Wildex Bestiary

2.7.3 - 2026-03-15

Added

• Added a small animated variant-probing status indicator next to the Wildex Entries counter while background mob variant detection is still running.
• Added a hover tooltip for the new variant-probing indicator so players can see that Wildex is still processing mob variants in the background.

Changed

• Reworked Wildex mob-list variant support detection so opening Wildex no longer runs the full variant discovery path just to decide whether a mob entry can expand.
• Wildex now uses a lightweight variant-support fast-path for the mob list and only performs full variant option discovery when variant entries are actually expanded/requested.
• Reworked the client-side mob index so the base Wildex mob list is reused from cache instead of being rebuilt from scratch every time the screen is reopened.
• Reduced unnecessary display-state normalization work during lightweight mob-index/support checks by avoiding the heavier preview/pedestal entity preparation path where it is not needed.
• Refined multiplayer server-config refresh behavior so Wildex only rebuilds the mob list and invalidates variant caches when list-relevant variant settings actually changed.

Fixed

• Reduced the short client hitch that could occur when opening Wildex in large modpacks with many mob-adding mods.
• Reduced additional Wildex reopen hitching caused by repeated mob-list/index rebuild work.
• Reduced avoidable variant-probe churn during multiplayer config sync so Wildex openings stay smoother while preserving server-authoritative variant settings.

Compatibility

• Existing worlds are supported.
• No world/save data migration required.
• Safe update path from 2.7.2
• Multiplayer-safe:
  • variant exclusions remain server-authoritative
  • full variant discovery still runs when variant entries are actually requested