Mobs Lite Mod v1.2 By Leslie E. Krause Mobs Lite is a fully-working proof of concept for the Extended Motion Mechanics API for LuaEntity SAO's, and it requires installing the following patch for Minetest 5.3-dev: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/pull/9717 While originally forked from PilzAdam's "Simple Mobs" mod several years ago, Mobs Lite has been effectively written from scratch. Most of the core architecture is derived from my Avatars mod, albeit a much leaner design. Here are some of the other highlights of the Mobs Lite engine: * Extremely lightweight design thanks to the new API (no more continuous collision checks and velocity resets). * Realistic fluid mechanics such as density and viscosity so that creatures have varying buoyancy characteristics. * Sophisticated sensory analysis with a custom view-cone and acuity curve dependant on current alertness state. * Sensitivity thresholds and certainty factors determine whether creatures "see" a player within their view cone. * Animals will attempt to flee to safety when a player that previously punched them returns to the field of view. * Creatures avoid running into most obstacles by analyzing the surroundings and steadily adjusting their course. * Mobs can be randomly spawned in the vicinity of players, thus relieving the overhead of costly ABM-based spawners. * Timekeeper helper class ensures efficient dispatching of mob-related callbacks at the appropriate server step. * And of course, much much more! Since Mobs Lite is still in early beta, there is the likelihood of lingering bugs. The API is also subject to change. I'm actively using this mod on my own server, however. So when new issues are discovered or reported, they will be promptly fixed :) Repository ---------------------- Browse source code... https://bitbucket.org/sorcerykid/mobs Download archive... https://bitbucket.org/sorcerykid/mobs/get/master.zip https://bitbucket.org/sorcerykid/mobs/get/master.tar.gz Compatability ---------------------- Requires PR #9717 for Minetest 5.3-dev Dependencies ---------------------- TNT Mod (required) https://github.com/minetest-game-mods/tnt Default Mod (required) https://github.com/minetest-game-mods/default Installation ---------------------- 1) Unzip the archive into the mods directory of your game 2) Rename the mobs-master directory to "mobs" License of source code ---------------------------------------------------------- GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL-3.0) Copyright (c) 2016-2020, Leslie E. Krause This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html Multimedia License (textures, sounds, and models) ---------------------------------------------------------- Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) /sounds/mobs_damage_hand.ogg by MTJohnson modified by sorcerykid obtained from https://freesound.org/people/MTJohnson/sounds/426308/ /sounds/mobs_damage_tool.ogg by Kreastricon62 modified by sorcerykid objained from https://freesound.org/people/Kreastricon62/sounds/323526/ /textures/mobs_spider.png by AspireMint obtained from https://github.com/Darcidride/minetest-spidermob-v1 /textures/mobs_rat2.ogg by Pavel_S (originally WTFPL) obtained from https://github.com/PilzAdam/mobs /textures/mobs_oerkki.ogg by Pavel_S (originally WTFPL) obtained from https://github.com/PilzAdam/mobs /textures/mobs_ghost.png by BlockMen obtained from https://github.com/BlockMen/cme/tree/master/ghost /textures/mobs_bunny.png by ExeterDad obtained from https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_animal /textures/mobs_chicken.png by JK Murray obtained from https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_animal /models/mobs_spider.x by AspireMint obtained from https://github.com/Darcidride/minetest-spidermob-v1 /textures/mobs_kitten.png by Jordach obtained from https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_animal /models/mobs_rat.b3d by Pavel_S (originally WTFPL) modified by sirrobzeroone obtained from https://github.com/PilzAdam/mobs /models/mobs_oerkki.x by Pavel_S (originally WTWFPL) obtained from https://github.com/PilzAdam/mobs /models/mobs_ghost.b3d by BlockMen obtained from https://github.com/BlockMen/cme/tree/master/ghost /models/mobs_bunny.b3d by ExeterDad obtained from https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_animal /models/mobs_chicken.png by JK Murray obtained from https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_animal /textures/mobs_fireball.png by PilzAdam obtained from https://github.com/PilzAdam/mobs /textures/mobs_meat.png by Krupnov Pavel obtained from https://github.com/AntumMT/mod-kpgmobs /textures/mobs_meat_raw.png by Krupnov Pavel obtained from https://github.com/AntumMT/mod-kpgmobs You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. 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