BetterPets-Paper

Important Fix

• Mechanist no longer freezes the server. Its structure compass located every registered structure on the main thread each tick (synchronous disk I/O) — that caused the 25-second server hang. The compass is removed; the Mechanist now just reveals nearby spawners through walls, and a spawner you mine stops glowing immediately.

New & Improved

• Lion is now a rideable ground mount 🦁 — right-click to ride (no level requirement, land only, no flight). Forward to run, jump to hop over 1-block steps, sneak to dismount. No horse inventory. Sneak + right-click still opens Customize.
• Cave Spider climbing reworked 🕷️ — face a wall to climb it (look down to descend), and hold sneak to cling in place so you can turn around without falling off.
• Snow Golem ☃️ now visibly throws snowballs from the pet, with a throw sound.
• Mimic now shows a visible shield (particle ring + shield sound) when it wards a hit.

Compiles clean on Paper 26.2; 66/66 tests pass. Drop BetterPets-1.16.0.jar into your plugins/ folder.