/betteranimalsplus

A mod adding new animals to Minecraft

Primary LanguageJavaOtherNOASSERTION

Better Animals Plus ~ Breathing new life into your worlds

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Better Animals Plus seeks to bring new life and creatures to your worlds, all with a unique flair and aesthetic compared to other mods of the same category. The mod adds over 35 animals, and is constantly growing. We add not only animals but a variety of content, from blocks to armor, supplementing the creatures in the mod.

Visit our website for more information.

For planned features and development, join our Discord or check out our Trello.

License Statements

These are legally required statements regarding software used by the mod.

IMDLib

Better Animals Plus depends on and includes IMDLib, an entity management and configuration library, which is licensed under the MIT License.

IMDLib is Copyright itsmeow.

Fiber

Better Animals Plus and IMDLib depend on and include Fiber, a Fabric configuration library, which is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Fiber is Copyright FabLabsMC. No modifications were made to the original source.

Jankson

Better Animals Plus, IMDLib, and Fiber include Jankson, an HJSON parser and processor, which is licensed under the MIT License

Jankson is Copyright Falkreon.

Technical Stuff

Setting Up a Development Environment

  1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/itsmeow/betteranimalsplus
    1. Download & install git if necessary
  2. Ensure the JDK 16 is installed
    1. Download & install JDK 16 if necessary
  3. Open build.gradle in IntelliJ IDEA as a project
    1. Download & install IntelliJ IDEA if neccessary
  4. Go to File -> Settings -> Build, Execution, and Deployment -> Build Tools -> Gradle and ensure Gradle JVM is set to Java 16 or higher
  5. Wait for the project to sync and index
  6. Run the gradle task genIntellijRuns
  7. Done!

Building

  1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/itsmeow/betteranimalsplus
    1. Download & install git if necessary
  2. Ensure the JDK on your system's PATH is Java 16 or higher
    1. Download & install JDK 16 if necessary
  3. Run ./gradlew build or gradlew build, depending on your shell. chmod +x gradlew may be required on some filesystems.
  4. Done!