Add a normalised float variable mAge. All new animals spawn with age = 1 (in the constructor).
When two animals breed they make a new entity animal with age = 0.1;
Add into the UpdateEntity Routine: mAge += dTime * ANIMAL_GROWTH_RATE; if(mAge>1.0) mAge= 1.0;
Edit the Entity render routine and multiply vertices by mAge.
An hour AT MOST to do this.
Hell if you have five minutes extra to spare you can multiply the sound sample rate, multiply by 1/mAge * factor and get squeaky voices for the newborns.
let us know when the mod's done then, hope you're good with animations and character meshes! :smile.gif:
in other words, put your money where your mouth is, i'm calling your bluff and you only even mentioned the coding aspects of implementing it.
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24 hours gone again, wasted in futility, welcome to minecraft modding, that is (unfortunately) our community.
(an ode to minecraft modding)
i keep making the same mistake, i think "oh, i've given them a few months, surely it'll be fixed by now" THAT is why i seem to ALWAYS be angry to some of you, my advice is to get the lead out.
there were nice things here, until the mod author threw a tantrum.
Lets hope Notch hasn't coded animations for animal breeding... that would be horrid for my little sister who plays minecraft.
I know that was likely satire but it seems like there are some out there that actually think that is what notch is going to do..... We aren't going to get an animated birds and bees edition of animal husbandry in Minecraft. At most we are going to get animated hearts.
I know that was likely satire but it seems like there are some out there that actually think that is what notch is going to do..... We aren't going to get an animated birds and bees edition of animal husbandry in Minecraft. At most we are going to get animated hearts.
Yes, I expect it will be very valentines day cartoonish, a burst of little hearts followed by a new critter magically poofing into existance. I'd rather have eggs, with a chance of new animal instead of egg.
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I hope sheep can pass the wool color on to their babies/eggs/whatever. Would be cool to breed sheep colors, just hope, with the new mob persistence, that they also regrow their wool over time.
Would be neat if you could craft passive spawners in game. Make the items to do it adventure goals, "you must go to the stronghold and retrieve the boar's tooth my son or the village will starve.". Then use it in a crafting recipe or the npc crafts it for you.
Wool regrowth has been confirmed as a planned feature, the color thing wouldn't really make sense to me but I've never seen it mentioned by Notch or Jeb
Kinda like genetics, blue sheep + red sheep = purple sheep, kinda like dyes. Could be modeled with probabilities like punnit(sp?) squares. Would be fun.
Yeah that's how genetics work, but applying black ink to a sheep doesn't actually change their DNA :tongue.gif:
They could very well just do it anyway in Minecraft but then there wouldn't be much point in finding dyes at all.
More importantly, why do all the cows or pigs or chickens have to look like clones. They deserve some color variation too. Sheep shouldn't be the only ones showing off their fancy colors.
If color won't tell the animals apart, maybe the cow eggs should have little horns, sheep eggs wittle wool snuggies, and pig eggs have spiral tails to tell them apart instead of color (maybe add red waddles to the chicken eggs for good measure).
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Yeah that's how genetics work, but applying black ink to a sheep doesn't actually change their DNA :tongue.gif:
They could very well just do it anyway in Minecraft but then there wouldn't be much point in finding dyes at all.
Gotta find the dyes to do the initial coloring, also, some dyes are ridiculously rare (cocoa beans) so an easy way to get brown wool would be great. As to genetics, it is only a game, and the code that speccifies color could be considered the sheeps "genetic code", which change when you dye them. Eggs are fine, color as a passable trait is fine, it is a game, after all, let's be creative, it's what MC is all about!
The problem is that a majority of childrens parents think that sex is a dirty thing for children to know exists.
There isn't anything inherently "wrong" with sex, but although the sex taboo is artificial, it still exists and has to be acknowledged. You probably don't think introducing a child to sex will damage them, but most people do, and that will most assuredly have an effect them. No kid wants to grow up believing there's something wrong with them.
Wouldn't this give nightmares for parents with kids who play minecraft???
....... no what should give parents nightmares is trying to explain to them that mammals don't come from eggs*
See a baby animal (or a full cow/sheep/pig) magically appearing you can explain away with a simple "well thats just how things work" or the likes.
The egg, the egg is like a land mine, it sets you up for an unpleasant conversation in the not too distant future. Whenever it is that your child is informed that cows don't come from eggs (I do not think that's going to take long). Now you have a perplexed child who is asking you about cows and why it is they don't come from eggs.
You have moved from a brush off answer to a more detailed explanation. Didn't think this through did we?
*yes, yes
The platypus is an egg laying mammal, it is also venomous. Horseshoe crabs have copper based blood .... what's your point?
