Often people wonder why mods don’t always get updated for newer versions of Minecraft. The simple answer is that it’s hard and time consuming. Minecraft’s underlying code gets rewritten a lot, and a mod’s code for one version often needs to be vastly different to code for another version.
Modding
Creating a non-official addon for a released game.
The Pain of Data Generation
Last week I updated Bok’s Banging Butterflies to use Forge’s native data generation code. At first it all seemed to be going well. But this week I started porting the code to other versions and I’m starting to hit walls.
The Lair of the Peacemakers
In this week’s release you will be able to find Peacemaker Lairs – underground caverns where the Peacemaker butterflies keep their Cows. You can use these Cows and milk them for honey, but you’ll have to fight your way through the Butterflies protecting them first!
An Unbelievably Peaceful Cow
The Peacemaker Cow is now fully implemented and can be spawned in Creative Mode. This mob is the source of the Peacemaker Butterfly’s food, helping to sustain them and their invasion of your Minecraft world.
Milking the Peacemaker Cow
Peacemaker Cows serve as the main food source for the Butterfly invasion of your Minecraft world. They can be “milked” to gather Peacemaker Honey, and this honey can be used by players to pacify the alien invaders.
Something Bigger is Coming
Butterflies are small, but some butterflies need the sweet nectar of something bigger. The next creature to be added to Bok’s Banging Butterflies isn’t something you would expect, but it will feed those that infect the villagers of the world.
A Minor BBB Bugfix Update
Bok’s Banging Butterflies has been updated to version 7.3.1, which includes a couple of small bugfixes for 1.18.2 and 1.19.2. Some of the new movement code hadn’t been ported to these versions correctly. In this new version they are updated properly and butterflies will behave as they do in 1.20.
Pacifying Peacemaker Butterflies
This week’s release adds a method of pacifying Peacemaker Butterflies. They won’t fight for you, but at the least they will leave you alone as you explore the world. Now you can create alien apiaries that are safe for you to walk through.
Destroying Some Ancient Bugs
This week I’ve created a new release that fixes some bugs that have been in the mod for far too long. The movement bug in particular has been annoying for a while, and relied on an extremely hack piece of code attempting to cover it up.
Banging Butterflies Update
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.