Stejer Somewhat the same as I told RedPandemic, the work that would go into making all these compatible is more than I am able to handle at the moment. The challenging thing with these packs in particular is they not only add new entities, but they add 'predators'. What I mean is, they would all need to have one or multiple seek/flee behaviors patched (if you look into the mod, I have near 1,000 patches applied already. Although I do agree that Villagers and Outlaws fighting each other would be fun, it would be an enormous amount of work. I would have to think about every creature they may attack and every creature they would run from; sometimes I have to add behaviors to creatures that don't make sense, etc...

Secondly, these specialty packs fundamentally change the game. Specifically Outlaw and the monster packs, which make them more niche for a playthrough, so the demand is not quite as high as it would be for many of the creatures.

Unfortunately, without additional help I want to use my time to work on some of my other mods.

Would it be possible to add compatibility between VS Villages and the Outlaw mod?

I really would like to see the guards from the villages defending from the outlaws who are trying to kill the villagers (you can make so they will run away quickly or will go back after killing a small number of villagers so all villages dont just end up destroyed)

It would also help, since the guards from VS Village dont recognise the predators of mods like FotSA as enemies they never protect the livestock. Stuff like that

I would be very thankful to you if you do such a thing

RedPandemic I haven't done any monster packs or the Outlaw mod yet, due to how much data there is to go through. I had reached out on discord to see if there was anyone that may be willing to help out, even share credit, but never got any takers (probably due to how much work these actually are). This isn't in my near future plans, sorry.

Think you'll be able to work in Rust and Rot by Darce?

RiRin Fixed this. Thanks for the report.

Aezephyr I did enable this interaction already. Also, kittens play with them, but can't harm them.

Awesome mod.  Thank you so much!

It would be nifty if my cat (from Cats) would chase the Field Mice (from The Critters Package).

Thanks a lot for the clarification!! very clear now! Will add this one as well 😊

PepperCat What I mean by that is FotSA packs already communicate between themselves and vanilla Vintage Story. So if you don't download any other creature packs besides FotSA, Entities Interact would be unnecessary. However, if you run any of the other mods listed under the supported section, then to get FotSA and them to interact, you would need to download this mod. In your case, you would need this if you would like to see those interactions.

Hello!!

Probably the dumbest question you will ever receive, but as a Spanish speaker I'm getting confused with this phrase and its double negation 😂
"Fauna of the Stone Age creature packs have patched vanilla Vintage Story, so if you do not run any of these other mods, this mod would be unnecessary since it does not change the way they already interact."

I'm using all Fauna of The Stone Age mods plus a couple others listed there (all available in 1.19.8). Do I need this one for the creatures to interact or not? 

Maamessu Thanks for the report. I had not had the updated Critters Package when updating everything for some reason. This is now fixed.

Getting a single patching error with the new version. I'm not using the reduced spawns addon. This is on a server.

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So happy to see this mod updated! Keep up the great work!

Ahrondus lol! I'm sorry, but thanks a ton for your mod!

ext_ Lots of things will break if you do update them to the most current. I am almost finished with an update, but I had to rework all of my code from the ground up to make it easier to work with in the future. This update will fix all the errors and have much more improved creature interactions, and it will include a few more animal packs as well.

can I update my FotSA mods to newer versions? currently if I do that patches break, or at least there's plenty of errors in logs

What do you mean!? My horses are apex predators! My poor babies! 😭
Can't believe I hadn't seen this mod's thumbnail before until now. Great stuff!

Hydromancerx I am reworking all of my code to streamline the process in the future. I can't support compatibility with all of Hieronymus' mods due to the fact that some of them are not meant to die, so there are not any interactions to be had. However, all of the packs that can be supported by him will be on the next release!

Version 1.0.6 has been updated with the newest version of the Fauna of the Stone Age: Caninae and will not be compatible with older versions due to entity behavior changes.

sheepon I appreciate it! I would love to hear how your world is going once you get some more playtime with the mod. Even though it is running in tandem with Biomes it would be nice to see if everything is running smoothly and creatures are acting like they should.

Very cool mod! :D I can't imagine how long it took you to put something like this together, so extra thank you for making it!

