Minecraft 1.20.1 Guide & Release Notes

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📦 Version Information

Property	Value
Minecraft Target	1.20.1 (Legacy Anchor Era)
Mod Version	1.0.70+1.20.1
Fabric Loader	>=0.15.0
Java JDK Requirement	Java 17 (release = 17)
Build Tooling	Fabric Loom 1.10.2 / Mojang Official Mappings
Jar Naming Convention	better-dogs-1.0.70+1.20.1.jar

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🌟 Overview & Feature Parity

The Minecraft 1.20.1 release of Vanilla Outsider: Better Dogs provides complete 39-feature parity with the modern release line while strictly respecting Minecraft 1.20.1's native runtime APIs.

Key Architectural & Engine Highlights

• Visual Entity Scaling: Uses WolfRendererMixin to dynamically scale the wolf model rendering matrix ($0.70\times$ to $1.45\times$) backed by synchronized DataTracker keys (betterdogs$synchedScale).
• Custom Chorus Howl Audio Event: Registers betterdogs:entity.wolf.howl in BuiltInRegistries.SOUND_EVENT with pitch-modulated vanilla canine fallbacks in sounds.json.
• Canine Personalities & Genetics: Complete support for Aggressive, Pacifist, and Normal personalities, multi-puppy litters ($1\text{ to }4$ puppies), and inbreeding lineage tracking.
• Paper Adoption System: Shift + Right-Click with Paper to list/cancel adoption; empty-handed players can adopt listed dogs.
• Sentinel Guard Mode: Shift + Right-Click with Bone to anchor dogs to a sentinel guard post.
• Autonomous Ground Feeding: Dogs seek out and consume dropped edible meat to heal, incrementing feedCount and triggering favorite treat zoomies.
• Command Suite & Advancements: Full Brigadier /betterdogs command suite and 13 custom Husbandry advancements.

TIP

☕ Complete 1.20.1 feature parity without compromise: Bringing every single advanced mechanic (genetics, sentinel guard posts, paper adoption) back to Minecraft 1.20.1 on Java 17 took meticulous backporting. If 1.20.1 remains your favorite modding anchor, consider backing my work on Ko-fi!

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🔧 Installation & Requirements

1. Install Fabric Loader 0.15.0 or higher for Minecraft 1.20.1.
2. Install Fabric API for 1.20.1 into your mods/ folder.
3. Place better-dogs-1.0.70+1.20.1.jar into your mods/ directory.
4. Launch using Java 17.

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