Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA)
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Say goodbye to those annoying and ugly squidward-nosed villagers! Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA) completely replaces villagers with humans, and adds interactions, marriage, and babies!
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And we're....back!
Hello there! It's been awhile! We're happy to announce the release of MCA 6.0.0-beta for Minecraft 1.12.2! This is a much more robust version of MCA rewritten from the ground up to play nicer with servers and other mods. Some notable features:
- RadixCore is no longer a requirement.
- Chores are smarter and more mod-friendly.
- Gameplay has been streamlined and made less complicated for newcomers.
- Multiplayer support is much more stable.
See the changelog for all the juicy details!
Regarding Minecraft 1.13: This won't be happening until a recommended version of Forge is released for this version of Minecraft. Please do not ask for it as you will not receive it.
- "Hrrh!" Villagers are no longer Caveman Squidwards and no longer make sound. They are now male or female humans with over 250 unique skins.
- You can interact with villagers in many ways, such as chatting with them, asking them to follow you, hiring them to do work, giving them gifts, and more!
- Interacting with villagers builds relationships. Get your relationship high enough, and you'll be able to marry a villager.
- Once you're married, you can have children. Children will grow up over time and do many different chores for you.
- Children eventually grow up into adults, who can get married and have children of their own.
- You can marry other players and have children in SMP and LAN.
- There's no loss of original Minecraft functionality. MCA villagers can be traded with, and any modded villagers are not overwritten with MCA villagers.
MCA may be downloaded from CurseForge (where you're at right now!) or our website.
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Note: MCA connects to a remote server to check for updates and also send us crash reports. This can be disabled.
Unfortunately there's always the chance of running into a bug while playing MCA. You have four options when reporting a bug.
Do nothing - That's right. If your game crashes while you are playing, you don't have to tell us. We will automatically be notified and your crash report will be sent to us.
Post on this page - Feel free to post on this page if you have any issues. Myself or a member of the community will be able to help you.
Create an issue on GitHub - This requires a GitHub account, which is free. Please include your Minecraft version and MCA version. Go to our Issue Tracker to create an issue.
Send a private message - You can send your bug report via private message to me here. While I may not respond, all private messages are read.
MCA is licensed with the GPLv3 Open Source license. Consult your favorite search engine for specifics on this license.
Commonly asked questions regarding permissions are answered here:
- Can I make YouTube videos showcasing this mod? Yes.
- Can I redistribute this mod on my website? No. Link to this page or our website instead.
- Can I publish a modpack with this mod? Yes.
Hi, I understand you have plans for a major version update in the future. I was wondering if this update will include a support for Minecolonies?
It is a mod that focuses on town building but doesn't have the ability for family trees or having children. The villagers can but the player gets left out.
The modders dont have plans to add a family feature to their mod which is fine, it's their creation. I was just curious if the 2 mods could support their codes or would it cause crashes?
Thank you for your time, a village architect.
In reply to MyriadMuse:
According to one of the current devs for 1.16.5, Minecolonies and MCA (for 1.16+ versions) should in theory be perfectly compatible since Minecolonies doesn't affect vanilla villagers, which is the core part of MCA. However, they will not have direct compatibility and cross-features with each other in the near MCA releases, though it may happen in the future (no promises though).
A lot of people (including me) are very eager to put the two mods together when MCA 1.16.5 is released, so we'll find out what happens. I personally doubt there would be any bugs on either of the mods just because the other is present.
In reply to MerlinWolfGames:
Cool😁👍🏻
For anyone asking about 1.16.5+ versions of the mod, the answer is that the mod will be updated to these versions. Here is the current status on future versions:
1.12.2: Will not be updated; focus is on 1.16.5+ versions of the mod
1.13-1.15: There will not be a version of this mod for these Minecraft versions.
1.16.5: Will likely be released in the coming days or weeks ahead after this post. It will be on a separate curseforge page until Bama moves it to this one.
1.17: Will most likely be skipped to focus on 1.18 versions due to 1.18 having the full Caves and Cliffs update.
