📦 Minecraft 26.1 Setup & Technical Guide

Parameter	Specification Details
Target Version	Minecraft 26.1.2 (Release)
Java JDK	Java 25 (Adoptium HotSpot jdk-25.0.2.10-hotspot / jdk-25+)
Fabric Loader	>=0.19.1
Fabric API	0.145.4+26.1.2
DasikLibrary Dependency	>=1.8.38 (Compiled against 1.8.38)
Mod Version	1.1.41-26.1.2
Jar File Naming	better-bats-1.1.41-26.1.2.jar
Main Entrypoint	net.vanillaoutsider.betterbats.BetterBatsFabric
Client Entrypoint	net.vanillaoutsider.betterbats.BetterBatsFabricClient
ModMenu Entrypoint	net.vanillaoutsider.betterbats.config.ModMenuIntegration

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📖 Overview

Better Bats for Minecraft 26.1.2 is engineered to run natively under Java 25 and Fabric on the Minecraft 26.1.2 release. It overhauls vanilla ambient bats into an ecologically rich species featuring 3D BOIDs flocking math, phototaxis light orbiting, daytime photophobia roosting, subterranean guano crop fertilization, Silverfish/Endermite predatory dive-bombing, acoustic vibration panic, and entity genetics integration.

📌 Repository Source Disclaimer: The documentation in this Wiki reflects the current source code state in the repository, which may include recent unreleased commits or developmental features ahead of public release builds on CurseForge and Modrinth.

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⚡ Zero-Dependency Version Safety (ModVersionGuard)

Better Bats implements zero-dependency runtime class checking to guarantee that execution halts immediately with an informative diagnostic error if loaded on an unsupported or incompatible Minecraft release:

net.vanillaoutsider.betterbats.util.ModVersionGuard.checkClass("Better Bats", "net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType");

If EntityType cannot be resolved via Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(), an exception is thrown before any mixin or entity classloader initialization occurs, safeguarding save files against partial state corruption.

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⚙️ Installation Instructions

1. Download and install Fabric Loader (0.19.1 or newer) for Minecraft 26.1.2.
2. Place fabric-api-0.145.4+26.1.2.jar (or compatible version) into your mods/ folder.
3. Place dasik-library-1.8.38.jar (or compatible version >=1.8.38) into your mods/ folder.
4. (Optional) Place YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL v3) and ModMenu into your mods/ folder for in-game graphical settings menus.
5. Place better-bats-1.1.41-26.1.2.jar into the mods/ folder.
6. Launch Minecraft. On first launch, baseline config defaults will automatically generate at .minecraft/config/better-bats.json.

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🔗 Related Pages

• Version & Modloader Compatibility Matrix
• Dynamic GameRules Reference Table
• Developer Setup & Building from Source
• HUD Diagnostics & Client Configuration Screens