how might i create a new creature/beast?

[deathwolf54]

i want to start modding and i want to make a beast or creature of some sort

how might one go about such a task? the things i wish for the beast to be able to do is exist in the wild be killable and harvestable and be able to be domesticated and to give milk and wool or the ability to be shorn while also being able to be equipped/geared up like an elk and be ridden like an elk

again how might one create such a creature?
i do have a modding environment set up i will note though past that i am clueless

Edited Sunday at 03:16 PM by deathwolf54
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[Brady_The]

2 hours ago, deathwolf54 said:

again how might one create such a creature?

The wiki has a very basic tutorial: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Modding:Basic_Entity

If you get stuck somewhere, looking at Vanilla or Mod creatures which are similar to yours should help. I personally haven't worked on entities, so I can't be too much help.

To find information on how to make a creature harvestable, any Vanilla entity should do.
To find information on how to make a creature tamable and milkable, Vanilla sheep entities should help.
To make a creature shearable, you probably need https://mods.vintagestory.at/shearlib or https://mods.vintagestory.at/wool as a dependency to be able to reference wool items instead of creating them yourself. In the latter mod you should find examples on how to implement in the patches folder.
To find information on how to make a creature equipable and ridable like an elk, look at the elk. (Making a creature equipable is a bit convoluted so the task could be considered somewhat daunting.)

That said, you presented a long and ambitious feature list. I would start small and get the basic creature to work first. Then go from there and add more features.

Godspeed!

Edited Sunday at 05:31 PM by Brady_The

[deathwolf54]

2 hours ago, Brady_The said:

The wiki has a very basic tutorial: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Modding:Basic_Entity

If you get stuck somewhere, looking at Vanilla or Mod creatures which are similar to yours should help. I personally haven't worked on entities, so I can't be too much help.

To find information on how to make a creature harvestable, any Vanilla entity should do.
To find information on how to make a creature tamable and milkable, Vanilla sheep entities should help.
To make a creature shearable, you probably need https://mods.vintagestory.at/shearlib or https://mods.vintagestory.at/wool as a dependency to be able to reference wool items instead of creating them yourself. In the latter mod you should find examples on how to implement in the patches folder.
To find information on how to make a creature equipable and ridable like an elk, look at the elk. (Making a creature equipable is a bit convoluted so the task could be considered somewhat daunting.)

That said, you presented a long and ambitious feature list. I would start small and get the basic creature to work first. Then go from there and add more features.

Godspeed!

thanks for this info!