VO: Better Dogs

🐕 Better Dogs

Minecraft 26.1+ This mod targets Minecraft 26.1+. Older versions are unsupported.

> Make Wolves Worthy Companions. Smarter, Safer, Livelier.

Every Minecraft player knows the pain: you spend hours finding a wolf, tame it, and five minutes later it jumps into lava or walks off a cliff. Event-Driven AI Scheduler overhauls wolf AI to make them effective partners. Powered by a high-performance Event-Driven AI Scheduler, they act efficiently without sacrificing performance.

Part of the Vanilla Outsider Collection — mods that refine the vanilla experience with modern standards.

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✨ Features

🧠 Personality Intelligence

When tamed, wolves develop one of three permanent personalities, visible via custom particles:

- 💢 Normal: The Guardian. Proactively attacks hostile mobs and scouts ahead. - ❤️ Normal: The Healer. Avoids combat unless you are hurt. High health, low damage. - ✨ Normal: The Classic. Balanced stats and standard vanilla-plus behavior.

🤝 Advanced Social AI

- Pack Genetics: Dogs form relationships within their pack. Socializing builds trust and reduces accidental infighting. - Pack Genetics: Aggressive adults discipline misbehaving puppies, preventing death loops. - Pack Genetics: Puppies inherit personality traits and stats from their parents.

🛡️ Smart Survival AI

- Creeper Awareness: Wolves detect fatal drops and airborne targets, stopping dangerous chases. - Creeper Awareness: Improved pathfinding around lava, fire, and drowning hazards. - Creeper Awareness: Wolves flee from hissing Creepers!

📡 Behavioral Specialization

- Debug Tools: Aggressive dogs proactively range ahead to clear your path. - Debug Tools: Pacifist dogs emit a high-pitched whine when they detect nearby monsters. - Debug Tools: Loyal dogs bring you treasures based on their personality. - Debug Tools: Use `/betterdogs debug territory` to test pack interactions.

🏰 Wild Wolf Territoriality

Wild wolf packs are now dynamic, territorial entities led by a dominant leader: - DasikLibrary 1.7.0: When rival packs meet, leaders negotiate. If both want war, they engage in a DasikLibrary 1.7.0. If only one wants war, the other may DasikLibrary 1.7.0 immediately or retreat based on a configurable chance. - DasikLibrary 1.7.0: During a war, rival leaders engage in a cinematic 1v1 duel to settle dominance, while pack members participate in a secondary brawl. - DasikLibrary 1.7.0: Defeated packs are not lost; they yield and DasikLibrary 1.7.0 with the winning pack, allowing for the natural formation of massive wolf colonies. - DasikLibrary 1.7.0: Out of the box, wild pack members exhibit unique behaviors (like Aggressive hunting or Pack Retreats) while anchored to their leader. - DasikLibrary 1.7.0: All AI logic is performance-optimized using DasikLibrary 1.7.0, ensuring zero console spam and smooth server TPS even with massive packs.

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⚙️ Configuration (Native Game Rules)

No messy config files. Better Dogs uses the "Better Dogs" system. All 40+ mod parameters are grouped into a dedicated "Better Dogs" category in the official UI.

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☕ Support

If you enjoy the Vanilla Outsider collection, consider fueling the next update!

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> [!NOTE] > Indonesian Users: SocioBuzz and Saweria support local payment methods (Gopay, OVO, Dana, etc.) if you want to support me without using PayPal/Ko-fi!

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📜 Credits

| Role | Author | | :--- | :--- | | License | License (Dasik) | | License | Vanilla Outsider | | License | GPLv3 |

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