Carnivores: Modders Edition

Carnivores Modders Edition aims to create a more flexible engine so mod-creators can build more detailed and varied mod packs for Carnivores 2 than ever before.

New features include:

• 10th huntable slot
• AI can be reordered or duplicated throughout the roster
• 108 map ambient slots per area
• 128 trophy slots
• All huntable herbivore AI can be made dangerous
• All huntable carnivore AI can be made non-dangerous
• Any AI creature can be spawned as map ambients
• Set which creatures can random spawn
• Pachycephalosaurus AI
• All Ice Age AI
• Dangerous brachiosaurus AI
• (Dangerous) land brachiosaurus AI
• Ichthyornis AI
• Fish AI
• Mosasaurus AI
• Fully customisable spawning rules for all creatures
• Fish/mosasaurus AI can be made dangerous/non-dangerous
• Swimming can be added to ambient creatures
• Swimming can be added to huntable herbivores
• Swimming can be disabled for carnivores
• Manually set how high each creature swims in the water
• Pack/herding AI can be added to any AI
• Pack max/min size and density can be customised
• Add different creatures in set ratios into a pack
• Speed patch
• Aggression patch
• Unlimited triangle count on Creature and Weapon models
• Changeable animation order for all AI
• Up to 32 Idle animations for fish/mosasaurus ai creatures
• 32 custom idle groups per creature (except fish/mosasaurus ai)
• Up to 32 Idle animations per idle group
• Up to 32 custom kill animations / hunter death animations per creature
• Up to 32 death animations per creature
• Up to 32 roar animations per creature (t-rex AI creatures only)
• Up to 32 look animations per creature (t-rex AI creatures only)
• Up to 32 smell animations per creature (t-rex AI creatures only)
• Up to 32 water idle animations per creature (ichthyornis AI creatures only)
• Up to 32 water death animations per creature (dimorphodon/pteranodon/ichthyornis AI creatures only)
• Creatures showing on radar can be individually toggled
• Set radar colour for creatures
• Set blood colour for creatures
• Option to disable bending for creatures
• Option to disable/enable weaving for all creatures
• Customise the weaving range for creatures
• Option to make creatures aggressive only after being shot
• Option to make creatures always flee after being shot
• Option to make creatures flee if it hears gunshots regardless of aggression
• Hide a creatures stats in the binoculars
• Set which creatures can be added to the trophy room
• Kill animations can be changed to only play once, instead of looping.
• Change which dinos run from certain calls
• Custom spawn regions per map
• Spawn max/min and spawnrate per map (minimum spawn rate of 1/30,000 chance per hunt)
• Creatures can be set to never leave certain regions unless chased/lured out.
• Creatures can be set to avoid specific areas per map.
• Minimum/maximum depth (fish/mosasaurus AI creatures only)
• Minimum/maximum altitude for flier AI creatures
• New overwrite system - Any RES value can be adjusted depending on map, time of day, creature selected or a combination
• Optional sleep animation for T-Rex
• Customisable classic, Primal Prey style or hybrid trophy room.
• Trophies can be animated (res togglable)
• Jump range for mosasaurus ai
• Toggle crouch.
• Customisable snow/weather settings for each map
• Up to 32 active snow types per hunt.
• Customisable survival mode
• Bullet travel time and modifiable velocity.
• Bullet models.
• Retrievable bullets (e.g. x-bow bolts) - res optional.
• Tracking bullets show hit dino on radar.
• Custom tracking bullet radar colour.
• Optional tracking bullet duration.
• Harpoon res option for weapons.
• Adjustable weapon recoil.
• Weapon Fall now accepts any value.
• Weapon Optic now accepts any value.
• Manual reloading - set the keybinding in the options menu to swap magazines at any time.
• Optional partial reload animation.
• Optional unloaded animations.
• Manual racking - set the keybinding in the options menu.
• Optional automatic reloading/racking.
• Semi-auto and full-auto firing modes.
• Change between firing modes - set the keybinding in the options menu.
• Optional muzzle flash.
• Steady aim by holding breath - set the keybinding in the options menu.
• Adjustable initial weapon shake.
• Optional crosshair
• Custom crosshair colour
• Option to play get, put and reload animations without optic zoom.
• Option to allow running with certain weapons.
• Option to disable mortal zones with specific weapons.
• Animated bullet pictures
• Supply Ship - adjust keybind in the options menu.
• Decide which trophies to take back to the trophy room.
• Non-trophy creatures can still give points using basescore.
• More detailed _RES error messages.

The map ambient demo 2 showcases:

• Pack hunting velociraptors.
• Alpha pack-leader velociraptors.
• Rare-spawning huntable Pachycephalosaurus.
• Rare-spawning huntable Triceratops.
• Ambient Icthyornis (spawns in flocks of around the coast).
• Ambient Mosasaurus that spawns along the coast of Delphaeus Hills.
• Ambient Climatius (fish that spawns in deep ocean on Delphaeus Hills).
• Ambient Parexus (fish that spawns in the shallows around the estuary on the west side of Delphaeus Hills).
• Ambient Pink Parexus (fish that spawns in the pond on the northeast side of Delphaeus Hills).
• Male/female Ceratosaurus.
• Speargun.
• Tracking bolts for the X-Bow.

All planned future features and known bugs/issues are listed here

Carnivores Modders Edition is still in beta and everything is subject to change. If you wish to report a bug not listed in the spreadsheet, or have any suggestions or queries,
contact Ornithomimid 1 on the Carnivores Saga Discord channel or via the Carnivores Saga forums.

Credits:

• Ornithomimid 1 - programming, animating, ichthyornis model & texture.
• Ithamar - programming.
• Poharex - mosasaurus, climatius, parexus & pink parexus models & textures.
• Starcrafty - allosaurus call & sleep animations, spinosaurus swim animation, mosasaurus sounds.
• JustTurrable - male ceratosaurus texture.