Galaxy_Sloth 

Hi! I did some work on Biomes and am using it in my current world with Entities Interact. Both mods seem to work at the same time no problem, and I'm not seeing anything in the Entities Interact patches that would conflict with Biomes patches. As Dnd said, Biomes is essentially a whitelist; it shouldn't affect entity behaviors/spawn rate values. However! When using Biomes, stuff can be slower to spawn in since sometimes the server rolls for something that gets blocked in the region you're in. So Entities Interact + Biomes will most likely change how the balancing feels compared to using either mod alone. Whether that balance feels good or bad is something we can only find out through playing c:

Galaxy_Sloth As far as I know, the Biomes mod has a whitelist that allows specific creatures to spawn or not. I don't believe it patches the spawn rate of creatures, but adds regions they are allowed to spawn in. Might be worth asking in their modpage, since mine is literally only patches to creatures, it would be easier for them to answer.

Dnd

I'm assuming this mod wouldn't work with the biomes mod, since they both affect spawning, would that be correct?

Dnd

Please add support for African Monitor Lizards and Bearded Dragons!
Thanks in advance!

@Slides To edit the .json file, you can open the mod with winrar, open the .json files with a text editor, edit them, and when you save the text file winrar will prompt you to save as well. No need to unzip/rezip. As for spawn rates, what do you feel is too low, specifically? I ask because the only feedback I've received so far is on my multiplayer server and I have had people tell me some creatures spawn too often, but haven't heard anything about low spawn rates. Specifics would help me because I know what creatures I have adjusted already and will help to refine the spawn rates further with more testing.

That's understandable, but in my time with this mod (~20 hours at this point) I feel like the spawn rates for some creatures are a little low. I will keep playing though and let you know. On a side note, to edit the .json files I would have to unzip the mod, edit the files, and then rezip it, correct?

@Slides I don't know how to work with the config files, so unless you edit the .json files yourself or find a mod that does this for you, then no. I am looking for feedback to further adjust spawn rates overall, since adding a bunch of creatures can make your world feel overloaded with creatures, if you have thoughts on spawning.

Is there any way to configure or edit spawn rates?

Absolutely understandable! Thank you for taking the time to respond and your continued work on this mod.

Bobosaw I don't plan on working on the water creatures at the moment, since there is not much else they can interact with.

Any plans on adding compatibility for the mod "Something in the Water"?

@Khana, this is beyond my ability, and likely beyond the ability of what is programmed in the base game. The cat hunts hares and chickens by default, so by extension this mod makes them hunt anything like a chicken, as well as some smaller creatures from other mods. I would suggest to have your birds penned up so the cats cannot reach them.

@Hydromancerx, I saw this mod and although it looks awesome, there aren't enough water predators currently updated to 1.19 to make good use out of interactions. Also, creatures and the 'getoutofwater' behaviors are not very intuitive at the moment. Hopefully, someday, there would be a large patch that focuses on water which would make mod support worth it. So little of a player's time will be spent in the water, and land predators would be confused trying to attack in the water, get out, attack, then they drown.

I am still waiting for certain mods to be updated to 1.19.x before working on them for the other requests.

@itinerare, I haven't delved into the Outlaw mod with interactions. Although it is an interesting and unique mod, it changes the game so completely that it feels as if it is for a niche playthrough, something which I have not had an interest in running (yet!). The amount of mobs in the pack and their predatory behavior would really be a lot of work, possibly as much work as I've put into this whole project already.

Please support these too for the aquatic predator vs prey

Fauna of the Stone Age: Sirenia

if there could be the option for tamed cats to not go after generation , say, 4 onwards, that would be awsome. iv hired some farm cats for my crops but if i put some in the farm i dnt want them goin after ducks and chickens that iv bred.

Dnd

So an update about the Lichen mod. After trying it out it seems to still work fine. I wasn't in the climate zone for the Gemsbok but i was for the deer. And tbh they are really nice deer! As much as i like all the new deer, I really like these! So yeah it is worth adding to your list.

Dnd

Thank you for starting to add Hieronymus mods!

b0b4444 Yes, this will work with the supported mods 1.19.x+ and I don't foresee further updates changing that, but I will be watching.

