New Release! (BTW V4.8915)
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New Release! (BTW V4.8915)
Version 4.8915 of Better Than Wolves is ready for download!
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This release contains the following changes:
-Added a few aspects to Hardcore Wood to make tree farming in general more interesting and a larger part of the game. First, all overworld saplings (not Bloodwood which remains unchanged) have 4 individual growth stages which vary in appearance. The time it takes for saplings to grow into trees has *greatly* increased (they should now take longer than any other plant to grow), meaning that particularly in the early game, the player will be much more dependent on existing forests for wood, surviving in an area devoid of trees will be much more difficult, and tree farms will need to be much larger to keep up with the same demand. Given Bloodwood is not affected by these changes, it also serves to further increase its value for automation later in the game.
-Added Jungle Spiders as a replacement for the cave/Vioki spiders that were previously spawning in jungles. They have their own texture, unique attributes, and spawn conditions now which are left for the player to discover.
-Added a new *edible* Cocoa Bean item that is separate from the old one. Old bean items will be converted into Cocoa Powder, which may be created by grinding the beans in a Mill Stone, and which may be used as dye in the regular manner. Note that while Cocoa Beans are edible, Cocoa Powder is not unless it is used as a cooking ingredient to form other foods.
-Added the Chocolate Milk as a new food item. It is created by mixing Cocoa Powder and a milk bucket in the crafting grid. In addition to boosting the food value of milk buckets, Chocolate Milk also retains milk's poison neutralization effects.
-Added Chocolate as a new food item. It is created by cooking Cocoa Powder, sugar, and a milk bucket in the Cauldron. Similar to other desert items it may be eaten even when the hunger meter is full in order to build up fat.
-Added "Pigs Will Eat (almost) Anything!" as a new feature. This changes pigs so that they'll eat, follow, and breed with *any* of the domesticated crops be that wheat, carrots, or potatoes (cooked or raw). Coincidentally, they also love to eat chocolate (go figure) which means that in some cases they may be bred slightly earlier in the tech tree. Note that they can still also be bred with Kibble, but will still not follow it (it still doesn't taste THAT good).
-Changed the growth and drop rates of cocoa plants to make farming them more interesting and balanced given their new role as an early game food source.
-Changed (reduced) the growth rate of sugar cane to better fit the balance of the rest of the mod.
-Changed the recipes for cookies to replace the cocoa beans with Chocolate. The recipe is now two flour with Chocolate in the middle, in a horizontal line.
-Changed (increased) the hunger restored by drinking milk slightly.
-Changed spawn restrictions on mobs in general in jungles so that they can no longer spawn on leaves, basically reversing the change I had previously made to the vanilla spawning behavior. This was done because of how other mob spawns now relate to Jungle Spiders.
-Changed some code internally to consolidate how animals are tempted by various items to reduce on the associated performance overhead. I just mention this in case it causes any problems with which items tempt which animals.
-Fixed problem with hat damage being reduced by armor (it wasn't supposed to be).
Enjoy! :)
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If you'd like to say thanks for this release and help contribute to the further development of Better Than Wolves, please consider making a donation:
Download Link
This release contains the following changes:
-Added a few aspects to Hardcore Wood to make tree farming in general more interesting and a larger part of the game. First, all overworld saplings (not Bloodwood which remains unchanged) have 4 individual growth stages which vary in appearance. The time it takes for saplings to grow into trees has *greatly* increased (they should now take longer than any other plant to grow), meaning that particularly in the early game, the player will be much more dependent on existing forests for wood, surviving in an area devoid of trees will be much more difficult, and tree farms will need to be much larger to keep up with the same demand. Given Bloodwood is not affected by these changes, it also serves to further increase its value for automation later in the game.
-Added Jungle Spiders as a replacement for the cave/Vioki spiders that were previously spawning in jungles. They have their own texture, unique attributes, and spawn conditions now which are left for the player to discover.
-Added a new *edible* Cocoa Bean item that is separate from the old one. Old bean items will be converted into Cocoa Powder, which may be created by grinding the beans in a Mill Stone, and which may be used as dye in the regular manner. Note that while Cocoa Beans are edible, Cocoa Powder is not unless it is used as a cooking ingredient to form other foods.
-Added the Chocolate Milk as a new food item. It is created by mixing Cocoa Powder and a milk bucket in the crafting grid. In addition to boosting the food value of milk buckets, Chocolate Milk also retains milk's poison neutralization effects.
-Added Chocolate as a new food item. It is created by cooking Cocoa Powder, sugar, and a milk bucket in the Cauldron. Similar to other desert items it may be eaten even when the hunger meter is full in order to build up fat.
-Added "Pigs Will Eat (almost) Anything!" as a new feature. This changes pigs so that they'll eat, follow, and breed with *any* of the domesticated crops be that wheat, carrots, or potatoes (cooked or raw). Coincidentally, they also love to eat chocolate (go figure) which means that in some cases they may be bred slightly earlier in the tech tree. Note that they can still also be bred with Kibble, but will still not follow it (it still doesn't taste THAT good).
-Changed the growth and drop rates of cocoa plants to make farming them more interesting and balanced given their new role as an early game food source.
-Changed (reduced) the growth rate of sugar cane to better fit the balance of the rest of the mod.
-Changed the recipes for cookies to replace the cocoa beans with Chocolate. The recipe is now two flour with Chocolate in the middle, in a horizontal line.
-Changed (increased) the hunger restored by drinking milk slightly.
-Changed spawn restrictions on mobs in general in jungles so that they can no longer spawn on leaves, basically reversing the change I had previously made to the vanilla spawning behavior. This was done because of how other mob spawns now relate to Jungle Spiders.
