MorriCraft v2.3.7: Redesigned Torches with high-quality pixel art and improved 3D rendering (larger, stable, and better centered)

.gitignore

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ build-windows/*
 !build-linux/assets/
 !build-windows/MorriCraft.exe
 !build-windows/assets/
+!build-windows/MorriCraft-Windows.zip

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ add_executable(MorriCraft src/main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(MorriCraft PRIVATE raylib)
 if(WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(MorriCraft PRIVATE ws2_32)
+    target_link_options(MorriCraft PRIVATE -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -static)
 endif()
 
 # Copy assets to build directory

README.md

@@ -1,103 +1,192 @@
-# 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.
 
-## Version History
+## 🌟 Key Features
 
-### v2.0.2 - The Social & Sync Update (Latest)
+### ⚔️ Combat & Survival
-*   **Integrated Chat System**: Press `Enter` to open the chat box and communicate with other players in real-time.
+- **PvP Combat**: Real-time melee combat with synchronized hit registration, knockback, and audio feedback.
-*   **Player Notifications**: Added automated alerts for players joining or leaving the session.
+- **Health System**: 8-heart health system with a visual HUD and damage mechanics.
-*   **Multi-Player Visibility**: Fixed player tracking to ensure all peers are correctly identified and rendered for all clients.
+- **Survival Mechanics**: Block-breaking progress and material-specific dig times.
-*   **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.
 
-### v2.0.1 - World State Synchronization
+### 👥 Multiplayer & LAN
-*   **Real-Time Block Sync**: Introduced `NetSetBlock` to synchronize all mining and placement actions across peers.
+- **P2P Architecture**: Cross-platform networking stack using standard sockets (Windows/Linux).
-*   **Time Sync**: Host acts as the master clock, ensuring identical day/night cycles for everyone.
+- **Instant LAN Hosting**: Host your world with a single click from the pause menu.
-*   **Seed Sync**: Corrected world generation so that clients automatically adopt the host's seed.
+- **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.
 
-### v2.0.0 - The Multiplayer Milestone
+### 🔨 Crafting & Inventory
-*   **P2P Architecture**: Implemented a cross-platform peer-to-peer networking stack using standard sockets.
+- **20+ Recipes**: Full crafting tree from logs to tools — wooden & stone tier tools, furnace, chest, doors, fences, ladders, and more.
-*   **Direct Connect**: Added the ability to join servers via IP and Port from the main menu.
+- **Dual Crafting Modes**: 2×2 player inventory grid and 3×3 Workbench with pattern matching.
-*   **Remote Avatars**: Introduced 3D representation for other players with dynamic floating nameplates.
+- **Smart Stacking**: Left-click merges same-type stacks, right-click picks up or places one item at a time.
-*   **Server Mode**: Integrated a non-blocking host listener into the standard world generation flow.
+- **Inventory Tooltips**: Hover over any item to see its name.
 
-### v1.9.1 - The Connectivity & Polish Update
+### 🌲 World & Visuals
-*   **Persistent Configuration**: Added `config.cfg` to save player preferences and identity.
+- **Multi-Texture Blocks**: Oak logs render with bark sides and ringed tops/bottoms. Grass has separate top/side/bottom faces.
-*   **Player Identity**: Implemented a required name-entry sequence on first launch.
+- **High-Detail Foliage**: Custom leaf textures with natural green tinting.
-*   **Auto-Update System**: Integrated version-checking, update notes viewer, and download progress simulation.
+- **Dynamic Lighting**: Full day/night cycle with atmospheric color shifts.
-*   **Multiplayer Preparation**: Added Server Mode toggle and Direct Connect interface foundation.
+- **Optimized Rendering**: Texture batching, neighbor-chunk caching, and frustum culling for 60+ FPS.
-*   **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)
+### ⚙️ Technical
-- **Tool Scaling**: Increased the size of held items (Axes/Sticks) in first-person for better visibility.
+- **Dynamic World Gen**: Multi-octave Perlin noise (FBM) with forests, sand beaches, and ore veins.
-- **Custom Assets**: Integrated a high-detail community wooden axe asset.
+- **Cross-Platform**: Standalone binaries for Windows and Linux with zero external DLL dependencies.
-- **Visual Polish**: Improved the viewmodel orientation and stability.
+- **Auto-Update System**: Built-in version checking and download support.
 
-### 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
+## 🚀 Getting Started
-- **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
+### Prerequisites
+- **Linux**: `libpulse-dev`, `glfw` development headers.
+- **Windows**: Download the pre-built zip from Releases, or cross-compile with MinGW-w64.
 
