Alec's Animal Husbandry! - Taming, Breeding, Mounts, Combat Pets, Leveling, Hunger, Thirst, and more!

1.4.1 - Coop Fallback Restoration Hotfix - 2026-04-09

Fixed

• Restored the temporary coop fallback assets (Server/Farming/Coops/Coop_Chicken.json and Server/Tamework/Items/Coops/ACCoopChicken.json) so coop flows remain stable when Alec's Coops is not enabled.

Changed

• Updated manifest.json version to 1.4.1.

1.4.0 - Multi-Food Feed Families + Timed Feed Happiness - 2026-04-08

Added

• Added predator-specific needs/happiness config assets (AHNeedsBeast, AHHappBeast) so tamed predators can consume/use carnivore feed with dedicated impulse mappings.
• Added optional food classification parameters to tamed templates (FoodFavorite, FoodGeneric, FoodPremium) for role-driven feed impulse mapping without per-role config duplication.

Changed

• Updated command item naming to Animal Control Flute (base) and Combat Beast Flute (upgrade), and aligned player-facing docs/localization.
• Updated command item progression recipes/bench tiers to the current design (Animal Control Flute on Farming Bench Tier 2, Combat Beast Flute on Farming Bench Tier 6 with Wild Wisteria log gate).
• Converted the base command item presentation from bag-style visuals/sounds to flute-style behavior and refreshed flute texture/icon differentiation between Animal Control and Combat Beast variants.
• Feed interactions now keep AttractiveItemSet as the baseline food family and also accept feed items by cohort (Tw_Feed_Herbivore for livestock/neutral/critter, Tw_Feed_Carnivore for predator).
• Passive needs consumption now includes feed items in container food ids (herbivore feed for default cohorts, carnivore feed for predator cohort).
• Happiness configs now use timed feed impulses (HandFeedDurationMinutes, FeedImpulseDurationMinutes) with param/item mappings so feed effects refresh instead of stacking.
• Enabled HerbivoreFeed and CarnivoreFeed asset-set toggles in AHGlobal.
• Expanded tamed livestock group matching for neutral/critter cohorts using wildcard suffixes and restored Mosshorn coverage in livestock interaction role lists.
• Removed the temporary coop fallback assets introduced in 1.3.4.
• Updated release metadata to 1.4.0 and aligned required Alec's Tamework dependency to 2.8.x.
• Rebalanced companion happiness around generic feed so baseline care remains below breeding readiness: generic feed impulses are now stronger negatives while active care boosts (hand-feed and pet) were tuned to let players push breeding readiness through intervention.
• Raised breeding happiness requirements from 70 to 80 across passive breeding configs and manual breed interaction gates for livestock, neutral, beast, and critter cohorts.
• Expanded wiki/README coverage for 1.4.0 command and care loops, including dedicated Feed Items + Feed Trough pages, generic-feed happiness penalty notes, and Wisteria-gated Combat Beast Flute progression guidance.