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WANT TO SPAWN ONE? DO IT NEAR A TREE!

A quick overview by Minecraftwb


A portugese review by SnorlaxBR_

- Step 1: Install Minecraft Forge (build 6.6.0.497 or higher)) and optionally Mob Spawn Control.
- Step 2: Download Atmosmobs from the link above.
- Step 3: Unzip the contents of the downloaded zip. You should have a resources and mods folder now.
- Step 4: Go to your start menu (or search bar) and type: %appdata%
- Step 5: Go to the .minecraft folder in the folder that just opened.
- Step 6: Copy the resources and mods folder to this folder.
- Step 7: Play

- Step 1: Obtain the server.jar from Minecraft.net
- Step 2: Install Forge's latest server build into that.
- Step 3: Run the server and when it's done booting: Type "stop" in the console and press enter.
- Step 4: Delete the just created World folder and drop the mods folder from the download to the mods folder that the server just created.
- Step 5: Start up the server again
(Hope that works)

This guide requires Mob Spawn Control to be installed. It makes it possible for the player to adjust spawning to his/her liking.
Default Guide:
When installed run the game once without making a new world. Then open up your .minecraft folder. You will see a DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt which has been created by MSC. When you open it you will see an easy overview of all biomes and mob spawns. You can choose to change spawns using this txt file.
HOWEVER it is easier to actually go IN-GAME open a test-world and change the spawns using the F6 key. When done, open up your save folder in the .minecraft folder and find the folder of the test-world. You will see a SpawnConfiguation.txt which has exactly the same layout as the DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt. Just rename the SpawnConfiguation.txt to DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt and copy it to the .minecraft folder so it overwrites the original DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt. Now every world you make will have the spawn configuration you made in the test-world.
Pre-made Configuration Spawning Guide (Biomes O Plenty etc.)
When installed, go to the AtmosMobsv1.3.2_MC1.4.7.zip which is what you downloaded to get this mod. Open it (before or after extracting) and you will see a folder called MSC configs. Open it and you will see all kinds of DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt files. The name indicates the function.
(BiomesOPlenty-normal)DefaultSpawnConfiguration = increased normal spawning in th normal biomes and the Biomes O Plenty Biomes
(BiomesOPlenty-special)DefaultSpawnConfiguration = this makes it so all AtmosMobs mobs spawn like monsters in the normal biomes and the Biomes O Plenty Biomes. They despawn, but they keep spawning around the player like monsters at night, Recommended to not use this with MoCreatures unless you tweak the configuration because it increases spawning A LOT.
(ExtraBiomesXL-normal)DefaultSpawnConfiguration= increased normal spawning in the normal biomes and the ExtraBiomesXL Biomes
(ExtraBiomesXL-special)DefaultSpawnConfiguration = this makes it so all AtmosMobs mobs spawn like monsters in the normal biomes and the ExtraBiomesXL Biomes. They despawn, but they keep spawning around the player like monsters at night, Recommended to not use this with MoCreatures unless you tweak the configuration because it increases spawning A LOT.
(OnlyAtmosMobs-normal)DefaultSpawnConfiguration = increased normal spawning in the normal biomes
(OnlyAtmosMobs-special)DefaultSpawnConfiguration = this makes it so all AtmosMobs mobs spawn like monsters in the normal biomes. They despawn, but they keep spawning around the player like monsters at night. Recommended to not use this with MoCreatures unless you tweak the configuration because it increases spawning A LOT.

Open your .minecraft folder and copy the configuration that you want to there. Rename it to exactly: DefaultSpawnConfiguration.txt. If you already have one, overwrite it. Now all newly made worlds should have the new spawning. If nothing happens make sure that MSC didnt overwrite the config again. This happens somtimes.

I really recommend the special ones, they really make AtmosMobs a more fun experience! MIND THOUGH because mobs spawn LIKE monsters, you need to have the game on Easy or higher difficulty.
Adjust DefaultSpawnConfiguration to your liking to optimize your experience.