-### v1.5.2
+### Build Instructions
-- **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
+#### 🐧 Linux
-- **UI Redesign**: Overhauled the inventory and crafting windows to match the classic Minecraft layout.
+```bash
-- **Character Preview**: Added a player preview placeholder in the inventory.
+mkdir build-linux && cd build-linux
-- **Centered Layout**: All UI grids are now symmetrically centered.
+cmake ..
+make -j$(nproc)
+./MorriCraft
+```
 
-### v1.4.1
+#### 🪟 Windows (Cross-compile)
-- **Texture Fixes**: Corrected leaf and log textures.
+```bash
-- **Inventory Stability**: Fixed the double-toggle bug when pressing 'E'.
+mkdir build-windows && cd build-windows
-- **Bug Fixes**: Resolved grass rendering issues and fixed tree generation.
+cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-windows.cmake ..
+make -j$(nproc)
+```
+A pre-built `MorriCraft-Windows.zip` is available in the repository root.
 
-### 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
+## 🎮 Controls
-- **Physics**: Implemented "Ground-Lock" stabilization.
+| Key | Action |
-- **Inventory**: Added basic drag-and-drop support.
+|-----|--------|
-- **Wireframes**: Added real-time block selection highlights.
+| **WASD** | Movement |
+| **Space** | Jump |
+| **Mouse** | Look / Aim |
+| **Left Click** | Attack / Destroy Block |
+| **Right Click** | Place Block / Use Workbench |
+| **E** | Open Inventory |
+| **Enter** | Open Chat |
+| **1-9** | Hotbar Selection |
+| **ESC** | Pause / Menu |
 
-## Build Instructions
+---
 
-### Linux
+## 📜 Crafting Recipes
-1. `mkdir build-linux && cd build-linux`
-2. `cmake ..`
-3. `make -j$(nproc)`
 
-### Windows (Cross-compile from Linux)
+### 2×2 Player Grid
-1. `mkdir build-windows && cd build-windows`
+| Input | Output |
-2. `cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../toolchain-windows.cmake ..`
+|-------|--------|
-3. `make -j$(nproc)`
+| 1 Log | 4 Planks |
+| 4 Planks (2×2) | 1 Crafting Table |
+| 2 Planks (vertical) | 4 Sticks |
 
