Changelog

[3.4.0] - 2026-05-12

Summary

The "Wolf Litters" update. Tamed wolves can now have multiple puppies in one breed, mirroring real-world dog litters.

• Added bd_wolf_litter_max_size and bd_wolf_litter_extra_chance GameRules.
• Puppies in a litter inherit parent traits independently.

[3.3.1] - 2026-05-11

Added

• 🤝 Social Politeness: New GameRule bd_territorial_exclusive_disputes (Default: true) ensures territorial disputes are strictly 1v1.
• Queuing Logic: Leaders will now wait for a rival to be "free" before initiating a challenge, preventing chaotic crowd disputes in dense areas.

[3.3.0] - 2026-05-11

Added

• 🌍 Territorial Scaling: New GameRule bd_territorial_search_radius to control the distance at which pack leaders engage in disputes.
• 🐺 Pack Dynamics:
  • Configurable Cluster Size: New GameRule bd_wolf_pack_cluster_size to control the maximum size of naturally spawning packs.
  • Density Boosting: New GameRule bd_wolf_spawn_density_boost (% chance) to trigger a "Reinforcement Spawn" nearby when a pack spawns, increasing regional territorial friction.
• Localization: Full descriptive strings for all new balancing parameters in en_us.json.

Refactored

• Versioning: Incremented to 3.3.0 to reflect significant configuration and world-gen logic shifts.
• AI Hardening: WildWolfTerritorialGoal now fully respects dynamic search radius updates without requiring a world reload.

[3.2.0] - 2026-05-11

Added

• 🏰 Territorial Handshake: New negotiation logic for wild pack leaders.
  • If both leaders want war -> Cinematic 1v1 Duel.
  • If only one wants war -> Negotiated Yield (B yields/merges) or Retreat based on bd_territorial_yield_on_one_sided_chance.
  • If neither wants war -> Peaceful Retreat (96 blocks).
• Wild Personality AI: Wild members (not leaders) exhibit unique behaviors (e.g., Aggressive wolves hunting monsters) while anchored to their pack leader.
• Debug Tooling:
  • Added /betterdogs debug territory for immediate pack interaction testing.
  • Territorial Debug Logging: New detailed console logs for pack interactions (Wars, Merges, Retreats) enabled via betterdogdebugging GameRule.

Hardening

• Logic Hardening: Moved all custom entity logging (Spawn, Tame, Social, Ambient) to the betterdogdebugging GameRule gate.
• Default Alignment: Wild Personality Behavior is now enabled by default for new worlds.
• Architectural Cleanup: Removed duplicate debug log entries in Mixin layers.

Refactored

• Architectural Alignment: Refactored WildWolfFollowLeaderGoal to use the modernized DasikLibrary 1.7.0 base goal.
  • Optimized pack following with distance-based "Movement Triggers" (start/stop thresholds).
  • Reduced mod code footprint by leveraging library-side stable physics.
• Mapping Compliance: Fully refactored for Minecraft 26.1.2 ("Tiny Takeover") mapping signatures.
• Deterministic AI: Territorial decisions are now synchronized between entities using a shared seeded random.

[3.1.37+build.10] - 2026-05-12

Added

• AI Refactor: Stable Wild Pack Leadership:
  • Refactored WildWolfFollowLeaderGoal: Wild wolves now follow their pack leader with logic mirroring vanilla FollowOwnerGoal (teleportation and consistent movement).
  • Stable Leadership: Pack members now lock onto their leader persistently. Leadership is saved to NBT and survives world reloads.
  • Tame Interaction: Taming a leader now allows the wild pack to follow the player by proxy. Taming a member correctly transitions them to standard owner-following behavior.
  • Improved Performance: Reduced frequency of expensive social pathfinding calculations.

[3.1.37+build.9] - 2026-05-11

Added

• Debugging Mode: Introduced the betterdogdebugging GameRule.
  • Enables detailed AI logging in the server console.
  • Adds visual particles (Flame/Note/Happy Villager) above wolves to indicate personality.
  • Debug Stick Integration: Allows cycling through personalities and social scales using the vanilla Debug Stick.
• Maintenance: Fixed compilation errors related to DasikLibrary API changes in WildWolfFollowLeaderGoal.