Ice and Fire: Dragon Variants

DragonVariants — Changelog v1.0.0 — Initial Release 🐉 Added — Fire Dragon Variants Added 16 new Fire Dragon textures across 4 original Ice and Fire families. Added 4 custom variants for: Red Green Bronze Gray Each family now has 5 possible appearances, including the original. Added equal 20% appearance probability for each Fire Dragon variant. ❄️ Added — Ice Dragon Variants Added 16 new Ice Dragon textures across 4 original Ice and Fire families. Added 4 custom variants for: Blue Sapphire Silver White Each family now has 5 possible appearances, including the original. Added equal 20% appearance probability for each Ice Dragon variant. ⚡ Added — Lightning Dragon Variants Added 16 new Lightning Dragon textures across 4 original Ice and Fire families. Added 4 custom variants for: Electric Blue Electric Purple Electric Bronze Electric Black Each family now has 5 possible appearances, including the original. Added equal 20% appearance probability for each Lightning Dragon variant. 🥚 Dragon Egg Integration Dragon eggs now select from 5 appearances within their original family. Each appearance has an equal 20% chance of hatching. Original Ice and Fire egg appearances remain unchanged. No custom DragonVariants egg items were introduced. 🌎 Natural Spawn Integration Naturally spawned Fire, Ice, and Lightning Dragons can receive custom variants. Existing dragons without DragonVariants data receive a variant when first processed. Variant assignment occurs only once and is permanently saved. ⚖️ Scale Compatibility Custom variants use the original Ice and Fire scale items of their parent family. No new DragonVariants scale items were added. All existing Ice and Fire scale functionality remains intact. 💾 Persistence & Synchronization Variant data persists through: World saves World reloads Game restarts Chunk unload/reload Dragon growth Entity tracking Server-side variant assignment is synchronized to clients. 🎨 Visual System Added 48 dedicated custom dragon textures. Custom appearances preserve the visual identity of their parent family while introducing distinct coloration and detailing. Original Ice and Fire textures remain available as the fifth appearance of every family. 🧩 Compatibility DragonVariants operates as an independent Ice and Fire addon. The original Ice and Fire JAR is not modified. Native Ice and Fire dragon family data remains intact. Fire, Ice, and Lightning Dragon behavior, AI, combat, growth, taming, and breeding remain unchanged. 🛠️ Commands Added DragonVariants variant listing and testing commands. Added direct spawning of individual Fire, Ice, and Lightning Dragon appearances. /dragonvariants list displays the complete collection of 60 appearances. 📊 Release Summary

60 total dragon appearances 48 new custom textures 12 original Ice and Fire appearances 3 dragon types 12 dragon families 20% equal variant probability Original Ice and Fire scales preserved No modifications to the Ice and Fire JAR

DragonVariants v1.0.0

More variety. Same dragons. A new look every time.