-## Controls
+### 3×3 Crafting Table
-- **WASD**: Movement
+| Recipe | Output | Recipe | Output |
-- **Space**: Jump
+|--------|--------|--------|--------|
-- **Mouse**: Look / Aim
+| PPP / .S. / .S. | Wooden Pickaxe | CCC / .S. / .S. | Stone Pickaxe |
-- **Left Click**: Destroy Block
+| PP. / PS. / .S. | Wooden Axe | CC. / CS. / .S. | Stone Axe |
-- **Right Click**: Place Block / Use Crafting Table
+| .P. / .P. / .S. | Wooden Sword | .C. / .C. / .S. | Stone Sword |
-- **E**: Toggle Inventory
+| .P. / .S. / .S. | Wooden Shovel | .C. / .S. / .S. | Stone Shovel |
-- **1-9**: Hotbar Selection
+| PP. / .S. / .S. | Wooden Hoe | CC. / .S. / .S. | Stone Hoe |
-- **ESC**: Pause Menu / Close Inventory
+| CCC / C.C / CCC | Furnace | PPP / P.P / PPP | Chest |
+| PP. / PP. / PP. | Door ×3 | PSP / PSP | Fence ×3 |
+| S.S / SSS / S.S | Ladder ×3 | ... / ... / CCC | Stone Slab ×6 |
+
+*P = Plank, S = Stick, C = Cobblestone. Mirrored variants supported.*
+
+---
+
+## 📜 Version History
+
+### v2.3.7 - Major Update: High-Quality 3D Torches & Asset Redesign (Current)
+- **Hunger System**: Added player hunger bar, starvation mechanics, and health regeneration when full.
+- **Apple Item**: Added edible Apple item to restore hunger.
+- **Grass Texture**: Improved `grass_top` texture with better pixel art.
+- **World Spawn Fix**: Fixed missing terrain chunks behind the player on new world generation.
+
+### v2.2.26 - Hunger & World Gen Patch
+- **'E' Key Bug Fix**: Resolved an issue where the inventory overlay would get out of sync with container/cheat GUIs, preventing the menu from staying open or resulting in a missing cursor.
+- **/test Command**: Refined the `/test` command to grant exactly 1x Crafting Table and 64x Oak Logs with descriptive feedback.
+- **Help Command**: Updated `/help` to include all debug commands (`/test`, `/cheat`, `/fly`, `/seed`).
+- **/fly Command**: Added a simple toggle behavior to the `/fly` command.
+
+### v2.2.23 - Persistence & Viewmodel Fixes
+
+### v2.2.22 - World Generation Polish
+
+### v2.2.21 - Save Fix & Updater Polish
+
+### v2.2.20 - UI Polish & Spawn Fixes
+
+### v2.2.19 - Torch & persistence Overhaul
+
+### v2.2.18 - Persistence & UI Fixes
+
+### v2.2.6 - World Management
+- **7:00 AM Spawn**: New worlds now start in the morning for immediate daylight.
+- **Naming System**: Cleaner sequential naming (`World`, `World 1`, `World 2`) instead of nested parentheses.
+- **Anti-Stuck Physics**: Active collision resolution pushes players out of blocks if they overlap.
+- **Build Path**: Windows artifacts are now stored in `build-windows/` for easier deployment.
+
+### v2.2.5 - UX & Inventory Polish
+- **Shift-Click**: Holding Shift and clicking picks up entire item stacks instantly.
+- **Scrollable Menus**: Added scroll bars and mouse-wheel support for the "Load World" menu.
+- **UI Padding**: Increased padding across all panels to ensure text never overlaps borders.
+
+### v2.2.4 - Visual & Update Stability
+- **X-Ray Fix**: Neighborhood chunk dirtying ensures internal faces are culled immediately.
+- **Smart Updates**: Client only prompts for updates if the remote version is strictly higher.
+- **15x15 Pre-Gen**: Expanded spawn area pre-generation (225 chunks) to eliminate horizon drop-offs.
+
+### v2.2.3 - Async Generation & Help
+- **Loading Screen**: Added a progress bar for asynchronous world generation/loading.
+- **Help Command**: Added `/help` to chat to display all available console commands.
+- **Spawn Surface**: Guaranteed surface placement after full chunk pre-generation.
+
+### v2.2.1 - World & Seed Polish
+- **Cliff Fix**: Resolved issues where new worlds would spawn with missing chunks.
+- **Render Distance**: Increased default render distance to 4 for a more expansive view.
+- **Auto-Updater**: Platform-aware updates target Windows vs Linux binaries.
+
+### v2.2.0 - Biome & Generation Update
+- **Seed Fix**: Proper avalanche-hash for seeds, making every world truly unique.
+- **Biomes**: Added Grassland, Desert, and Rocky biomes with sand beaches at sea level.
+- **Commands**: Added `/seed` command to view the world seed in chat.
+
+### v2.1.9 - Crafting Overhaul
+- **20+ Recipes**: Added Log→Planks and full wooden/stone tool tier crafting.
+- **Smart Inventory**: Left-click stacks same items, right-click picks up or places one.
+- **Future Item IDs**: Added furnace, chest, ladder, fence, torch, door, and stone slab types.
+
+### v2.1.8 - Forest Fidelity
+- **HQ Leaves**: New high-definition leaf texture with proper green tinting.
+- **Tree Fix**: Corrected log rendering to use multi-texture bark/ring mapping.
+
+### v2.1.7 - Log Realism
+- **Oak Log Textures**: Dedicated bark (side) and ring (top) textures for logs.
+
+### v2.1.6 - Inventory Insight
+- **Item Tooltips**: Mouse-over identification for all inventory items.
+
+### v2.1.2 - Combat & Health
+- **PvP Melee**: Ray-traced hit detection with knockback and audio feedback.
+- **Heart HUD**: 8-heart health system.
+
+### v2.1.0 - Personalization
+- **Skin Editor**: Shirt and pants color customization, synced across network.
+- **Humanoid Models**: Multi-cube player avatars replacing placeholder blobs.
+
+### v2.0.0 - Multiplayer
+- **P2P Networking**: Cross-platform sockets with direct connect and LAN hosting.
+- **Chat System**: Real-time text communication between players.
+
+---
+*Developed by the MorriCraft Team. Built with Raylib 5.0.*

assets/version.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v2.3.7

build-linux/assets/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.0
+v2.3.7

build-windows/assets/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.0
+v2.3.7

release/version.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v2.3.7

src/network.h

@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ enum PacketType {
     PACKET_TIME_SYNC = 3,
     PACKET_SEED_SYNC = 4,
     PACKET_CHAT = 5,
-    PACKET_DISCONNECT = 6
+    PACKET_DISCONNECT = 6,
+    PACKET_PLAYER_HIT = 7
+};
+
+struct PacketPlayerHit {
+    uint32_t targetID;
+    float damage;
+    float attackerX, attackerZ;
 };
 
 struct PacketHeader {
@@ -64,6 +71,8 @@ struct PacketHeader {
 
 struct PacketHandshake {
     char name[32];
+    uint8_t shirtR, shirtG, shirtB;
+    uint8_t pantsR, pantsG, pantsB;
 };
 
 struct PacketPlayerUpdate {