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laowu meme
A Minecraft meme mod about cats! When a cat named Laowu (老吴) gets close to any other cat, they lock eyes, bump heads with mirrored head-tilts, arch their backs, grow bigger, and a random BGM starts playing. Right-click either cat to break it up and they walk away naturally. Works in singleplayer and multiplayer — the server is authoritative, so every player sees the exact same thing.
Features
- A cat named "Laowu" + any cat within 6 blocks → they walk together, face each other, mirrored head-tilt + arched-back hissing pose + size boost
- Randomly plays one of the selected BGMs (audible within 16 blocks)
- Right-click either cat to break them up; they walk off naturally
- The broken-up pair won't retrigger for 3 minutes
- Milkcat reskin: name any cat "奶猫" (Milkcat) to swap its texture to a cute yellow cartoon cat (same skin for all coat colors, adults only)
- Shovel flatten: right-click a cat with any shovel to flatten it into a "干" shape (body squashed, legs splayed) — it pops back after 8 seconds; also cancels any active head-bump pairing
Maodie Cat (multi-block structure)
There's a second feature: Maodie Cat (耄耋). Build a wall structure from any wood-type blocks (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry, mangrove, warped, etc. — mixing is fine), and a nearby cat named Maodie will be summoned to sit on its seat. While seated, the cat hisses on loop when a player is within 5 blocks and turns its head to track the nearest player. Breaking the structure releases it.

How it works
- Once the structure is detected, the server finds a cat named Maodie within 10 blocks, teleports it onto the anchor stair top and makes it sit (AI not frozen).
- Seated cat: player within 5 blocks → looping hiss sound (
maodie.ogg, audible within 16 blocks with natural falloff); the cat tracks the nearest player with its head. Stops when you leave the range. - Breaking any part of the structure (especially the anchor stair) → releases the cat; it stands up and walks away.
- Name-based reskin: any cat named Maodie gets a "Hakimi-style" texture matching its own coat color (adult cats only; kittens keep vanilla textures to avoid errors). Purely client-side, name-based, independent of the structure.
Building the structure
This is a "cat house wall": lay a 6-wide (x:0–5) × 6-tall (y:0–5) vertical face on the ground, all blocks on the same z layer (1 block thick). Any wood-type blocks work (planks / stairs / trapdoors / slabs); different wood types can be mixed.
Elevation view (y top-to-bottom, x left-to-right; origin [0,0,0] is the bottom-left ground block):
y\x 0 1 2 3 4 5
5 [ ] [ ] [T] [T] [ ] [ ]
4 [ ] [S] [T] [S] [S] [ ]
3 [T] [T] [ ] [S] [ ] [T]
2 [T] [L] [S] [ ] [T] [T]
1 [ ] [S] [T] [S] [S] [ ] ← anchor stair at x=4,y=1 (cat sits on top)
0 [ ] [T] [P] [P] [T] [ ]
Legend: S=stairs T=trapdoor P=planks L=slab [ ]=air (empty)
Block list (23 blocks total, relative to origin [0,0,0]):
| Coords (x,y,z) | Block | Key state |
|---|---|---|
| 1,0,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, open |
| 2,0,0 | Planks | — |
| 3,0,0 | Planks | — |
| 4,0,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, open |
| 1,1,0 | Stairs | top half, straight |
| 2,1,0 | Trapdoor | top half, closed |
| 3,1,0 | Stairs | top half, straight |
| 4,1,0 | Stairs | top half, straight (anchor / cat seat) |
| 0,2,0 | Trapdoor | top half, open |
| 1,2,0 | Slab | top half |
| 2,2,0 | Stairs | top half, straight |
| 4,2,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, open |
| 5,2,0 | Trapdoor | top half, open |
| 0,3,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, open |
| 1,3,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, open |
| 3,3,0 | Stairs | bottom half, straight |
| 5,3,0 | Trapdoor | top half, open |
| 1,4,0 | Stairs | bottom half, straight |
| 2,4,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, closed |
| 3,4,0 | Stairs | bottom half, straight |
| 4,4,0 | Stairs | bottom half, straight |
| 2,5,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, closed |
| 3,5,0 | Trapdoor | bottom half, closed |
Any wood type: planks/stairs/trapdoors/slabs can be replaced with any wood variant (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry, etc.), mixed freely across positions. The mod only checks block type (a stair is a stair), not the wood species.
Lazy setup: the repo includes a Litematica schematic
docs/耄耋的家.litematic— load it with the Litematica mod to place the whole structure in one go. (A black candle at[3,2,0]in the schematic is optional; the mod doesn't check it.)
Rules & tips
- Anchor stair
[4,1,0]: the cat teleports to one block above it[4,2,0], sitting on the stair top (not on the trapdoor). - Trapdoor facing is free — the mod ignores trapdoor facing when matching; but open/closed and half must match the list.
- The whole structure can be rotated 90°/180°/270° — the mod auto-detects all 4 orientations; stair facing just needs to be consistent with the structure's rotation (the mod compares rotated). Trapdoor facing still doesn't matter.
- A cat named Maodie must be within 10 blocks of the structure; the server scans every 20 ticks and summons the cat once recognized.
- Breaking any part (especially the anchor stair) → releases the cat.
Server-authoritative architecture
On multiplayer servers, the server must have this mod installed (all logic runs server-side); clients need it too for the head-tilt / size boost / hiss / music rendering. In singleplayer, one copy covers both sides automatically.
Audio
Built-in audio
The audio files (laowu2.ogg / qiliang.ogg) are not bundled in the repo — put them in src/main/resources/assets/laowu_meme/sounds/ if building from source. Must be Ogg Vorbis (MC only supports ogg); convert mp3 with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 -ar 44100 -ac 1 output.ogg
Imported audio (hot-swap at runtime)
Open the mod's config screen in-game (press Escape or via the Mods menu after triggering a meme), click "Open audio folder" to open config/laowu_meme/sounds/. Drop .ogg files in there, reopen the config screen to see and enable them — they'll join the built-in audio pool for random playback. No restart or F3+T needed.
- Imported audio must be
.ogg(Ogg Vorbis) — MC won't play mp3/wav. - Have an mp3? Convert online first ,then drop the
.ogginto the folder. - Each audio entry can be individually enabled/disabled in the config screen; the state persists to
config/laowu_meme/enabled.propertiesacross sessions.
Requirements
- mod menu(fabric)
Credits
- Cat textures from the maocraft resource pack by 一A化三哈 (Bilibili:https://space.bilibili.com/1756604526). His full set of cat coat textures is bundled as the exclusive look for "Maodie"-named cats. Thanks for the permission!
License
MIT


