VO: Better Dogs

[4.8.9+A-26.2] - 2026-06-12

Added

• Configurable Guard Particle Density: Introduced a client/server configuration setting guardParticleDensity inside a new "Visual & Performance Options" Cloth Config screen tab to scale or toggle guard alert particles (high = 12, medium = 6 [default], low = 3, off = 0).

[4.8.8+A-26.2] - 2026-06-12

Changed

• Guarding Pacifist Particles: Redesigned the alert particles for guarding Pacifist dogs to spawn a highly noticeable, expanding horizontal circular ring of 12 pure red dust particles (0xFF0000) using trigonometric direction vectors and client-side outward velocity.

[4.8.7+A-26.2] - 2026-06-12

Changed

• Rare Pack-Wide Howling: Gated howling chance checks to run only once every 100 ticks (5 seconds) and implemented shared pack-wide cooldowns (10 minutes) when one wolf initiates a pack howl.

[4.8.6+A-26.2] - 2026-06-12

Changed

• Red Alert Dust Particles: Replaced the default music note particles with an optimized horizontal burst of 6 red dust particles (DustParticleOptions), sent in a single network packet to avoid performance overhead while providing a clear threat/warning color.

[4.8.5+A-26.2] - 2026-06-12

Changed

• Sound Variant Weighted Lottery: Transitioned the sound variant selection from a strict deterministic max-score model to a UUID-seeded weighted lottery. This ensures every individual dog gets a highly unique, stable, and randomish sound variant that aligns with its personality and genetics.