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Have you ever looked at the common pigs, chickens, cows, etc, then looked at the horse? You may have noticed a clear difference in design, and how much better the horse looked. As you know, something similar happened in 1.13, but in reverse. So the question is, why make the horse worst when you could make the other animals better? This mod aims to do that, but still in a vanilla-esque way, so these models would fit seamlessly into your worlds, but still be a bit better than the vanilla models. In addition, this mod is very simple in its goal--better animal models but without adding genders, breeds, special care, etc., as some of us simply want the vanilla animals to look a bit better.

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But pictures speak louder than words, so here's an album to check out:

(Alt link:https://imgur.com/a/q9kpZJp)

Note: Even though this mod has a few builds out so far, I'm creating this thread in order to see if any coders are interested, as the original coders have left in order to pursue brighter pastures, though this mod isn't in a very good state, as many have mentioned bad frames (due to the usage of loops in-game), and I would also like for this mod to be client-sided, simply replacing Vanilla models instead of overwriting the mobs entirely, in order for better compat reasons. I would also like for this mod to not need any dependencies if possible, thanks.

Also check out my other WIP mod, Better Animals+!

I'm thinking about doing some mod compat, for starters, here's some PrimalCore mobs:

Brown bear, black bear, and steppe wolf.

UPDATE: Added the ovis atre, with a devilish look to show it's a nether linage, as well as udders (not visible here) to show it can be milked

Also BearWithMe and Sophisticated Wolves look more than doable, may do those next.

Quote from Chicken_9000»

Awesome looking spiders and bears. Are endermites going to get a new look?

Now we will need a mod to make nicer looking skeletons, zombies, and other hostiles.

I will probably re-do skellies later, as for endermites, not so sure on them since they seem to be less creatures of biology and more like..."entities" spawned out of tearing time space, but we'll see.

Better Animals 2.0 is out!
Grab it here: https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/better-animal-models/files/2587147

The biggest change is BA has been totally re-written! BA no longer totally overwrites vanilla mobs and the things that extend them, both vanilla and modded. Instead BA now simply replaces models! This not only reduces (if not eliminates) frame issues, but also makes BA more compatible with other mods!

Note: this will cause pre-spawned BA mobs to disappear, so keep that in mind. But this will be worth it in the end.

Quote from The_Edgy_Whale»

so it's a resource pack rn? lol

You can consider it that I guess. But well at least you don't need Optifine for it?

So I decided to make a new sheep model, one more in the style of the coming bear, wolf, and future mobs, less the heavy vanilla style of the current sheep. What's your idea on it? Should it replace the current model fully? Or possible added as a toggle? On a related note, I may give the cow/mooshroom and maybe the pig a similar treatment, but the chicken will stay as-is.

Another remodel of a remodel, this time the cow
May redo the pig next, though it will be more akin to a tweak and less a remodel. The chicken I feel still holds up and will stay as-is.

New sheep is done!
Now with proper sheep aesthetics and floof

Quote from Mancu32»

When you release this mod?

The mod's been out a while now, its on CurseForge, but not all models are implemented yet.

Alright, after more tweaking than I'd like to admit, new cow V2 is done!
Don't worry about the lack of shrooms, they're added in the code, not on the model

New pig model!