2.8.0 - 1.21.1

For players

⚠️ BREAKING

• ⚠️ Mod id and namespace renamed more_rpg_classes -> mrpg_lib (registry ids, spells, tags, loot functions and entries such as mrpg_lib:conditional_item, custom impact handlers such as mrpg_lib:knock_up_fixed)
• Package renamed net.more_rpg_classes -> com.mrpg_lib, maven group com.mrpg_lib, archive base name mrpg-lib
• Everything that touches Spell Engine, Spell Power, playerAnimator, Ranged Weapon API or Critical Strike moved into com.mrpg_lib.compat.<name>
• MoreParticles split: the Spell Engine dependent particles moved to compat.spell_engine.particle.MoreSpellParticles; client.particle.MoreParticles
• CustomMethods split: spellSchoolDamageCalculation and isEntityProtectedCheck moved to SpellEngineMethods; isEntityProtectedCheck is deprecated, use AllyHelper.canHelp, getHighestSpellSchoolPower to SpellPowerMethods
• StealthStatusEffect.stealthPopParticles() is no longer abstract, it returns Object (default null) so the class no longer references Spell Engine types
• MobSpellCastGoal runs in real time now: it ticks every game tick and tracks cooldowns against world time, so updateCooldown() is a no-op and no longer needs to be called

Changed

• Spell Engine and Spell Power are no longer required. Both are optional now.
• The mod id is now mrpg_lib it was more_rpg_classes.
• The config folder moved from config/more_rpg_classes to config/mrpg_lib.
• Frozen Solid, Soaked and Arcane Precision use standalone versions of the effects when Spell Power is not installed.
• Spells with a cast time now go off at the end of the cast, like for players, so the whole cast animation plays.
• Mob spells now respect the spell's delivery delay.
• Mobs mow charge spells like players. If charging adds range, they charge just enough to reach the target and use the spell from its full charged range.
• Otherwise, they charge fully, or release at the minimum charge when the target is very close.
• Buffed Burstcrack's Damage Power Coefficient

Added

• mrpg_lib:custom_cloud entity, a generic lingering cloud, added mainly for Loot & Explore
• Mobs can play player animations (needs playerAnimator). This includes villagers, wandering traders, witches and illagers.
• Better Combat (optional): mobs that use the new melee goal attack with their weapon's combos, animations, hitboxes and weapon trails, with the same animation timing, slowdown while swinging and knockback rules as players.
• They can dual wield too: alternating hands, mirrored off-hand swings and Better Combat's dual-wield attack speed and damage multipliers.
• Weapons with a holding pose (like claymores, spears and glaives) are held in that pose whenever the mob carries them, with the same walking and two-handed rules as for players
• Combat Roll (optional): mobs that use the new roll goal can roll away when hurt, roll towards their target and dodge projectiles
• Spell casting mobs can cast arrow spells and stash spells
• Spell casting mobs can also use summon spells correctly now
• Spell casting mobs can now use melee weapon skills like Swift Strikes: they walk up to the target, dash forward when the skill has momentum, and hit everything in the swing's arc
• Spell casting mobs can cast spells with a custom delivery from other mods
• Upgrade crystals (T5 Class Armor Upgrade Crystals) are now affiliated loot: they drop more often for players carrying a spell book of a class they apply to
• Breaking: ISpellCasterEntity.isCastingSpell() is now isMobCasting(). The old name collides with vanilla's own isCastingSpell on spellcasting illagers, which broke the interface on NeoForge dev environments
• MobSpellCastGoal: SpellTimings with withTimings(...) (goal-wide or per spell; cast/channel seconds, cooldown seconds, channel ticks) and withAnimations(true) to play the spell's cast and release animations
• MobSpellCastGoal casts arrow spells (SHOOT_ARROW, AFFECT_ARROW) with real arrows, and stash spells (STASH_EFFECT, e.g. Power Shot) like on players.
• MobSpellCastGoal runs CUSTOM deliveries through Spell Engine, so handlers registered with SpellHandlers.registerCustomDelivery work for mobs (they get the mob as caster).
• SpellBehaviorRegistry.targetDistance(min, max): ready-made condition to only cast a spell when the target is within a distance range
• Spell Engine summons of a mobSpellCaster treat it as their owner, so they follow and defend it and attack its target
• playerAnimator mob bridge (compat.player_animator.api.MobAnimations, MobAnimationOptions, MobAnimationLayer with POSE, OFF_HAND_POSE, MISC, ATTACK, CASTING, RELEASE, DODGE, client MobModelAdapters, built-in VillagerModelAdapter)
• Goals: LongReachMeleeAttackGoal, WindupMeleeAttackGoal, PredicateGatedGoal
• BetterCombatCompat.createMeleeGoal(...) (Better Combat combo melee for mobs, a plain MeleeAttackGoal without the mod) with MeleeSettings (baseRange, intervalScale, animations, resetInvulnerability, weaponTrails), and BetterCombatCompat.onGoalRemoved(goal) to drop the weapon pose of a goal you remove
• MobAnimations.playWeaponPose(mob, layer, poseId, twoHanded): plays the Better Combat weapon pose on POSE or OFF_HAND_POSE
• MobGoals (add goals to mobs you don't own, e.g. villagers) and SpellCasterState (cast timer to back an ISpellCasterEntity mixin)
• Dev-environment commands /mrpg_goal <targets> bettercombat|combatroll [dodge]|spellcast <spell>|shoot [count]|clear to test the custom goals on any mob.
• AllyHelper (canHurt, canHelp, isAlly): one ally check for projectiles, clouds, traps and AoE. Resolves owners (projectiles, pets, controlled mobs), checks teams and mob-vs-mob
• Asks Spell Engine's entity relations first when it is installed (setRelationBridge)
• EntityAttributeConfig / EntityAttributeApplier: a reusable, ConfigManager-backed way to give a registered entity configurable attributes
• base values are for the easy difficulty and there separate normal/hard difficulty multipliers
• Config entries can also carry a custom map of numbers (with the same difficulty multipliers) and string values (with optional normal_string and hard_string per difficulty), for mob tuning like cooldowns, projectile counts, ranges or summoned entity ids. Set defaults with Entry.setCustom(...) / setCustomString(...), read them live with EntityAttributeApplier.custom(entity, config, fallback) (getInt, getDouble, getBoolean, getString)
• Config entries can also carry an equipment map (mainhand, offhand, head, chest, legs, feet) to equip mobs on spawn: an item id or a #tag (random item from the tag), with optional spawn chance, enchant_chance / enchant_levels / enchant_tag, drop_chance, and required_mods with a fallback_item for items from optional mods. Set defaults with Entry.setEquipment(...) and EquipmentValue
• MobSpellCastGoal.withEquipmentSpells(true) reads the caster's mainhand item for passive and modifier spells
• withPassiveSpellTag(tag) grants passive spells for the SpellCasting Entity from a spell tag instead

Fixed

• Soaked now also makes targets vulnerable to lightning spells (with Spell Power), not only frost
• Wither's Curse now only counts harmful status effects on the target
• Mob-cast spells with an area impact now hit everything around the target and show their impact particles and sound.
• Mobs no longer use melee-range spells from far away
• Mob-cast area spells with melee range now hit everything around the mob.