When you want to turn OFF mobs completely easely, then you can't use the pre-made configurations for MSC. You will need to make one off your own. See below how to do this easely.

Install the mod and run the game once. Close it and go tou your .minecraft folder. There should be a config folder here. Open it and you will find an AtmosMobs.cfg. Open it wit Notepad and you will see a list of values with explanation. Change true to false at the things you want to disable, like mobs and features. Change the item ID to a different number if you are having conflicts. Save the file and load up the game again. (If you use MSC and disabled mobs, make sure to delete the DefaultSpawnConfig so it can make a new one. Changes should have been applied.

To disable mobs but STILL use the pre-made configurations you will need to edit the DefaultSpawnConfig. An easy way to do this, is by copying the content to, for example, Word. Then replace all Atmosmobs.mobname{value,value,value} with nothing. Then move everything back to the config. This should prevent those mobs from spawning.

My Minecraft crashes on load. What do I do?
Ask yourself the following questions:
- Did I move all the files into the .minecraft folder?
- Did I install Minecraft Forge API?
- Did I remove the META-INF folder in the minecraft.jar?
- Do I have item ID conficts with other mods? (check the crash report)
If none of these apply, then send me the crash report in a spoiler.
I have item ID conflicts. What do I do?
There should be a folder called config in your .minecraft folder. Check the contents and find teh AtmosMobs.cfg file. Open it with Notepad. Here you see all the item IDs and its respective items. Change the conflicting IDs and save. If the game works, it's fixed. If not, try another ID or if a new conflict occured, fix that one too.
I don't like Worms digging and Beavers creating dams (etc.). Can I turn it off?
here should be a folder called config in your .minecraft folder. Check the contents and find teh AtmosMobs.cfg file. Open it with Notepad. Here you see some settings in the General section. Change true to false behind the features that you want to turn off.
Does this mod work on LAN?
Yes
Does this mod work on SMP?
It should, but minimal testing went into it. I would love some feedback on this.
How do I dismount Phoenix Wings?
Press shift.
I found a bug. What do I do?
Report it to me directly.
My game lags because of this mod's mobs. What do I do?
There are multiple actions that you can take:
- Install Mob Spawn Control as mentioned in the Downloads section. It will give you the ability to reduce spawning or just turn off spawning of certain mobs.
- Install Optifine to increase your performance (not sure if compatible with Forge though).
- Change video settings in-game.
- Maybe you are running to many programs at once. Close some.
- Uninstall the mod. Your cpu might not be able to handle it.
Mobs are glitching through the floor. Why?
This occasionally happens and is caused by Minecraft itself. It especially happens when mounting and dismounting mobs. Birds can also do this from time to time. Sometimes punching them helps :3
What happened to the poll?
It will be back soon.
Can I join the AtmosMobs team?
Show me your skills in what you want to do for the team and I might just consider you as a new member. Tester, texturer, coder, modeller or wiki contributor. All fine.
Will there be a Modloader-only version?
Probably not.
Will it be compatible with CustomMobSpawner again?
Maybe, but most people seem to prefer the original way of spawning mobs.

01-12-2013: v1.3.2b
- Sea creatures no longer take fall damage underwater
- Animals no longer spawn underground
- Moles no longer get randomly get

