Book of Dragons

▬▬HOTFIX V1.31 ▬▬

CHANGELOG:

Changes and Additions:

• Brand new Book icon sprite and Model;
• Skrill gene set implemented, skrills now have the full genetic kit;
• Implemented custom Genetic Packs loader for player-made genetic addons!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed CameraMixin related crash causing conflicts with mods like Bosses Rise and other mods that accessed the CameraMixin methods through access transformers;
• Fixed dragon texture cache overloading at 64 dragons spawned and returning full black textures for dragons;
• Fixed resource pack reloading causing dragons to T-Pose and further causing NullPointer crashes;
• Fixed dragons sometimes flying in weird angles while AI controlled;
• Fixed Skrill wild-spawns incorrectly skipping the genotype generation;
• Fixed dragons called by the whistle sometimes not receiving the Follow command;
• Fixed dragons not being purged from the book upon death;
• Fixed fully bonded dragons names not displaying in a different color in the book;
• Fixed health boosting effect (like from Domestication Inovation) causing dragon health to rapidly deplete;
• Fixed small typo in the book.

CONTENT:

• Genetics update part 1:

  • Implemented fully data driven Genetics for all dragons;
  • Implemented Nightfury and Deadly Nadder genetic kits, and fully reanimated both dragons to better showcase their character and behaviors;
  • Implemented genetic-based stat variations to the dragons;
  • Genetics and Stats are fully data driven and configurable through datapacks. For deeper instructions, refer to the Customization tutorial.

• 3D Flight System BETA [HEAVY MOTION SICKNESS WARNING]:

  • Implemented new 3D Flight System, toggleable in mod configs on the Forge mod menu under "3D Flight Mode: ON/ OFF" Default: OFF
  • 3D Flight is based on "DO A BARREL ROLL!" for general control scheme. The system is in BETA for feedback and issue reporting;

• New Accessibility and customization options in the mod configs on the Forge mod menu:

  • Speed Fov Effect toggle and multiplier, for speed effects while flying;
  • Riding Camera to set your preferred camera position when mounted;
  • Flight Camera Sensitivity sets camera sensitivity for 3D Flight mode separately from the regular game camera sensitivity;

• New Throttle based flight mechanics:

  • Dragons are large, living, breathing creatures, so they take some effort to accelerate from a standstill;
  • Dragons have more aerial commands like forcefully braking mid air (CTRL), or boosting for a sudden burst of speed (SPACE);
  • Double tapping W (WW) puts a dragon into cruise control, allowing it to flap its wings to maintain speed as needed without wasting stamina;
  • Diving picks up speed while climbing loses momentum. Flap to climb higher while spending stamina;

• New breath attack system + New Volumetric Particle rendering system:

  • Dragon breath attacks are now unified under an API style constructor with dozens of variables;
  • The system is fully data driven, each breath attack is fully isolated into a JSON config and easily configurable for any kind of effect;
  • Brand new particle system that renders volumetric particles for fuller, more concise breath attack visuals. Will further be improved upon with future updates;

• Book Rework part 1: The book of dragons itself has received the first part of a full rework, with brand new art for everything, better descriptions and less bloat;

• Roosts now refill over time if its dragon inhabitant dies or is otherwise removed. It takes quite some time, and the roost may degrade if it hasn't been occupied for long (BETA);

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

• Full mod rewrite into brand new architecture for better maintainability;
• Dependency swap from Geckolib3 to Azurelib3 for a much wider array of possibilities with model, rendering and animation techniques;
• Full rendering pipeline rewrite for better performance;
• Myriad bugs fixed with full rewrite of the mod;
• Increased affection values provided by dropped food during the taming phase based on how much the dragon enjoys that food type;
• Increased dragon hunger gain from eating different kinds of food;
• Set a baseline taming food for all dragons in preparation for future updates;
• Dragon breeding is technically enabled, but still unfinished until the full genetics packages are released for the six starter dragons;

▬▬HOTFIX V1.21 ▬▬

CHANGELOG:

Changes and Additions:

• WHISTLE RECIPE Now the whistle is not acquired solely through trading. Two bones and an iron nugget are all that you need! Also it's DYEABLE with tone combinations!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a Dedicated Server crash caused by unwrapped client-only code;
• Tweaked Hooligan Wandering Trader to behave more consistently with the vanilla counterpart;
• Tweaked new flight animation state machine to dynamically handle animation changes for client and observers;
• Fixed sprint particles spawning even when dragon is standing still;
• Fixed wild dragons sleeping due to hunger instead of hunger;
• Fixed some visual inconsistencies on the Gronckle;

▬▬SMALL UPDATE V1.2 ▬▬

CHANGELOG:

Additions:

• New Accessiblity options and Configuration system: Moved all configurations and options to In-game config system. Open the MODS menu, select the mod, and open the forge CONFIG menu to toggle the new options like disabling camera roll for motion sickness, and disabling barrel rolls;
• New Accessiblity option: All dragon controls are now Rebindable in the keybinds menu;
• New Dragon sightings report traces of new dragon activity, watch yourselves hooligans, and watch out for what flies beneath. (Whispering death added to the roster);
• New Item: Dragon Whistle - Can be bound to a single dragon and call it from far away;
• Item rework: Rattlestaff - Can now be crafted and used to accurately control dragons;
• Full system rewrite: Player Rider model rendering has been fully rewritten for performance and compatibility, as well as fitting with vanilla standards. Third person model now allows for full compability with player model changing mods like Figura. Custom riding poses were removed for this rewrite, and will be reintroduced at a later date;
• Full system rewrite: Dragon roosts system fully rewritten to accomodate a more encompassing selection of roosts and the expanding dragon roster;
• New handmade sounds added, keep your ears open for nightfuries hooligans!;
• Full retexturing of dragon GUI;
• Nightfury blast tweaked to include burst distance in charging, and synchronized VFX to better represent explosion radius;
• Added PT-BR Brazilian Portuguese Translation!;
• Added RU-RU Russian Translation created by HoVeTLw!
• Added DE-DE Standard German Translation created by the TLOTD group!
• Added SCH-DE German Dialect Translation created by Isla Nublar!

Bugfixes:

• Myriad bugs fixed, most notably:
  • Fixed skrill head spinning while diving;
  • Fixed dragon animations not playing correctly for observers in multiplayer;
  • Fixed dragon pitch not working correctly for observers in multiplayer;
  • Fixed third person rider model getting detached and stuck to observer camera in multiplayer;
  • Fixed player model altering mods like figura not working while mounted;
  • Fixed player not going invisible with nightfury when using its special ability;
  • Improved dragon pathfinding to not get stuck on some specific angled walls;
  • Fixed hunger bar overshooting the book page when dragons are far away;
  • Fixed camera shaking being shared regardless of distance in multiplayer;
  • Fixed dragons T-Posing until an animation takes over when rendering for the first time during world load or from outside render distance;
  • Fixed dragon roosts spawning on incorrect locations like the ocean surface;

▬▬HOTFIX V1.11 ▬▬

CHANGELOG:

Changes and Additions:

• Tweaks to taming system to make it much less punitive and more responsive. Crouching now halts hostility buildup so you have more leeway while feeding the dragon.
• All new Line of Sight system implemented into the AI: Dragon AI is now complete with full LOS system. It will still try to find you, so be clever when trying to break line of sight!
• Full re-spriting of all items by our new sprite artist and first Book of Dragons team member Serpyderpy!

Bugfixes:

• Fully fixed server compatibility (for real this time);
• Fixed another niche Render thread crash caused by version mismatched calls;
• Fixed wing trail effects breaking with shaders, may still need some minor tweaks;
• Changed dragon mounted behavior on water from horse behavior, to normal buoyancy behavior with ability to take off from the water surface;
• Fixed dragon state not persisting through reloads, now dragons won't glitch out floating if you reload your game while flying!
• Fixed Skrill variants not being registered in default config
        - Implemented config auto-updates, so when new dragons and variants release, there's no need to delete the config when updating the mod;
• Various code health and general visual fixes.