Merge'n'Feel

Suggested user-facing changelog (from old version to current)

Gameplay

• New: One-Hit-Kill stack mode

  • Hitting one mob in a stack kills the entire stack.
  • Loot is rolled per-mob (not scaled), so drops stay random; at least one non-empty drop is guaranteed.
  • Creepers: explosion is damage-only and scaled by stack size; the whole stack disappears after the blast.
  • Mode applies only within configurable min/max stack sizes.

• New: Optional damage scaling from stacked mobs

  • Stacked mobs can deal multiplied damage to players (per-stack factor, capped), with min/max stack gates.

• Sheep improvements

  • Sheep stack only with same color and same sheared state. Color is remembered across regrowth.
  • SINGLE shearing splits one sheep and shears that one; last single sheep always shears properly.
  • BULK shearing: shears whole stack with randomized total and configurable durability cost (COUNT/SQRT_COUNT/FIXED).

• Item stacking polish

  • Dropped items merge into large logical stacks with total counts; on pickup, items are inserted in chunks.
  • Optional colored names for item categories.

• Auto Totem upgrades

  • Modes: OFF, FILL_WHEN_EMPTY, LOW_HP_REPLACE_SHIELD.
  • Low-HP direct-use: if a hit is lethal and a totem is in inventory, it’s consumed immediately (effects applied) without equipping offhand.

Quality-of-life and controls

• Runtime keybinds:
  • M: toggle mob stacking
  • H: cycle mob stack mode (OFF → NORMAL → ONE-HIT-KILL)
  • N: toggle Auto Totem
  • B: cycle Auto Totem mode

Configuration

• New gates and controls:
  • mobs.modeMinStack / mobs.modeMaxStack for One-Hit-Kill and damage scaling.
  • mobs.excludedEntityTypes to prevent specific (vanilla/modded) mobs from stacking.
  • Sheep shearing modes/durability policy; item colorization overrides.
  • Usual stacking radius/cooldown, grace windows, strictNbt, ignoredNbtKeys, ignoreActiveEffects.

Technical/compatibility

• Updated to Minecraft 1.20.1 / Forge 47.4.0.
• Internals updated for new loot and damage APIs (LootParams, DamageTypeTags), and resource id creation.
• Build uses JDK 17 toolchain (auto-provisioned); run tasks forced to JDK 17.

Notes

• By default, stacking and Auto Totem start disabled at runtime; enable via keybinds.
• One-Hit-Kill mode uses per-mob loot with a small fallback to guarantee at least one drop.