Wild Packs & Territorial Rivalries

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🐺 Infobox: Wild Pack Dynamics Overview

Feature	Specification
Natural Pack Cluster Size	4 to 8 wolves (bd_wolf_spawn_group_min to bd_wolf_spawn_group_max)
Expanded Spawning Biomes	Plains, Forests, Meadows, Mountains (bd_wolf_spawn_expanded_biomes)
Territorial Scan Radius	96 blocks (bd_territorial_search_radius)
Fatal War Chance	5% chance dispute is to the death (bd_territorial_fatal_chance)
Exclusive Disputes	1v1 dispute locking enabled (bd_territorial_exclusive_disputes)

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⚔️ 1. Territorial Dispute Matrix (bd_territorial_rivalry)

Wild pack leaders scan for rival leaders within 96 blocks. Upon encounter, leaders execute a territorial dispute based on personality pairings:

Encountering Leaders	War (Fight) %	Merge (Yield) %	Retreat (Flee) %
Aggressive vs Aggressive	80% (bd_territorial_matrix_aa_war)	10% (bd_territorial_matrix_aa_merge)	10%
Aggressive vs Normal	50% (bd_territorial_matrix_an_war)	40% (bd_territorial_matrix_an_merge)	10%
Aggressive vs Pacifist	10% (bd_territorial_matrix_ap_war)	50% (bd_territorial_matrix_ap_merge)	40%
Normal vs Normal	20% (bd_territorial_matrix_nn_war)	50% (bd_territorial_matrix_nn_merge)	30%
Normal vs Pacifist	5% (bd_territorial_matrix_np_war)	45% (bd_territorial_matrix_np_merge)	50%
Pacifist vs Pacifist	0% (bd_territorial_matrix_pp_war)	50% (bd_territorial_matrix_pp_merge)	50%

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🌲 2. Pack Howling & Cluster Spawning

• Pack Cluster Spawning: Wild wolves spawn in coherent pack clusters. Each cluster selects an alpha leader to guide pack movement.
• Group Pack Howling: Pack leaders have a 1% chance per 50 seconds (bd_howl_chance) to initiate a group pack howl (betterdogs:entity.wolf.howl), causing nearby pack members to howl in chorus.

NOTE

☕ Evolving wildlife into living territorial ecosystems: Simulating real pack hierarchy, choral howling, and 1v1 territorial disputes transforms wilderness biomes into dynamic wildlife drama. If this living simulation deepens your Minecraft immersion, supporting my solo development on Ko-fi keeps this world-building alive!

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🎨 3. Dynamic Climate Coat Variants (bd_dynamic_climate_variants)

When wild or spawned wolves generate in modded biomes (such as Biomes O' Plenty, Terralith, Regions Unexplored, etc.), Better Dogs executes a 3-tier priority pipeline to ensure wolves receive contextually appropriate coat textures:

1. Priority 1 (Custom Mod / Datapack Variants): If another mod or datapack explicitly registered a custom coat variant (e.g., somemod:frost_wolf), Better Dogs yields immediately and preserves the custom variant 100% untouched.
2. Priority 2 (Vanilla Tag Match): If Vanilla matched a specific specialized tag (Snowy, Ashen, Rusty, Striped, Black, Spotted), native selection is preserved.
3. Priority 3 (Better Dogs Dynamic Climate Engine): If Priorities 1 & 2 returned un-mapped default Pale/Woods fallback in modded biomes, Better Dogs evaluates the biome's actual climate physics at spawn time:
   • Cold / Snowy (temperature < 0.15 / Precipitation.SNOW): Assigns Snowy Wolf (minecraft:snowy).
   • Hot & Dry / Arid (temperature >= 1.0 & no rain): Assigns Ashen Wolf (minecraft:ashen) or Striped/Red Wolf (minecraft:striped).
   • Hot & Humid / Jungle (temperature >= 0.8 & high downfall): Assigns Rusty Wolf (minecraft:rusty).
   • Dense / Dark Taiga: Assigns Black Wolf (minecraft:black).
   • Cool Taiga: Assigns Chestnut Wolf (minecraft:chestnut).
   • Grove / Meadow: Assigns Spotted Wolf (minecraft:spotted).

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