1.18: Will likely be worked on and released sometime next year after Minecraft and forge release 1.18 Minecraft versions. May skip to 1.19 if necessary, but it's unlikely.
1.19: Will likely be worked on and released near the end of next year or the year after.
If anyone wants to know more about the mod and future versions, you can join the discord here.
Hope this answers questions about future versions of the mod, but please do not ask for a specific release date or timeframe. These are rough estimates based on the information given by the current devs so far, so do not expect these to be completely accurate. The mod versions will come out when they are ready, as a pushed release would mean an unstable, incomplete, buggy mod that you probably won't enjoy as much as a stable, complete release.
Disclaimer: I myself do not intend to rush the devs in their work for 1.16+ versions; I am fine with them taking their time and going outside my estimates. It is impossible to fully know when exactly the mod will be released, so do not expect these to be completely accurate. Do not ask anyone else on the discord server, as they know just as much as I do and you won't get a much different response (if any).
Hey there -- Why do we have to enter our personal phone numbers to participate in the discord server?
I've never seen a discord server that asked for my personal info before. What's the benefit of having my phone number?
I have a support question that I'd like to ask. Is the discord server unavailable to me if I don't want to give out my phone number?
In reply to caffeine314:
I believe that may have something to do with discord itself and not the actual server. I have not been asked to nor entered my phone number by anyone for the MCA server nor have seen a post asking for it and still have access to the server. Also, the only time on discord I was asked for a phone number was for my account, which I skipped adding. I believe you should be fine not putting in a phone number and you should still be able to participate in the server.
In reply to MerlinWolfGames:
Groovy. Thanks much!
Pretty please update this for 1.15.2+ !!! <3
pls update this mod i really wanna play it on 1.17.1
please don't support this mod or the people currently updating it. the discord staff members are very rude and have repeatedly used slurs. when I voiced my concerns, I was only met with insults and a ban from the server.
In reply to sailor_is_sailing:
You were banned for a good reason. The server owner was talking with "friends" in a jokingly way and happened to use a "slur" (a synonym of fool I won't mention here for obvious reasons), so you got offended and started a whole big fight over it, cursed repeatedly, and even told the owner to commit self-harm. Please don't try and ruin the reputation of this mod over something you disagreed with and were even more rude about.
In reply to MerlinWolfGames:
"Happened to use a slur" good sir? Are you hearing yourself? It's a slur. And I had no reason to be civil within the server when I was repeatedly shut down and gaslighted for voicing a very basic concern. The staff showed little maturity within handling the situation and were only rude and condescending toward me, so I saw no issue with acting the same toward them.
In reply to sailor_is_sailing:
The rules (directly quoted), say "Swearing is allowed, just do not do it excessively." The owner used the slur only once while you swore ten times and were therefore banned because you broke the aforementioned rule. If you would've read the rules implying that people swear in the server (but not excessively), then you would have no reason to be "concerned" over it. Besides, you had no reason to be concerned to it because it was not directed to you anyways (and the person who it was directed to is fine with it).
You should think more carefully before you make your actions, especially continuing the argument here and discrediting the mod; you have gone too far with this.
ok this is going to sound dumb, but this is my first time trying to download a mod. once I download the 1.12 forge, what do I do from there?
In reply to 41snails:
I hope you figured it out by now, if not, look it up online.
Very cool! Thank you!
I tried to look, but the link to the discord server posted above no longer works, which is another reason why I think the mod is dead.
Do you have an updated discord link? This one, doesn't work, which sort of smells like "abandoned mod" to me. If there is an active discord, I'd really like to take a gander at it. Much obliged.
In reply to caffeine314:
Here is the link directly from the server invite channel:
https://discord.gg/MDcv8kmYHP
Hope this works for you.
Nobody has touched the source code in two years. It is dead. Dead, dead, dead.
If you think otherwise, show proof of development, and I will believe you.
In reply to caffeine314:
Go and look at the discord server. The mod is being ported to 1.16.5 and I believe is being worked from the ground up, which is why the source code is still the same.