SerialCraft 0.5.0-beta

SerialCraft v0.5.0 Beta — 0.5.0-beta

Minecraft Java 26.2 · Fabric Loader 0.19.3+ · Fabric API · Java 25+

This beta brings the interface work developed on test and the community's Simplified Chinese translation into one release. SerialCraft connects Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi and other serial or TCP devices with Minecraft through bidirectional hardware signals and game telemetry.

Pre-release: this is a Beta, not a stable release. Back up worlds before upgrading and update the mod on clients and servers together. Graphical UI inspection and tests with physical USB/Wi-Fi boards remain manual checks; automated tests do not certify every hardware setup.

Interface and user experience

• Horizontal navigation: Home and Boards appear to the left of the original centered SerialCraft logo; Events and Visualize appear to the right. The existing icon atlas, page accents and translucent visual identity are preserved.
• Home: the connected-device card keeps its randomly selected cat sprite. Connection properties scroll independently, while the bidirectional terminal remains in its own column so messages and command controls stay accessible.
• Welcome: the connection screen uses vertically centered translucent panels, USB and Wi-Fi method cards, clearer spacing and a separate notice for remembered boards. Connection help and pairing controls remain available.
• Shared controls: glass headers, borders, button padding, margins and text alignment are consistent across the panel. Navigation and IO editor layout adapt to the available GUI space.
• Boards, Events, Visualize and the IO module editor: retain their existing functionality with the updated panel styling, including configuration, diagnostics and contextual help. The logo, icons, cat atlas and existing assets are carried forward without a new redesign.

Simplified Chinese — 简体中文

• Adds zh_cn.json, originally contributed by @SK-Xiaohan in PR #4.
• Includes the proposed Chinese name 串连世界, alongside the SerialCraft identity. Thank you for helping connect Minecraft and real-world electronics with the Chinese-speaking community!
• Covers Welcome, Home, navigation, Boards, Events, Visualize, the IO editor, help dialogs, connection messages and dynamic device states.
• Completes the new Home properties label introduced on test and keeps the terminal's TX, RX and TM prefixes recognizable in Chinese help text. All five locale files contain the same 402 translation keys and compatible Minecraft format arguments.
• Preserves the contributor's original commit and authorship through a merge into test; credits are also included in the mod metadata and README.

Release and technical checks

• Uses the Semantic Versioning identifier 0.5.0-beta, propagated from Gradle into the Fabric metadata and JAR filename.
• Adds automated checks for duplicate localization keys, UTF-8/Unicode, missing translations, format arguments, literal and dynamic UI keys, archive integrity and packaged UI assets.
• Keeps Minecraft 26.2, Java 25, Fabric Loader/API and Gradle versions unchanged. Hardware channels, saved block IDs and networking behavior are preserved.
• Publishes the verified JAR as a GitHub Pre-release, with English release notes. Modrinth publication and description updates require an explicit manual opt-in; this release does not publish to other marketplaces.

Download and test

Install serialcraft-0.5.0-beta.jar together with Fabric API for Minecraft 26.2. In Minecraft, select 简体中文（中国大陆） in Language settings to use the Chinese UI.

For source testing in IntelliJ IDEA, check out tag v0.5.0-beta, select JDK 25 as the project and Gradle JVM, import the Gradle project, then run build and runClient. Inspect all pages, scroll areas, tooltips and IO editor sections at several GUI scales; verify USB and Wi-Fi using a physical board.

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