Zombies Eat Animals

Changelog

Behavior Changes

• Updated the meaning of alwaysHunting
  • Zombies now always have motivation to hunt animals
  • Hunt cooldowns and hunt caps still apply

Added

• Added berserkerHunting configuration

  • Enables unrestricted hunting behavior
  • Bypasses normal hunt motivation checks, cooldowns, and hunt caps

• Added configurable hunt control parameters:

  • huntCooldownTicks – cooldown after a successful hunt
  • huntCapForADay – maximum hunts per zombie within one Minecraft day (24000 ticks)
  • huntCapForADayTotal – total hunts allowed for all zombies within the same level during one Minecraft day

• Added huntFollowDistanceFactor

  • Multiplies the zombie's base follow range when searching for animals to hunt
  • Allows pack makers to tune how far zombies can detect potential prey

System Improvements

• Hunt limits now use a two-layer control system:

  • Per-zombie hunt limit
  • Shared hunt limit for all zombies within the same level

• Hunt statistics are now stored as world-level data, ensuring the system works correctly across saves and reloads

Config Structure

• Configuration file reorganized into three sections:

  • general
  • hunting
  • eating

• Hunting-related settings are now grouped together for better readability.