Animal Hunger

AnimalHunger Big Update

This update focuses on interface quality, riding improvements, plugin integrations, and better overall stability.

Visual and Interface Improvements

• Improved the overall interface presentation to make menus and on-screen information cleaner and easier to read.
• Updated the visual style of several interface elements for a more polished in-game experience.
• Improved action bar and HUD rendering so important information is displayed more consistently.
• Fixed visual bugs where some texts could appear broken, incorrect, or hard to read.
• Fixed black text issues in riding HUD and mini-task progress messages.
• Improved the display of colored text, formatted bars, and interface messages.

Menu Improvements

• Added new sections to the second page of the interface.
• Expanded the second page with more useful menu categories and better organization.
• Improved navigation between interface sections for a smoother user experience.
• Improved the structure of menu elements to make important features easier to access.

Riding Improvements

• Improved animal riding to feel smoother and more stable during movement.
• Improved riding HUD updates so players get clearer information while riding.
• Improved the riding experience on supported animals with better feedback and presentation.
• Improved the visibility of hunger, bond, and ride-related status while mounted.
• Fixed issues affecting ride-related text display.

Plugin Integrations

• Improved support for optional plugin integrations.
• Improved compatibility with ProtocolLib.
• Improved compatibility with ModelEngine.
• Improved compatibility with MMOItems.
• Improved compatibility with MythicMobs and other supported external plugins.
• Improved the stability of plugin interaction systems when multiple addons are used together.
• Improved integration handling and fallback behavior for optional dependencies.

ProtocolLib and Compatibility Fixes

• Fixed a ProtocolLib conflict that could cause problems during animal interaction handling.
• Fixed an issue where ProtocolLib interaction processing could trigger async world/entity access errors.
• Improved compatibility handling for ProtocolLib-based interaction fallback.
• Improved stability when optional plugin integrations are enabled.
• Improved compatibility reporting and integration tracking for supported addons.

Metrics and Technical Improvements

• Added bStats support for anonymous plugin usage statistics.
• Added metrics initialization directly in plugin startup.
• Added integration-related metrics for optional plugin support and key system states.
• Added tracking for storage type and enabled gameplay systems in metrics.
• Added proper shaded packaging for bStats dependencies inside the plugin jar.

General Fixes and Stability

• Fixed multiple interface-related bugs and text rendering problems.
• Fixed several display issues in action bar notifications.
• Improved internal stability for interaction systems.
• Improved reliability of plugin startup and dependency packaging.
• Improved overall plugin maintainability and backend structure.
• General bug fixes and performance/stability improvements.