Village Overseer Changelog

v2.3.1 — Animation Runtime Fix

• Fixed 75,197 repeated Molang animation errors.
• Removed incompatible query.property(...) calls.
• Added hidden scoreboard-backed animation state:
  • vo_state
  • vo_face_yaw
  • vo_face_pitch
• Preserved smooth independent face tracking.
• Added visual-state cleanup during recall and duplicate removal.
• Preserved supplied geometry, textures and animations.

v2.3.0 — Protection and Damage Controls

• Added persistent 0–500% weapon damage slider.
• Applied damage scaling to Laser, Cannonball and A-10.
• Existing configurations default to 100% damage.
• Credited kills to the owner for normal loot and XP eligibility.
• Removed the direct target.kill() fallback.
• Limited combat and loot pursuit to seven blocks from the owner.
• Forced the Overseer to return when eight blocks away.
• Added 4.5-block return-release hysteresis.
• Distant visible targets can still be fired upon without abandoning the owner.

v2.2.1 — Independent Face Tracking

• Face now rotates independently from the core and rings.
• Tracking priority:
  1. Combat target
  2. Selected loot
  3. Owner
• Added smooth body-relative yaw and pitch.
• Added turn-rate limiting to prevent snapping.
• Limited face pitch to ±65 degrees.
• Fixed the yellow transition state becoming permanently stuck.
• Red aggro state now begins after a 0.45-second transition.

v2.2.0 — Visual, Combat and Storage Upgrade

Visuals

• Installed the new user-supplied model:
  • 26 bones
  • 161 cubes
  • 128×128 texture
• Added Passive, Transition and Aggro animations.
• Corrected UV mapping for:
  • Grey core
  • Blue passive state
  • Yellow transition state
  • Red aggro state

Combat

• Added fail-closed line-of-sight checks.
• Prevented firing through walls and terrain.
• Added blocked-target retention.
• Added movement toward valid firing vantage points.
• Changed weapon aiming to target mob head positions.
• A-10 bursts now stop if line of sight is lost.

A-10 Warthog

• Increased burst to 24 rounds.
• Fires four traces every two-tick update.
• Uses 9 base damage per round.
• Reduced cooldown to 48 ticks.
• Added a custom 0.72-second BRRRT sound.

Storage

• Added direct interaction with the Overseer.
• Added owner-only storage access.
• Converted storage to a 27-slot horse-style container.
• Added:
  • Deposit held stack
  • Deposit all possible
  • Withdraw selected stack
  • Withdraw all possible

v2.1.0 — Configurable Weapons and Realm Optimization

Realm and Switch Performance

• Flight updates every two ticks.
• Sensing updates every ten ticks.
• Maximum targeting radius reduced to 48 blocks.
• Loot scans limited to 48 candidates.
• Reduced fallback particles and routing checks.
• Kept all firing modes on the existing shared effects loop.

Weapon Settings

• Added persistent SFX volume from 0–100%.
• Added independent RGB beam sliders.
• Added three firing modes:
  • Laser Beam
  • Cannonball
  • A-10 Warthog
• Settings persist across world reloads.

Laser

• Preserved instant precision damage.
• Uses a continuous configurable-color beam.

Cannonball

• Added visible projectile travel.
• Added thick configurable-color tracer.
• Added three-block splash radius.
• Limited impact query to 16 entities.
• Excludes players and protected targets.
• Does not damage terrain.

A-10

• Added rapid multi-round bursts.
• Added thin configurable-color tracers.
• Added custom firing audio.
• Queued effects are cancelled on recall or when entering Passive mode.

v2.0.8 — Hover and Pathfinding Improvements

• Restored physical hovering and bobbing.
• Added smooth stationary orbiting.
• Improved transitions between orbiting and following.
• Added independent vertical steering.
• Reduced collision box to improve doorway and corner navigation.
• Added owner-movement hysteresis to prevent twitching.
• Added solid-block raycast routing.
• Added temporary upward and sideways waypoints.
• Added non-teleport stuck recovery.
• Made loot targets sticky until collected or invalid.
• Prevented rapid switching between nearby drops.
• Reserved teleport recovery for:
  • Dimension changes
  • Distances greater than 32 blocks