click**: Place Block / Use Crafting Table
- **E**: Toggle Inventory
- **Left Click**: Attack / Destroy Block
- **Right Click**: Place Block / Use Workbench
- **E**: Open Inventory
- **Enter**: Open Chat
- **1-9**: Hotbar Selection
- **ESC**: Pause Menu / Close Inventory
- **ESC**: Pause / Menu
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## 📜 Version History
### v2.1.7 - Log Realism (Latest)
- **Visual Overhaul**: Added authentic Oak Log textures with separate bark and rings.
- **Multi-Texture Rendering**: Implemented specialized draw calls for complex cube mapping.
### v2.1.6 - Inventory Insight
- **Item Tooltips**: Added mouse-over identification for all inventory items.
- **UI Polish**: Dynamic tooltip positioning and screen-edge detection.
### v2.1.2 - Combat & Health
- **PvP Melee**: Added ray-traced hit detection and synchronized knockback.
- **Heart HUD**: Implemented an 8-heart health system.
### v2.1.0 - Personalization Update
- **Skin Editor**: Integrated shirt and pants color customization.
- **Humanoid Models**: Transitioned from placeholder "blobs" to multi-cube player avatars.
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*Developed by the MorriCraft Team. Built with Raylib 5.0.*