Axolotl Armour

[knotty plume]

I've made an axolotl taming mod request before (thanks ramgames for axoamigos)
Now i'm here to request an axolotl armour mod, to be paired with the axolotl taming mod!
They should be dyeable like wolf armour but should simply reduce damage taken instead of invulnerability like wolf armour, since there's no creepers in the ocean and axolotls can already play dead.
Unsure about how you'd craft it, maybe nautilus shells? looking for suggestions :)

[umbral bluff]

maybe nautilus shells and a dye color, perhaps with amor trim functionality

[knotty plume]

nah I wanna keep it consistent with wolf armour

[umbral bluff]

Fair enough

[knotty plume]

yeah I think nautilus shells are good

they need more uses anyway lol

[vague zodiac]

What about turtle scutes

[knotty plume]

ooh yeah turtle scutes also need more uses 😩

mb both?

so like
x=air
n=scute
t=nautilus
x x n
n t n
n x n

[vague zodiac]

I would do this but I can't texture

[knotty plume]

b

[vague zodiac]

I made a version of this

But it's not really armor

I just made axolotls carry portable conduits

[vague zodiac]

@knotty plume Not what you were looking for, probably

But maybe something else you might be interested in

[knotty plume]

hmm

maybe I can help texture? or hire someone to do it

I do have experience with skin making but im not too sure if thatll translate well to texture making

[vague zodiac]

I'll happily make the mod if you can get a working texture lol

[knotty plume]

only problem is idk how to format the texture png, I usually work on pmc but thats for the texture of the mob itself

I'm assuming I just paint on the axolotl texture, then everything should be in place?

[vague zodiac]

One moment, let me make a new template mod

1.20.6 fine?

Seeing as it's a hotfix to 1.20.5

[knotty plume]

Would prefer 1.20.1 since every mod is stuck there

[vague zodiac]

Okay

[vague zodiac]

Yeah, I think that's what wolf armor does

Wolf armor also renders a "cracked" level which I assume is a visual indicator of how damaged the armor is

Wait, you you be okay if I named the mod "Axolotl Amour"

[knotty plume]

yeah

[knotty plume]

post the template one on github when its done pls, make sure to include a placeholder texture and make sure everything works and stuff. then ill start making hte texture

[vague zodiac]

LOL At this point I'll have to backport all of the wolf armor assets and armor crack rendering stuff to 1.20.1

@knotty plume is it okay if I keep it on 1.20.6

Because this is not working

||And I updated a version of tameable axolotls to 1.20.5 and 1.20.6 already, so you can use that if you like||

[crystal merlin]

Pretty sure it’s for a mod pack that consists of many 1.20.1-only mods

At least that’s what most requests from them seem to be for

[vague zodiac]

😭 I really don't want to backport wolf armor stuff

[crystal merlin]

Then don’t lol

[vague zodiac]

And mojang will come after me for using decompiled source code

[crystal merlin]

Don’t feel pressured

Post your GitHub with the 1.20.6 version and if someone wants to make it available for 1.20.1 they can

[vague zodiac]

Unfortunately I might give up on this one

There are just too many render classes to work with

[knotty plume]

sure, I can update when all the other mods are ready then

[knotty plume]

yup! 1.20.1 modded smp :3

[vague zodiac]

Okay I finally got it to stop deadlocking

@knotty plume

It uses the turtle scute as particle so that's what I named the armor matieral

Tell me if you want to switch it to nautilus shell

[knotty plume]

nah that's goof

[knotty plume]

if it's functional now and all it needs is the textures post on github, I'll start working on texturing

[vague zodiac]

https://github.com/ekulxam/axolotl-amour

Textures should go under resources/textures/item/axolotl_armor for the item model

For the armor model it should be resources/textures/entity/entity/axolotl/axolotl_armor (no cracks), resources/textures/entity/axolotl/axolotl_armor_crackiness_low (low cracks), resources/textures/entity/axolotl/axolotl_armor_crackiness_medium (medium cracks), and resources/textures/entity/axolotl/axolotl_armor_crackiness_high (high cracks)
They should all be png files

[nova vault]

Is this compatible with my axolotls api tho?

[vague zodiac]

I have no idea

I made so many axolotl mods and forgot all about mavm

[vague zodiac]

@knotty plume Have you gotten a chance to look at the texturing?

[vague zodiac]

@knotty plume

[knotty plume]

ah yeah sorry not yet

ill look into it now

[knotty plume]

can you put in an example texture so I can use it as a templtae

[vague zodiac]

https://github.com/ekulxam/axolotl-amour/tree/main/src/main/resources/assets/axolotl_amour/textures
Done

Painting over the axolotl then erasing the axolotl part should work

I put in the blue axolotl as a placeholder

[vague zodiac]

@knotty plume did you get a chance to take a look at the textures?