01-12-2013: v1.3.2a
- Fixed Stationary Entity textures
- Fixed Frog drowning

01-11-2013: v1.3.2
- Added internal ExtraBiomesXL support
- Added optional DefaultSpawnConfig for Mob Spawn Control. Just mess around with spawn frequencies and creature spawn caps if you don't like this one. Use with MoCreatures might cause loads of mobs to spawn.
- Added option to remove mob spawns through the config file. If you have Mob Spawn Control, remove the DefaultSpawnConfig in your .minecraft. Then remove the spawn in the config. The let the game make a Default Spawn Config. Don't use the one that is given in the download.
- Added option to remove skeleton head spawn by Vultures in the config.
- Vultures now only spawn skeleton head 1/5 of the time.
- Added Revamped version of Vulture
- Added Revamped version of Parrot (Seagull and Pidgeon are left)
- Added Revamped version of Vampire Bat
- Added Revamped version of Squirrel (it now holds cocoa beans :3)
- Added Revamped version of Pigeon
- Added Revamped version of Seagull
- Added longer tail to Dragonfly
- Mantis is now tamable using a fern/tallgrass. It can mount the player by right-clicking. No further uses yet.
- Phoenix Wings have been changed. When used the player will go slowly up automatically. When moving, it depends on if the player is looking up or down whether the player will go up/down.
- Swordfish Alive can be used as a sword ,2 times before it breaks :3
- Fish don't randomly get hit 20 anymore.
- Improved wing animations of birds.
- Fixed Butterfly Species texture.
- Fixed upside down Bat problem.
- Fixed items not being consumed when decorating Christmas Tree
- Changed Santa spawn to once every 200 Reindeers. (Might get completely removed at some point)
- Fixed Seagull sounds
- Chameleon and Dodo eggs can be used to replace normal Eggs in crafting recipes for Pumpkin Pie and Cake.
- Added 6 optional DefaultSpawnConfigs to use with MobSpawnControl
- Made some fixes in bird behaviour. Mind that sometimes they still appear glitchy but this usually is temporary or just when they are far away from the player.
- Reorganised the mod code into folders.
- Fixed quite some minor bugs
- Updated to Minecraft 1.4.7 and Forge 6.6.0

12-30-2012: v1.3.1
o Revamped Crow added
o Revamped Owl added (WIP some Z fighting is visible)
o Bird behaviour might not be optimal yet, but has been improved
o Fixed Frog hitbox
o Attempted ExtraBiomesXL support but it just won't work... even asked Scotkillen for help, I will keep working on it though

12-24-2012: v1.3
o Added Santa Claus
o Added Reindeer
o Added ChristmasTree
o Most mobs despawn again by default because this was a lag causer.
o Added Christmas Tree item
o Added Christmas Star item
o Bison doesn't hurt you when holding Wheat anymore, but still hurts you when you remove it afterwards
o Changed all sound files into ogg files
o Fixed Seal drowning the player
o Reindeer auto jumps when collided (buggy) because of Minecraft mount-jump issues

11-29-2012: v1.2 + 1.2.2
o Added 1.4.5 Single Player compatibility
o Added Beaver mob
o Added Lava Snake mob
o Added Phoenix mob
o Added Praying Mantis mob
o Added Bison mob
o Added Salamander mob
o Added Bee mob
o Added Cave Worm mob
o Added Beehive entity
o Added Phoenix Wings item
o Added Phoenix Wings entity
o Added Flame rod item
o Added Spear of Fire item
o Added Phoenix feather item
o Added Salamander Slime item
o Added Honeycomb item
o Added Mouse Alive item
O Added Raw Mouse item
o Added Cooked Mouse item
o Temporarely removed:
-- Custom Mob Spawner Support
-- Configuration file (Sorry >.<)
o Added Multiple species for:
(-- Mobname (amount of total species))
-- Whale (3)
-- Butterfly (2)
-- Sea Turtle (2)
-- Crab (3)
-- Rabbit (2)
-- Pidgeon (2)
-- Owl (2)
-- Bat (2)
-- Lizard (3)
-- Parrot (3)
-- McFish (3)
o Completely re-did bird behaviour
o Completely re-did saving species and taming status to nbttagcompound
o Removed frog taming texture
o All tamed creatures will occasionally spawn heart particles to indicate that they are tamed
o Lava snake now drops the flame rod differently
o Moles are less glitchy
o Bugs can only be harmed with a shovel (because of the surface)
o Changed mouse and owl taming process
o Mice have ears now
o Increased Crow size
o Changed Firefly model
o Improved bug "block" attraction
o Climbing mobs no longer climb up entire walls
o Most mobs no longer sufficate from walls
o Dodo mushroom spawn rate has been reduced
o Fixed some shadows
o Small mobs no longer drown themselves
o Crows now ruin your crops!

