ZAWA Maker
This addon for the Zoo and Wild Animals mod unlocks incredible creative potential! You can easily and quickly add completely new animals to the game without needing any special programming skills. Just a few simple steps - and your unique creature will come to life in the Minecraft world.
Key advantages:
- Dynamic animal creation through JSON files
- Support for models from the Tabula program
- Configuration of all characteristics: health, speed, behavior
- Possibility to add animations
- Compatibility with the existing Zoo and Wild Animals mod system
Animal Creation Process
Creating a new inhabitant for your world starts with preparing the necessary files. You'll need a model in Tabula format, textures of appropriate size (multiples of 16), and a main configuration file in JSON format.
Here are the main parameters available for configuration:
- name - animal name (mandatory parameter)
- health - health (numerical value)
- speed - movement speed
- nature - behavior type: Undefined, Skittish, Passive, Neutral, Protective, Territorial, Aggressive, None
- variants - number of texture variants
- tameItem - taming item in modid:item format
- breedItem - breeding food
- food - diet type: insectivore, carnivore, leaf_eater, herbivore, omnivore, grazer, pescatarian, fish_eater
- textures - list of texture files
- model - path to model file
- drops - list of dropped items
- boxSize - hitbox size [width, height]
- animation - animation file
Technical Details
The created model must have the extension .tbl and exactly match the original file. The same rule applies to textures - their names must completely match, including the .png extension.
If you want to add animation, additional configuration will be required using animation and headRotations arrays in the JSON file.
Example video instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-r4O_GIJY4
After preparing all files, simply pack them into a ZIP archive and place it in the run → zawamaker → animals folder. Restart the game - and your new pet is ready for adventures!
