Hitchhiker 1.2.1 — Trail Companions

This update includes all changes since the previous CurseForge release, 1.1.0.

New features

• Added opt-in collection filters for mining supplies, crops and flowers, and mob drops. Companions walk to reachable nearby drops and play a munch animation when collecting them.
• Added 18 mineral-only slots for eligible Crystal Keepers, alongside the 36 regular slots. Shift-click and automatic collection prefer mineral slots.
• Added a persistent form lock, controlled from the Companion Controller.
• Added short personality behaviours: curious sniffing, sleepy dozing, affectionate approaches, and brave positioning after the owner is attacked.
• Added occasional biome gifts after at least 20 minutes together and 512 blocks travelled, with inventory-space checks, cooldowns, and rewarded-region history.

Final inventory and controller improvements

• Non-crystal inventories have only 36 slots. Blue slots require crystal form and supporting crystal-affinity contents; locking the appearance does not bypass those requirements.
• Losing crystal capacity returns items to regular cargo. Overflow is placed beside the companion for its owner, without timed despawn. The open inventory changes size automatically.
• Removed the help sidebar and explanatory paragraphs from the inventory. The collection-filter button remains; Lock / Unlock is in the controller.
• Controller capacity counts reflect the actual 36 or 54 slots.
• Collection respects pickup delays, player-reserved items, full inventories, combat, and owner commands.
• New settings, mineral cargo, gift cooldowns, and region history persist through saves and Sleeping Hitchhiker recovery.

Compatibility

Minecraft Java 1.21.1, NeoForge, Java 21. Tested loader: NeoForge 21.1.249. Update both server and all clients to 1.2.1; earlier versions are not network-compatible. Back up worlds before upgrading and do not downgrade worlds using the new mineral slots.

Verification: 39 server GameTests and 18 client checks passed. Long multiplayer sessions on a separate server remain unverified.