cat ears & meows

v1.2.1 ~ Ear Sync & P2P Removal

Removed

• P2P chat steganography (zero-width Unicode characters). No more invisible text in chat.

Changed

• Ear config now syncs via proper network packets on modded servers
• Config screen now has 3 options: Enable Meowing, Show Cat Ears, Ear Color (16 colors)
• Config now persists showEarsLocally and earColor alongside enableMeowing

Added

• SyncEarDataPayload - server broadcasts your ear color to other players
• Client-side ear data cache so you can see other players' ears on modded servers
• On vanilla servers, cat ears only show on yourself (no P2P spam)

Fixed

• Config loading: old catears.json files missing new fields now correctly default to ears ON
• Client meow sounds now play on vanilla servers when chatting

Affected Versions

Loader	MC Version
Fabric	26.2, 26.1.2, 1.21.11, 1.21.1
NeoForge	1.21.1