Render update is in progress - it works, but has some features missing (custom object radii, tile grid and brightness are most notable) for now. To access it you can download beta updater from the link in the first post.
This is loftar's doing - there are some broken resources (floatimg for sure) in your res cache. It breaks chcracter each time something (like xp gain or combat move) tries to float above character. Thankfully loftar added map export/import, so you can export map, delete resource cache folder and then import maps back.
Upated beta client with loftar's UI scaling changes. For now has lots of positioning/sizing issues if UI scale is not at 1, though. To run it you'll also need to re-download beta updater and delete all jogl/gluegen jar files before launching it, so it downloads correct set of libs.
iamahh wrote:seems mod clients are having trouble logging in?
official client seems to log in right away, but Amber and Ender are gettings some errors like handshake and others
Downloaded beta updater and ran it for fresh installation of the client, couldn't get past the loading screen. I put the blame on my old, crappy laptop that I'm currently using (it has 32-bit Windows for goodnes sake.)
Same kind of problem (with amber client) exactly when opening metal cauldron or right cliking a fodder for animals. As detected for the moment. Since 2 to 4 days approx.
edit : oops just see all the posts on amber thread... so problem detected / partially fixed maybe.