Niebla - Your AI Pet Companion

Version 1.2.0 V3

Available for Minecraft 1.20.1

AI and Groq

• Replaced the retired llama-3.1-8b-instant model with openai/gpt-oss-20b.
• Existing configurations using the retired model are migrated automatically.
• Manually selected Groq models are preserved.
• Added low reasoning effort and hidden reasoning for shorter, cost-conscious replies.
• Kept whisper-large-v3-turbo for voice transcription.
• The configured language now controls transcription, AI replies and spoken voice.

Conversation memory

• Added short-term memory for recent conversations.
• Added persistent important memories stored locally per player and world.
• Niebla can remember personal details, explicit requests and shared milestones.
• Added relationship progression with a bond level from 0 to 100.
• Bond progression changes the warmth and familiarity of AI replies.
• Added the following client commands:

• • /nieblamemories
  • /nieblaremember <memory>
  • /nieblabond
  • /nieblaforget confirm

Safe actions and commands

• Added server-authoritative actions:
  • Come
  • Follow
  • Stay
  • Sit
  • Sleep
  • Fetch
  • Guard

• Actions can be requested through chat, voice or /niebla commands.
• Added natural command recognition in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
• Groq cannot execute arbitrary commands; actions are restricted to a fixed safe list.

Improved fetch behavior

• Niebla can retrieve the dropped item the player is looking at.
• If no item is selected, Niebla searches around both the player and the pet.
• The original item entity is carried back without duplicating or deleting it.
• Fetch movement now prioritizes Minecraft’s normal pathfinding.
• Direct movement is only used when no valid path can be created.
• Niebla turns toward the destination while walking.
• Slightly reduced fetch speed to make the walking cycle more visible.
• Added extra Doggy Talents Next walking-animation support for short trips.

Speech queue

• Added a single ordered queue for speech bubbles and text-to-speech.
• New lines wait until the current sentence finishes.
• Replies no longer overwrite each other.
• Niebla no longer speaks two sentences simultaneously.
• Duplicate pending lines are ignored.
• Ambient and Doggy Talents reactions wait while another line is playing.

Speech bubble and shaders

• Reworked the speech bubble for shader compatibility.
• Removed emissive and full-bright rendering.
• The bubble no longer produces flashes or bloom with shaders.
• Added a fully opaque white surface.
• Removed translucent backgrounds and shadows.
• Added readable dark text.
• Improved border and surface depth to prevent shader z-fighting.
• Reduced close-up size and improved distance-based scaling.
• Raised the bubble to reduce overlap with Niebla’s name and other overlays.

Hostile entity reactions

• Niebla now warns only once for each hostile entity while it remains present.
• Leaving and re-entering the warning radius does not repeat the warning.
• The entity resets after despawning, unloading or becoming invisible.
• If the same creature genuinely appears again later, Niebla can warn again.
• Modded hostiles implementing Minecraft’s enemy behavior are supported.
• Mobs actively targeting the player can also trigger a warning.
• Groups appearing together generate a single reaction instead of several lines.

Companion identity and safety

• Added server-to-client UUID synchronization for Niebla.
• Speech, actions and memories now target the correct companion.
• Fixed unrelated custom-named wolves or cats potentially being detected as Niebla.
• Renaming the companion does not break chat commands.
• The custom name becomes a valid chat trigger.
• Niebla remains a permanent alias after renaming.
• Pet-form changes now create the replacement before removing the previous entity.
• Existing companion tags and configuration files remain compatible.

Doggy Talents Next

• Doggy Talents Next remains completely optional.
• Dog form can be converted through DTN’s own conversion system.
• Added reactions to petting sessions, behavior modes and important animations.
• Added support for petting styles such as Face Rub, Hug, Belly Rub and Back Hug.
• Added reflection-based walking-animation support during fetch actions.
• Niebla still loads normally when DTN is not installed.
• DTN talents and accessories are not transferred when switching to cat form.