🦖 ARKCraft — Update Release Notes

🌊 14 New Marine, Semi-Aquatic & Flying Dinosaurs

• Marine Reptiles & Prehistoric Sea Life (8 Species): Mosasaurus, Kronosaurus, Shonisaurus, Plesiosaurus, Attenborosaurus, Xiphactinus (non-rideable tameable predator), Ichthyosaurus (non-rideable friendly companion), and Ammonite (releases a defensive Toxic Ink Cloud when hit and drops 4–7x Chitin, 2–4x Keratin & 1–3x Oil).

• Semi-Aquatic Predators (5 Species): Spinosaurus (1.50x Apex scale), Oxalaia, Sarcosuchus (with Death Roll ability), Ichthyovenator, and Baryonyx (with Aqua Tail Spin stun ability) — featuring the Hydrated Buff (💧) in water.

• New Flying Mount: Pteranodon (3.15x ARK scale, taller than the player on the ground, with Supersonic Flight Boost).

• Sexual Dimorphism Textures (♂ / ♀): Added gender-specific _male and _female textures for the new species.
  
  

🧭 3-Column Dinosaur Management UI, Wander Toggle & Stance AI

• Modern 3-Column Dinosaur Screen (ArkDinoScreen):

  • Left Column: Level, XP bar, stats, stat upgrade buttons, and Rename Dinosaur (✎).

  • Center Column: 21 base slots + up to 42 expandable storage slots with equipped Dino Bags.

  • Right Management Column: One-click toggles for Mating (♥), Wandering (🧭 Wander: ON/OFF), Order (📢 Follow / Wander / Stay), and Combat Stance (⚔ Neutral / Passive / Aggressive).

• Shoreline-Safe Aquatic Follow AI: Tamed marine dinosaurs following their owner now stop cleanly at the water's edge instead of climbing onto shore blocks and suffocating.
  
  

🐎 3D Procedural Saddles, Prone Aquatic Riding & Walkable Back Platform

• 3D Saddle & Saddlebag Layer (ArkDinoSaddleLayer): Renders custom-fitted 3D saddles (Apex War, Split-Sail, Colossal Platform, Aquatic Prone Harness, Standard Cavalry) and Tier 1–3 Saddlebags directly on dinosaur models.

• Prone Aquatic Riding (ArkPlayerModel & ArkClientSetup): Riders lie flat on the saddle gripping the front handles on marine mounts (both underwater and at the surface) and on semi-aquatics while swimming.

• Walkable Water Platform & Continuous Night Vision: Dismounting onto a water mount lets you stand on its back above water, and riding any aquatic/semi-aquatic mount grants continuous Night Vision and Water Breathing until dismounting.
  
  

⚡ Modernized Engram Tree UI (6 Categories) & S+ Feeding Trough

• Redesigned Engram Tree (G): Dark-slate glassmorphic UI with item icons, 6 functional categories (All, Survival, Structure, Combat & Armor, Taming, Industry & Tech), automatic 2x2 Inventory vs 3x3 Crafting Table grid detection, and station ingredient previews.

• S+ Feeding Trough: 27-slot block that extends food spoil timers by 4x and automatically feeds nearby tamed and baby dinosaurs within 32 blocks.
  
  

🦘 ARK Scale & Jump Overhaul, Water Space Ascent & QoL

• Authentic ARK Proportions & Exact Saddle Alignment: Rescaled all 40+ dinosaurs to ARK size tiers and aligned getPassengerRidingOffset with the exact 3D saddle surface across every rideable species.

• Species-Specific Jump Power & Forward Leap: Replaced the uniform 1-block jump with ARK-style per-species vertical jump heights (1.9 to 4.8+ blocks) and forward pounce momentum.

• Continuous Water Ascent (Space): Holding Space in water on any non-flying dinosaur smoothly swims upward to the surface and onto shore.

• Mounted Ground Item Pickup, TamableAnimal Support & Dual-Version Parity (1.20.1 Forge & 1.21.1 NeoForge): Pick up ground items without dismounting, full TamableAnimal compatibility for third-party mods, sleek 6px HUD with Numbers Mode enabled by default, and full parity across both 1.20.1 Forge and 1.21.1 NeoForge.