12-15-2012 Official Release fixes:
o Config file is back ,with new features
o Bison defends itself
o Dodo and Cameleon egg temporarely show up as normal eggs when shown (improvement but still a bug)
o SMP support (not a lot of testing has gone into this though. Bare with me)
o The Entity Tracking lag should be fixed now
o Bees now die because of water, so flee into the water if you are getting stung!
o Loads of other stuffz

07-21-2012: v1.1:
Advises: Delete the config file from the last version before playing with the new one! A clean jar is always advised but shouldn't be needed. It is also advised to despawn all mobs that spawned prior to this update.

- Added ExtraBiomesXL support!
- Added Mole spawning
- Added Rabbit/Hare spawning
- Added the Mahi Mahi, which was the requested mob by the contest winner.
- Added the Dodo
- Rabbits are now tameable with red flowers. They will sit on the players head. No special abilities yet!
- Dodos have several abilities. Try using some mushroom soup on a tamed one!
- Added option to disable chain-spawning in config file.
- Fixed most Mole bugs, except the shadow size.
- Tweaked ALL spawns to work better with other mods that use CustomMobSpawner!
- Added dodo egg and mahimahi fish items.
- Sea Turtles no longer suffocate when on land.
- Changed Cameleon egg sprite.

07-03-2012: v1.0.1:
Note: This is a WIP version but it is stable and ready for use!
- Added McForge 3.3.8 support. New forge removes the need for Modloader and Audiomod!
- Added config file. (YAY)
- Fixed Enderman spawnrate.
- Added Hare(called Rabbit atm) and Mole test version. Only available in Creative mode!

06-04-2012: v1.0:
It might be better to re-install the mod from scratch, but I don't think this is needed.
It is also advised that you despawn ALL mobs that were spawned prior to this update, because mobs with an outdated code will somehow lag the game A LOT!
- Added mods folder installation
- Added McForge Support
- Added CustomMobSpawner Support
- Added ReefManta
- Added Colourful Fish
- Added SwordFish
- Added Sea Turtle
- Added Star Fish
- Added Angler
- Added Whisp
- Made bats only spawn underground
- Fixed a lot of bugs with behaviour of some mobs
- Added different species for the colourful fish and owl (applied to more mobs soon)
- Changed texture of butterfly and moth to flat winged textures
- Added heart particles when a mob gets tamed
- Temporarely removed config file for mob spawn rates (will be back soon) You CAN ,however, toggle "old world" spawns in the config. If set to 'true', mobs will spawn in alpha and early beta worlds.
- Fixed blowfish and piranha item switch
- Added a Raw, Cooked and Live version of most fish mobs
- Made water creature turn when ascending/descending
- Made stationary entities (like the scarecrow) turnable with a wooden shovel (right-click)
- Fixed fish no-clipping into walls
- Reduced moth check-torch radius and buttefly check-flower radius, because of lag issues
- Bats don't get stuck underwater anymore
- Bats now temporarely make mice sounds which don't sound that weird for the bats and are less annoying
- Changed net recipe because of incompatibility problemms
- Some mobs have chain-spawns meaning that they spawn certain mobs with them to make them more common
- Seagulls no longer kill tamed fish
- Added ExtremeHills as a spawn biome for mobs that spawn on the plains
- Added a secret.... Can you find it?

04-27-2012: Alpha v1.3:
- Changed Bird behaviour dramaticly.
- Added Owl.
- Added Seagull.
- Added Parrot.
- Added Pigeon.
- Added Vulture.
- Reduced Cameleon Egg lay rate.
- Added Scarecrow.
- Added Bird Cage
- Added Bird Sitting Stick.
- Made Mouse tameable by right-click.
- Mice now climb blocks instead of jumping.
- Made all birds tameable.
- Owls and Parrots have benefits when tamed.
- Changed Fish Taming system.
- Added Net.
- Changed all files to *Type*Atmos*MobName.java so a clean jar is advised.
- Changed Bird Wing Animation.
- Changed some of the old sounds into better ones.
- The randomness of ascending/descending is now different for every bird. Example: Seagulls won't descend as often as Pigeons.

