Changelog

[1.3.0] - 2026-07-15

Added

• Runner Zombie (5% spawn chance): 100% faster movement, soul fire flame particles
• Jumper Zombie (3% spawn chance): periodically jumps toward player, holds feather, cloud + happy villager particles on jump, enhanced leap range
• Exploder Zombie (2% spawn chance): holds TNT, 2-second fuse with hissing + smoke particles, explodes like creeper (fuse persists even if player moves away)
• Brute Zombie (3% spawn chance): 40% slower, Strength I, holds iron axe
• Coordinated Flanking: zombies targeting the same player spread out and approach from different angles
• Flanking skips when player is 3+ blocks above
• Pile-up triggers when target is behind a wall (not just bumping into it)
• NeoForge config screen now works (registered via IConfigScreenFactory)
• Config subcategories for Zombie Variants (13 settings) and Coordinated Flanking (7 settings)

Changed

• Pile-up rewritten: body-dependent climbing (must be on ground or on another zombie)
• Each climb step is 1.6-2.1 blocks, must re-trigger for next step
• Climb speed randomized (0.12-0.22), wall-hugging, wobble, deceleration near top
• Crest phase: 10-15 ticks with downward arc (tumbling over)
• Uses setNoGravity instead of SLOW_FALLING
• Climbing cancels when zombie is hurt
• Zombies require 3+ nearby (configurable) before pile-up activates
• Arm swing + zombie step sound every 8 ticks during climb
• Wall scan increased to 8 blocks
• Sound markers at 25% strength when crouching
• Light tracking: 25% investigate chance (less aggressive)
• Sound pathfinding: 1/40 chance per tick
• Noisy zombies/leap: sneaking ignored if zombie has line of sight
• Wandering hordes: skip crouching players

Config (new fields)

• zombieVariants, runnerChance, runnerSpeedBoost
• jumperChance, jumperLeapBoost
• exploderChance, exploderFuseTime, exploderExplosionRadius, exploderDestroysBlocks
• bruteChance, bruteSpeedMultiplier, bruteStrengthLevel
• coordinatedFlanking, flankingUpdateInterval, flankingRange, flankingMinGroupSize
• flankingRadius, flankingEngageDistance, flankingNavSpeed
• pileUpMinGroupSize, climbSpeedMin, climbSpeedMax, climbStepMin, climbStepMax, maxWallScan