The mod is listed for game version 1.19.0, does it work with all the 1.19.x?

Thank you for this! I use the vast majority of these mods and had the same woes regarding their not interacting.

Adding that I'd love to see the aforementioned Outlaw mod supported here if you're so inclined, since its additions are so pervasive-- and so it's a little silly when they're apparently ignorant of a large portion of the animal life present in the world (and vice versa).

Arroz126 If you have only downloaded the 3 Fauna of the Stone Age mods, you would not need this. This patch communicates between FotSA and other creature mods. Fauna of the Stone Age already communicates between vanilla Vintage Story creatures. For example, this communicates between FotSA and Feverstone's Horses, meaning the wolves will attack horses now. I should also add, that if you haven't played the game yet, the Fauna mods are amazing, and the creatures can be deadly and unforgiving. Something to keep in mind if it is your first playthrough.

Sorry for my ignorance, I'm new to the community, but is it necessary to install the 'Pet Ai' mod for it to work? I currently have installed the 'Fauna of the Stone Age: Caninae' and 'Fauna of the Stone Age: Pantherinae' mods. So, with your mod, would hunting between animals be activated

Dnd

I should also add that I use Sam's Humanoid Creatures and VS Village too. I use Phoenicius's Patches so they will interact with each other. Once I reach the Medieval Era I will probbly add in the Outlaw mod. I have tried it in the past but it was a bit much for the Neolthic Era. I also have been eyeing the Fantasy Creature mod since it supported that patch mod. But i am on the fence since I try to keep it more realstic.Then again Feverstone Wilds has stuff like Golems, Faunlings and Cockatrice so it's not like a am full realism. I will see how I feel when am am ready to add the Outlaw mod.

Dnd

1. All of the Hieronymus mods work great! They really fill in the world to make it seem alive with ponds and rivers full of fish and amphbians. And the spawn rate of the repiles is pretty good to where it is rare an a treat when you stumble upon one! Plus I love putting the monator lizard skins on the walls as a trophy.

2. I am testing out the Lichen mod today so i don't know how well it has aged.

3. Feverstone Wilds! i have used for awhile now and it seems very solid. It hasn't had an update in forever but still chugs along.Has some of my favorite creatures.

4. Yeah the small shark mod dosn't seem to attack the player but the sharks in Feverstone seem to work fine. A hammerhead ate me once when I fell off a cliff into the water. :( As for the vanilla raft i hab't tested but the Joy of Sailing raft seems to make you immune to animal interactions. I have never been attacked when on a Joy of Sailing raft or sail raft.

5. The Rogue House Addations is one of my person favs and one of the reasons i even use a server mod in single player. So yeah please patch the gorilla at least since they are so cute!

Thanks for the quick response and I look forward to your updates to this mod! If you have any other questions about specific creatures from other mods I have a packed single player game that runs them all just fine. Oh and I play on a custom Homo Sapien single player game. So no lore content like drifters in my game.

Dnd

I saw your comment in the Canine mod page and was so glad to see you posted this! Please add support for the Feverstone Wilds! There are so many possiile interations Like their Giraffe, Bison and Ostrich! Also they have sea creatures like Sharks, Stingrays, Eels and Orcas. I cannot wait to see marine ecoystem interactions. oh and the hippos and crocs! Oh also there is a small shark mod that i would love to see supported as well. Talking about supported mods are you going to support all the small fish, amphbian and reptile mods by Hieronymus? I would love to see the monator lizards hunting and the tortises being prey for other mod predators. Other mods you might want to consider are Lichen which has things like Gemsbok and the very obscure Rogue House Addations which have Gorillas. I play in single player but their pack works just fine and gives addational animals. Anywho a BIG thanks in advance!

Is it compatible with biomes mod? https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/8785

EDIT: the idea of this mod is genius!

You said you needed to do more about crabs, but I'm not so sure. If you have ever lived in an area with some form of land crab, you would know they can quickly become a hoard to rival the undead. When they go on a breeding binge, it can be hard to find a place to step that you don't smush one. So to many crabs isn't really all that unnatural.