....... no what should give parents nightmares is trying to explain to them that mammals don't come from eggs*
See a baby animal (or a full cow/sheep/pig) magically appearing you can explain away with a simple "well thats just how things work" or the likes.
The egg, the egg is like a land mine, it sets you up for an unpleasant conversation in the not too distant future. Whenever it is that your child is informed that cows don't come from eggs (I do not think that's going to take long). Now you have a perplexed child who is asking you about cows and why it is they don't come from eggs.
You have moved from a brush off answer to a more detailed explanation. Didn't think this through did we?
*yes, yes
The platypus is an egg laying mammal, it is also venomous. Horseshoe crabs have copper based blood .... what's your point?
Do any of you even have kids? This is a bit silly. Seems more like a chance to talk about sex than minecraft. LOL
The egg, the egg is like a land mine, it sets you up for an unpleasant conversation in the not too distant future. Whenever it is that your child is informed that cows don't come from eggs (I do not think that's going to take long). Now you have a perplexed child who is asking you about cows and why it is they don't come from eggs.
Now we're talking about an age range that probably doesn't even play Minecraft. The discussion really only realistically applies 8-12 year-olds, and if a game about cuboid cows leaves them confused about basic real-world mammal biology, I'd say something has already gone wrong with their education.
let us know when the mod's done then, hope you're good with animations and character meshes! :smile.gif:
in other words, put your money where your mouth is, i'm calling your bluff and you only even mentioned the coding aspects of implementing it.
24 hours gone again, wasted in futility, welcome to minecraft modding, that is (unfortunately) our community.
(an ode to minecraft modding)
i keep making the same mistake, i think "oh, i've given them a few months, surely it'll be fixed by now" THAT is why i seem to ALWAYS be angry to some of you, my advice is to get the lead out.
there were nice things here, until the mod author threw a tantrum.
I know that was likely satire but it seems like there are some out there that actually think that is what notch is going to do..... We aren't going to get an animated birds and bees edition of animal husbandry in Minecraft. At most we are going to get animated hearts.
Yes, I expect it will be very valentines day cartoonish, a burst of little hearts followed by a new critter magically poofing into existance. I'd rather have eggs, with a chance of new animal instead of egg.
Terrain Generation Changes: Which biomes and world-building features are most in need of change?
Kinda like genetics, blue sheep + red sheep = purple sheep, kinda like dyes. Could be modeled with probabilities like punnit(sp?) squares. Would be fun.
Knowing is different than seeing it.
No one wants to see animals mate
More importantly, why do all the cows or pigs or chickens have to look like clones. They deserve some color variation too. Sheep shouldn't be the only ones showing off their fancy colors.
If color won't tell the animals apart, maybe the cow eggs should have little horns, sheep eggs wittle wool snuggies, and pig eggs have spiral tails to tell them apart instead of color (maybe add red waddles to the chicken eggs for good measure).
Terrain Generation Changes: Which biomes and world-building features are most in need of change?
Gotta find the dyes to do the initial coloring, also, some dyes are ridiculously rare (cocoa beans) so an easy way to get brown wool would be great. As to genetics, it is only a game, and the code that speccifies color could be considered the sheeps "genetic code", which change when you dye them. Eggs are fine, color as a passable trait is fine, it is a game, after all, let's be creative, it's what MC is all about!
For your own sake, stay safe in this forum.
There isn't anything inherently "wrong" with sex, but although the sex taboo is artificial, it still exists and has to be acknowledged. You probably don't think introducing a child to sex will damage them, but most people do, and that will most assuredly have an effect them. No kid wants to grow up believing there's something wrong with them.
....... no what should give parents nightmares is trying to explain to them that mammals don't come from eggs*
See a baby animal (or a full cow/sheep/pig) magically appearing you can explain away with a simple "well thats just how things work" or the likes.
The egg, the egg is like a land mine, it sets you up for an unpleasant conversation in the not too distant future. Whenever it is that your child is informed that cows don't come from eggs (I do not think that's going to take long). Now you have a perplexed child who is asking you about cows and why it is they don't come from eggs.
You have moved from a brush off answer to a more detailed explanation. Didn't think this through did we?
*yes, yes
The platypus is an egg laying mammal, it is also venomous. Horseshoe crabs have copper based blood .... what's your point?
Do any of you even have kids? This is a bit silly. Seems more like a chance to talk about sex than minecraft. LOL
Now we're talking about an age range that probably doesn't even play Minecraft. The discussion really only realistically applies 8-12 year-olds, and if a game about cuboid cows leaves them confused about basic real-world mammal biology, I'd say something has already gone wrong with their education.
Breeding. NO EGGS.
But to the dismay of that other guy it is feed and breed.
You get wheat, right click on one animal and then another, out of nowhere comes another