We are back with another huge update!

I did not get quite as far as I wanted to with magic mob improvements .. but I think what we have now should be enough to make all but those most fervent MythicMobs users happy. Enjoy!

Mob AI

• New brain section in magic mob configs (1.17 only)
  • remove_default_goals to remove all vanilla goals (turn off default AI)
  • remove_goals to remove specific default goals
  • goals to add vanilla and custom pathfinding goals
  • remove_default_targets, remove_targets, targets also available for targeting goals
  • The debugger spell will show mobs' current goals
  • magic_requirement goal can be used to wrap a vanilla goal in magic requirements
• Pets
  • Added ownable property, allows any mob to be owned via the Tame action
  • Added stay property, allowing any mob to "sit"
  • (WIP, will be tameable with items)
  • TODO: add pets example with pet shop, ownable pets
• Add collidable flag to mobs
• Add stay, owner and owned flags to CheckEntity, for specific behaviors for owned mobs
• Add owned and stay requirements
• New moon requirement for phase-of-moon logic, simplify time requirement
• Example scaredy mob added, a cat that gets scared in the dark
• Example philbert mob added, a friendly tameable creeper
• ModelEngine example mob kindetron added, custom boss mob
• Warlocks and Dark Wizards now try to keep their distance, swing their arms when casting
• Mutants will now follow mutant captains, and easily panic when there is no captain around
• NPCs now always look at players (have ai, don't move, aren't collidable)
• Add leash_blocks mob spawner option to prevent mobs going over specific block types
• Add swing trigger for mobs, triggers when they swing their arm (1.17 only)

Additions

• Added halloween example from TheDarthFather (thank you!) (use /mexample fetch halloween)

Improvements

• More precise targeting through blocks like stairs and carpet
• Improved natural mob spawning, rebalance otherside and netherside spawns
• Add Lands to generic_protection by default
• There is now a builtin magic.team.* list you can use to set up mob permission teams without ops being on a team by default (Permission queries changed again, please let me know if anything weird happens, such as no permission to craft or use wands)
• Allow using numbers for "slot" parameters in various places (such as the CheckInventory action)
• Mobs spawned by the monster and mob spell will attack for you (familiar and farm will follow you)
• The Damage action will now force-set the damager and damaged NMS references, so "magic" damage registers with vanilla mob AI, possibly other plugins

Fixes

• Fix SkillAPI integration (needs testing)
• Fix CheckTrigger action not being able to check the same trigger twice in two different actions of the same spell This change also means that multiple triggers in a spell will need to happen in the order they appear in the spell. I apologize if this interferes with any existing spell behavior, please let me know!
• Survival dragons changed to phantoms, improve AI and fix being one-shottable with arrows
• Fix issues with spell inventories and EliteMobs loot showers
• Force-deactivate all players on server shutdown (prior to logout), for MDB compatibility issues
• The Freeze action now uses a separate snowable material list to prevent changing ice to snow
• Fixes and improvements to mysql data storage, particularly in a multi-server setup
• Fix items put directly in a spell inventory (vanilla give, other plugins) getting lost if the player's survival inventory is full
• Fix integration with future releases of Towny, the Warzone API is gone
• Fix color lore showing on leather icons in Recall and other places
• Fix Capture not working on 1.16+ mobs
• Fix errors when using dev builds of GriefPrevention
• Fix piglins going nuts when their zombification is cancelled
• Fix CheckInventory action not being able to check for air (empty slot) see windfist example
• Fix parsing decimal costs, and fix mconfig making costs decimals

Additions

• Add critical: effects section for Damage action, when a critical hit occurs
• Add more custom wand lore placeholders: $attributes, $slots, $slot, $sets, $potion_effects, $enchantments, $cast_spell
• Add zAuctionHouse support, bound wands can't be auctioned
• Add placeholders option to wands, for making custom placeholders that can be used in custom lore
• Add potion_effects messages section for customizing potion effect names in wand lore
• Add allow_offhand wand flag, to prevent specific wands from working in the offhand
• Add renamable wand flag, to prevent specific wands from being renamed on an anvil
• Add fail action handler to Probability action
• Add prob(p, x, y) function to equation parser, returns x if a random 0-1 draw < p, else returns y
• Add cache: false option to items to allow randomization to work
• Add entity_parameters section to SpawnEntity action, will be applied to any mobs spawned
• Add skills.quick_cast: auto option to wands, to allow spellbooks with only some quick-cast skills
• Add rarify spell as an optional Apprentice spell, improves ore drops but requires teamwork
• Magic attribute modifiers now support specific slots and operations like vanilla modifiers
• Allow placeholders in Recall icon descriptions
• Add item_properties wand config, for (possibly randomized) properties to be put on the wand item when it is created
• Add hidden: true option on attribute configs, will keep them out of wand lore
• Add allow_path_overrides: false wand option, to make it easier to customize wand mana

Changes

• Mob spawners are indestructible to spells
• The Tame action will cause tamed mobs to persist
• Don't allow renaming spells, skills, currency or other non-wand special items on an anvil
• The Magic Sword can now have effect trails just like a wand
• Potion effects with a negative amplifier will be considered more important than positive ones

Balance Changes

• Nerf Blast damage
• Buff Kill damage vs players
• Nerf dragon attack damage
• The Mine and Chop spells are in the "engineering" category, useful when region-tagging