DAI 1.9.2 Changelog

Native JSON Entities

• Added native DAI entity support.
• Added fully custom DAI entities without requiring a vanilla Zombie, Skeleton, Spider, or other mob carrier.
• Added JSON-defined entity hitbox width and height.
• Added JSON-defined native entity attributes.
• Added JSON-controlled entity behavior sequences.
• Added a generic native DAI mob implementation so individual custom mobs do not require their own Java classes.
• Added support for intentionally renderer-less native entities for fully custom resource-pack/model presentation.
• Preserved legacy carrier entity support for existing datapacks.
• Added dai:native / carrierless entity support for new datapacks.

Custom Entity AI

• Expanded JSON behavior controls for custom mob AI.
• Added target acquisition.
• Added target chasing.
• Added target-facing behavior.
• Added melee attack behavior.
• Added fleeing behavior.
• Added wandering behavior.
• Added target distance conditions.
• Added target alive conditions.
• Added target line-of-sight conditions.
• Custom entities can now use DAI behavior sequences instead of inheriting vanilla mob AI.

Main Experiences & Addons

• Added support for one active main DAI experience with unlimited addon datapacks.
• Addons can now extend an experience without competing with it for the main experience slot.
• Added combined loading of the selected main experience and discovered addons.
• Added automatic disabling of conflicting additional main experiences.
• Added combined datapack resource reloading instead of requiring a separate reload for every addon.
• Added opt-in addon role support for newer datapacks.
• Preserved compatibility with older datapacks that do not declare a pack role.
• Legacy packs continue working without requiring metadata updates.

Player Configuration

• Expanded the DAI common configuration.
• Added global automation enable/disable.
• Added separate movement automation control.
• Added separate combat automation control.
• Added separate world-editing automation control.
• Added configurable maximum actions per second.
• Added configurable maximum action queue size.
• Added addon auto-enable control.
• Added managed resource-pack auto-enable control.
• Added custom title-screen enable/disable.
• Added global overlay opacity control.

Experience Creator Controls

• Main experiences can now provide optional player-control limits.
• Added experience-level automation restrictions.
• Added movement automation restrictions.
• Added combat automation restrictions.
• Added world-editing automation restrictions.
• Added experience-defined maximum actions per second.
• Added experience-defined maximum action queue size.
• Player preferences remain authoritative: an experience can restrict a capability further, but cannot force-enable something the player disabled.
• Experiences that do not declare controls retain the previous permissive behavior.

Config Conditions

• Added config_value condition support.
• Datapacks can now react to DAI player configuration values through JSON conditions.
• Experiences can adapt gameplay or presentation when players disable optional DAI systems.

Configuration Migration

• Updated the DAI config format to version 3.
• Added automatic migration of older configuration files.
• Existing player settings are preserved during migration.
• New settings are only added when missing.
• Players do not need to delete or regenerate existing DAI configs.

Configuration UI

• Added readable localization for the expanded DAI configuration options.
• Added proper names for automation, performance, addon, resource-pack, title-screen, and presentation settings.
• Fixed raw configuration translation keys appearing in the NeoForge config screen.

Compatibility

• Existing DAI datapacks remain supported.
• Existing carrier-based custom entities remain supported.
• Existing datapacks without addon/main-role declarations remain supported.
• Existing configs automatically upgrade to the new format.
• New native entity and addon systems are opt-in, allowing older experiences to continue functioning without conversion.