Changelog

[1.1.0] - 2026-07-13

Added

• Sound tracking: zombies pathfind toward player sounds (doors, blocks, eating, explosions)
• Player activity detection: block breaking creates loud sound markers for zombies
• Light tracking: zombies are attracted to light sources at night
• Wandering hordes: zombies periodically group up and wander toward random waypoints
• Noisy zombies: zombies call out when near players, attracting other zombies (requires line of sight)
• Days-before-activation: configurable grace period before features activate (0-100 days)
• Leap cooldown: configurable cooldown between zombie leaps (default 6 seconds)
• Allow Baby Zombies toggle: disable baby zombie spawns in config
• Sneaking stealth: sneaking silences player sounds, prevents zombie leaps, and avoids noisy zombie detection
• Config screen organized into 10 collapsible subcategories

Changed

• Debug logging removed from console output
• Cave spawning now uses the same distance settings as surface (no more reduced range underground)
• Default spawn tick interval changed from 10 to 20 ticks (slower spawn rate)
• Sound pathfinding chance reduced from 1/10 to 1/20 per tick (less aggressive tracking)
• Noisy zombies now require line of sight to the player before calling
• Noisy zombie cooldown increased from 100 to 200 ticks (less frequent calls)
• Sound hear range default changed from 64 to 12 blocks (zombies hear less)
• All features respect the days-before-activation setting

Config (new fields)

• daysBeforeActivation (int, 0-100, default 0)
• soundTracking (boolean, default true)
• soundHearRange (int, 8-128, default 12)
• soundDecayTime (int, 60-600, default 200)
• lightTracking (boolean, default true)
• lightSearchRange (int, 16-128, default 32)
• lightMinBrightness (float, 0.1-1.0, default 0.2)
• wanderingHordes (boolean, default true)
• hordeFrequency (int, 10-120, default 30)
• hordeRange (int, 32-256, default 128)
• noisyZombies (boolean, default true)
• noisyZombieRange (int, 8-64, default 24)
• noisyZombieCooldown (int, 40-400, default 200)
• leapCooldown (int, 20-400, default 120)
• allowBabyZombies (boolean, default true)