Storia 26.2-2

Storia 26.2-2: Minecraft 26.2, Java 25.

File	What it is
storia-26.2-2.jar	The Storia server (Folia fork). Run java -jar storia-26.2-2.jar nogui.
storia-worker-26.2-2.zip	Storia Worker: one server of a Storia Cluster; add workers to run one world on several machines. See README.md inside.
storia-relay-26.2-2.zip	Storia Relay: the cluster's coordinator; stores the world and decides which worker runs which part (Java 21+).
storia-proxy-26.2-2.jar	Storia Proxy: Velocity fork with 50 built-in placeholders (docs).

All cluster traffic is encrypted and authenticated with your shared secret. Guide: https://storiamc.com/en-us/docs/cluster/

What's new since 26.2

Storia Cluster: one world on several servers

Several Storia servers can now run one world together. Each Storia Worker runs the part of the world
where its players are; Storia Relay stores the world and decides which worker runs which part; players move
between workers through Storia Proxy without a loading screen, keeping their inventory, advancements and
statistics.

• Players who come close are put on the same worker before they could see each other's chunks; busy workers hand
  groups to quiet ones. Contraptions on a border between two parts are found and always run on one worker.
• Time, weather, game rules, the scoreboard, maps, advancements and statistics are shared.
• /stop on a worker moves its players to the others first. If the relay is away for a while, workers keep
  running and keep their writes on disk until it is back. A player whose data cannot be read is not let in, so
  their saved data is never overwritten.
• A new worker needs no copy of the world: it fetches the world settings from the relay on first start.
• Checked with a real Minecraft 26.2 client: moves by balancing, by flying into another worker's area and by
  /stop keep the connection and the world on screen.

Guide: https://storiamc.com/en-us/docs/cluster/ · Worker setup: https://storiamc.com/en-us/docs/worker/

Seamless moves need Minecraft 26.1/26.2 clients. Plugin data is not shared between workers yet.

Busy spawns stay smooth: tick guard

When a region gets too slow, mobs in crowded chunks think less often (sensing, targets, brains); they still move,
path and collide every tick, and redstone is never touched. Players standing nearby are not limited. On a test
spawn with 1,400 mobs the region went from 50–55 ms to 32–35 ms per tick (TPS 20).

Player budget limits only fast movers

While an area is busy, only players moving faster than 12 blocks/s (elytra, ...) get a shorter view distance.
Players who stand, build or walk are never limited.

Removed: terrain-only offload

The old Storia Worker that only computed terrain noise for one server (offload.* in storia.yml,
/storia offload) was replaced by the cluster. An offload: section in storia.yml is ignored. The code is kept
in the archive/terrain-offload branch.