Villager Guard Gunners 1.8

Version 1.8 adds configurable guard accuracy, improves firing safety, and supports a single optional building datapack for all supported village types.

Highlights

• Configurable accuracy. Set guards' added aim error from 0–10 degrees and choose eye-level or center-mass targeting.
• Separate player settings. Adjust accuracy against players without changing how guards aim at mobs. In Fzzy Config, enable Override Against Players under Combat → Guard Accuracy. Start with Aim Error Against Players = 2.0 and Aim Point Against Players = Center Mass, then adjust for your server.
• Unchanged defaults. Guards start with zero added aim error and eye-level targeting. Player overrides are disabled by default. TaCZ's own gun spread still applies.
• Universal building datapack. One optional ZIP contains Barracks, Village Armories, Sentry Posts, Watchtowers, and Training Yards for vanilla villages, ChoiceTheorem's Overhauled Village, Tidal Towns, Moog's Missing Villages, and Sky Villages. Install whichever village mods you want; content for absent providers stays inactive. Known absent providers no longer produce missing-pool warnings.

Fixes

• Blocked or canceled SPAS-12 shots preserve ammo.
• Guards recheck firing safety when another mod changes nearby allies or blocks during a firing event. Changes to ammo or heat no longer cause supported scripted bullets to use different flight or explosion properties from those checked before firing.
• Guard status messages explain unsupported guns and safety-check limits. Outdated refusal messages clear after changes to targets, guns, or aim settings.
• Guards stop firing at creative and spectator players, including players who change game mode during a burst.

Updating from 1.7

Back up important worlds and replace the mod JAR on both client and server. Keep existing configuration files to preserve your settings, then restart. Required dependency versions are unchanged.

The universal building datapack is a separate download. Install its ZIP in the world's datapacks folder and enable Village Defense Building generation in Fzzy Config. Remove overlapping individual or provider-specific building packs before installing it. Restart the world or server before exploring new villages; /reload alone does not apply building pool changes. Existing buildings remain unchanged.

Known limitations

Accuracy settings do not change gun damage or firing rate. Groups of guards can still be difficult to fight. Custom gun packs with unusual firing scripts need their own compatibility checks.

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1, Java 17, and Forge 47.4.10 or newer 47.x.
• Guard Villagers 1.20.1-1.6.19.
• Timeless and Classics Zero (TaCZ) 1.1.8-hotfix.
• Fzzy Config 0.7.6 for Minecraft 1.20.1.
• Kotlin for Forge 4.12.0.

Install the mod and all four required dependencies on both client and server.