Material Cows

MC 1.21.1 - v1.0.0

Core Features

• Introduced a fully data-driven system for defining custom cows via JSON in datapacks or KubeJS.
• Added 14 new built-in modded cows with specific breed chances tailored for progression (Zinc, Brass, Osmium, Tin, Lead, Uranium, Silver, Nickel, Bronze, Electrum, Invar, Signalum, Lumium, Enderium).
• Implemented 5 functional machines for processing and breeding: Milk Generator, Cow Cage, Breeding Cage, Liquid Cooler, and Advanced Cooler.
• Added support for 3 machine upgrades (Speed, Efficiency, Energy) with bulk insertion functionality via Shift/Right-click.

Integration & Compatibility

• Developed a dynamic cross-mod integration system. The mod natively supports Create, Mekanism, and Thermal Series, but gracefully ignores their respective cows and fluids if the parent mod is not installed.
• Integrated a tag-based cooling system: the Liquid Cooler queries the NeoForge dictionary to output the correct item (e.g., c:ingots/tin) ensuring compatibility regardless of which mod provides the resource.
• Added full support for JEI (Just Enough Items), displaying breeding and cooling recipes correctly with the latest 1.21 API standard.
• Integrated Jade (WAILA) support, displaying clean and intuitive visual progress bars for fluid capacity and energy storage.

Rendering & Visuals

• Developed a procedural 3D fluid rendering system inside the Cooler blocks using Translucent RenderTypes.
• Fixed UV mapping coordinates for the new Minecraft 1.21 texture atlas, ensuring fluids scale and render the exact material texture without glitches.
• Added automatic dynamic coloring for modded fluid buckets matching the material's properties.
• Implemented directional block placement (HORIZONTAL_FACING); all machine blocks will now automatically face the player when placed.

Balance & Fixes

• Adjusted the Breeding Cage logic: the cooldown for parent cows is now set to 2 minutes and 30 seconds (3000 ticks) after a successful craft.
• Fixed an issue where neighboring coolers would improperly attempt to export fluids to each other.
• Fixed missing localization strings for the Captured Cow item and its tooltip details (Tier, Breeding Cooldown, Milking Cooldown).
• Implemented complete localization for both English (US) and Italian (IT).