It’s not every week I’m able to get a lot of work done on the mod. This week, as well as implementing new features, I’ve been tackling a strange bug with the Peacemaker Butterfly’s movement.
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Catching Peacemaker Butterflies
I’m just getting back into the swing of things after Kiwiburn, so I haven’t had much time to spend on developing Bok’s Banging Butterflies. I fixed a few bugs last week, and this week I’ve implemented a small feature to complete the Peacemaker Butterflies.
Fixing the Peacemaker Butterflies
I’m back from Kiwiburn and going straight back to modding. I’ve spent the better part of the day fixing some bugs that were introduced by the recent addition of hostile butterflies that will attempt to infiltrate and take illagers as hosts.
Some New Butterfly Variants
Bok’s Banging Butterflies adds butterflies and moths to Minecraft. This week I’ve experimented with the new variant system to add some flavour to already existing butterflies. I’ve also added a small effect that should allow observant players to spot beneficial mud puddle areas at a glance.
Why Reducing Logspam Matters
Recently, a bug was submitted about Bok’s Banging Butterflies complaining that there was too much logging by the mod. This might seem unimportant at first, but efficient logging is vital to any project. You ignore bad logging at your peril.
The Fixing of a Fair Few Bugs
This week I fixed a few bugs that had made it into Bok’s Banging Butterflies. Two have been present for a while, but I was unable to reproduce or fix them. The third was a bug introduced by my recent changes to texture generation.
New Images in the Pipeline
Every time I add a new butterfly to the mod, I need to create multiple textures for them. Recently, I developed a method generating spawn egg textures so I didn’t have to do them manually.
Doing Spawn Eggs Properly
Spawn eggs were almost an afterthought in Bok’s Banging Butterflies. They worked, but the experience was rough. Not all entities had spawn eggs, and most eggs looked identical. With 61 butterfly and moth species, it was almost impossible for players to know what they were spawning.
Butterfly Creative Mode Tab
One detail I’ve been struggling with while developing Bok’s Banging Butterflies is where to put the items in the Creative Inventory. While playing other mods for inspiration, I saw many create a dedicated Creative Tab just for their content. A tidy, mod-branded spot that makes everything easier to find.
Improving the Publish Script
Recently I implemented some scripts to automatically publish new versions of Bok’s Banging Butterflies to several platforms. In order to support this, I added a new step where I needed to update the version in the publish script itself.