04-19-2012: Alpha v1.2:
- Added Crow as a bird protoype (took forever D: more birds will come soon).
- Slightly decreased default spawnrate of some night mobs.
- Added option to change itemIDs and Spawnrates using the config files (see installation section for a video on it).
- Moved the items into the mod files of their specific mob so you can disable certain items unsing the Modloader.cfg (also explained in the video).

04-11-2012: Alpha v1.1:
- Added Blowfish.
- Added McFish.
- Added 5 new items: Blowfish, Piranha, Dead Blowfish, Dead Piranha and McFish.
- Added 3 crafting recipes.
- Blowfish, Piranha and McFish are tameable by using their specific drop.
- Seal is now tameable with a Dead Blowfish.
- Tamed Seal is ridable.
- You can heal a Seal to full health with a raw fish.
- Removed 'hopping' movement of the Seal.
- A Seal can now only climb 1 block high.
- Seals now spawn in water AND on land in artic biomes.
- Added option to turn on/off specific mobs with the Modloader config file in the config folder.
- Bats now also fly away when upside down and hit by a player.
- Whales are even more rare now.
- Added spawn eggs for all new mobs.
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- Added the missing RenderWhale.class
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Some small fixes and additions.
- Changed Moth drop to sticks instead of glowstone dust for balancing reasons.
- Fixed Blowfish hitting the player when tamed.
- Changed in-game name of McFish to Minecraft Fish and Mouse to Field Mouse (to make it Mo Creatures COmpatible) (so if these 2 mobs are spawned in your current world , they will disappear because the game doesnt recognise them. Just find new ones :3 I hope it wont cause crashes (it shouldnt))
- Messed around with some spawn rates to make the bat more rare and some others more common.
- Added a custom sound to bats. They hardly make the sounds when upside down, but if you wake them they will make you crazy xD

04-06-2012: Alpha v1.0.3:
- Updated to Mc 1.2.5
- Added Seal (prototype).
- Changed Squirrel tail slightly.
- Doubled spawn rate of the biome specific creatures, let's hope that does the trick.
- Removed some collision reductions.

04-01-2012: Alpha v1.0.2:
- Made Frogs Tameable by right-clicking them with a slimeBall (this is a placeholder).
- Made it so Frogs get green eyes when tamed.
- Made Frogs sit still on Lily Pads so you can make them stop moving.
- Made tamed Frogs sit on the player's head by right-clicking.
- Fixed Chameleon Eggs spawning an adult Chameleon instead of a child.
- Added a new drop for the frog: Frog Leg
- Added Frog Leg which has a funny feature when eaten.
- Fixed Squirrel hurt sound being Mouse sound.
- Made Squirrels climb trees.
- Fixed Squirrel spawn egg color.
- Changed Squirrel drops to Melon/Pumpkin Seeds.
- Added Rare Drop to Squirrel.
- Re-added butterflies flying around flowers instead of sitting in the air above them.
- Changed some file names to make it compatible with More Mobs.

03-30-2012: Alpha v1.0.1:
- Reduced spawn of some night creatures.
- Fixed Whale lag and movement problemms (at least I hope).
- Lowered Mouse Living Sound volume.
- Fixed suicidal Fireflies.
- Added Squirrel Mob!
- Partially fixed small creatures being able to push the player (they dont push you when walking now).
- Added more light sources to the Moth attraction behaviour (Glowstone Block and Jack'o'Lantern).
- Added Bat behaviour of going upside down while hanging on the ceiling.

03-29-2012: Alpha v1.0.0:
- Released the mod

o Christmas Trees can't be collided with
o Sometimes you can get large amounts of lag when a large amount of mobs spawns.

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For 1.2.3 users I have some older versions of some of the mobs but seperate downloads:
Crab: http://www.mediafire...32nws26de320q21
Piranha: http://www.mediafire...t84ff677ki8qobe
Dragonfly: http://www.mediafire...ibgbb4yzwzxilyb
Chameleon: http://www.mediafire...lvaiwe2ghopygqq

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