Stretchy Leash

Makes leash breakage less likely when they can be avoided, and easier to detect when they do happen.

Changes

With the default configuration:

• Leashes can stretch past their maximum length, they will break only if they remain over-stretched for too long. This small grace period gives mobs a chance to be pulled back within range.
• Audio cues will play at the leader's position when a leash starts to over-stretch, when it breaks, or is manually removed.
• Leashed mobs have their step height increased to 1, making them less likely to get stuck when climbing slopes.
• Leashed mobs are pulled in more strongly, so they can get back within range faster.

Config

The config file is located at .minecraft/config/stretchy-leash.properties. It can be edited in-game using Mod-Menu + Cloth-Config.

gracePeriod (Integer)

Default: 35 ticks (1.75s)
Vanilla: 0

Controls how long a leash can remain over-stretched without breaking.

maxLength (Double)

Default: 10 blocks
Vanilla: 10 blocks

Controls how far a leash can reach before starting to over-stretch.

This does not affect the distance at wich mobs start being pulled in (6 blocks).

pullStrength (Double)

Default: 2
Vanilla: 1

Controls how fast leashed mobs are pulled toward the leader. This helps them keep-up when travelling at high speeds.

stepHeight (Float)

Default: 1
Vanilla: 0

Increases the step-height of leashed mob. This reduces the risks of mobs falling behind while climbing slopes.

Caveats

In order to be fully server-side, the sound item.crossbow.load_middle is reused as the over-stretching cue. This sound event lacks a subtitle in vanilla, and would show an erroneous subtitle if it had one.