-Changed some code internally to consolidate how animals are tempted by various items to reduce on the associated performance overhead. I just mention this in case it causes any problems with which items tempt which animals.
-Fixed problem with hat damage being reduced by armor (it wasn't supposed to be).
Enjoy! :)
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If you'd like to say thanks for this release and help contribute to the further development of Better Than Wolves, please consider making a donation:
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Re: New Release! (BTW V4.8915)
wounderful release fc :D i love it
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Dammit FC I'm a chocoholic and now you're forcing me to fight nasty Jungle Spiders :(.
In all seriousness though thank you for yet another wonderful update and I'm excited to try out all the new features hehe.
In all seriousness though thank you for yet another wonderful update and I'm excited to try out all the new features hehe.
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WOOT! <dances>
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Bloodwood trees made more useful?! Uberdrasil is pleased.
EDIT: Not that one would ever dare cut Uberdrasil for their thinning wood supply... No... Never...
EDIT: Not that one would ever dare cut Uberdrasil for their thinning wood supply... No... Never...
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I imagine you rip whole pages out of your to-do list with each update. Another great feature packed release. Those sapling changes sound ingenious. Great Job!
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:D Chocolate!! Even more reason to love FC.. he gives us chocolate for our troubles :3
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Hehe...indeed, and it's gotten exceedingly short :)Rob wrote:I imagine you rip whole pages out of your to-do list with each update.
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Yeah, "your troubles" are jungle spiders being given tasty Steve Snacks by Flowerchild. Which is his true goal. You'll never get the chocolate. :PGunnerman21 wrote::D Chocolate!! Even more reason to love FC.. he gives us chocolate for our troubles :3
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Re: New Release! (BTW V4.8915)
mmmrpfh..choco..mrrrpfh..yummy chocolate! A very delicious release FC! :)
<DaveYanakov> I know I overuse them and put them in inappropriate places but they just feel so good.
<icynewyear> shit is delicious
<MagikEh> Don't try to give me da D
<icynewyear> shit is delicious
<MagikEh> Don't try to give me da D
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Can we feed chocolate to our puppies? XD
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hmmm, we must test this thing.jorgebonafe wrote:Can we feed chocolate to our puppies? XD
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specifically, does it make our puppies produce more dung, and does it cure beasties....... going to test now!
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Spoilers dude. Not cool.JakeZKAM wrote:Snip -Flower
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Wow! Really happy to see the changes to tree farming and pig breeding!
Er... Did anyone else read that part a little differently than it was written like I did? I was trying to imagine what the cross breeds that might result... :PFlowerChild wrote:This changes pigs so that they'll eat, follow, and breed with *any* of the domesticated crops
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o.o I'm sorry man I didn't realize I posted one :/FlowerChild wrote:Spoilers dude. Not cool.JakeZKAM wrote:Snip -Flower
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Hehe...fair enough. Suffice it to say that I though of that ;)JakeZKAM wrote: o.o I'm sorry man I didn't realize I posted one :/
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I've been lurking nonstop for the last few weeks, but I've felt compelled to chime in and express my gratitude for what you've been doing, FC. So...thanks!
Also: OMG Y U ADD MOBS 2 TEH MOD UR NOT MAKEING MO'CREATURES
Also: OMG Y U ADD MOBS 2 TEH MOD UR NOT MAKEING MO'CREATURES
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Lol...it's not the first man :)Ceunon wrote:Also: OMG Y U ADD MOBS 2 TEH MOD UR NOT MAKEING MO'CREATURES
I tend to have a rather blurry line when it comes to mob additions. The overhauls I've done on vanilla mobs come close to qualifying, but whatever...if it feels good, I do it :)
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I know, I just thought of that right now.FlowerChild wrote:Lol...it's not the first man :)Ceunon wrote:Also: OMG Y U ADD MOBS 2 TEH MOD UR NOT MAKEING MO'CREATURES
Anyways, this is the first time *ever* I'm tempted to start a game in a jungle, just so I can fully experience the changes, and that is something, because I hate jungles. A lot. Thanks to Mr. Improving-Is-Better-Than-Adding-Pretty-Stuff (a fine - and effective - philosophy, if I may add), I'll force myself to do so. Heck, I'm already having ideas on the architectural style of my jungle village-complex-thingy. Things will be fun. I expect to die before my first night.
A couple times.
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It's saturday morning in Finland and there's a new release. You're like a clockwork man :)
I was really looking forward to the pig breeding changes since they're probably the most useful source of food in the early game. This change has also inspired me to build a cocoa bean farm (which I've NEVER done before due to the overall uselesness of the plant.) and also to give milking cows a little more thought than before.
A great update, FC.
I was really looking forward to the pig breeding changes since they're probably the most useful source of food in the early game. This change has also inspired me to build a cocoa bean farm (which I've NEVER done before due to the overall uselesness of the plant.) and also to give milking cows a little more thought than before.
A great update, FC.
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I am a big fan of the changes to sapling growth!
7 months, 37 different border checks and counting.
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Chocolate AND chocolate milk...?
Guarded by evil spider, naturally :P
Also those sapling changes are pretty tasty!
Guarded by evil spider, naturally :P
Also those sapling changes are pretty tasty!
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Re: New Release! (BTW V4.8915)
And I had a few hours to play today! Was so excited, hit the power button, *click* nothing happened. Damn power supply, now my free time will be spent getting a new one instead of playing with all the new goodies. :-( Man this release looks great! I didn't even realize cane growth rates were absurd until I read that change and then I realized how right you are! Very nice work. Hopefully I'll be able to play soon.
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The new spiders are just wonderful, -=SPOILER=- is inspired!
7 months, 37 different border checks and counting.