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Midnight Wildlife

UPDATE: after way too long, I have fixed the 2d sound problem with the owls. their hoots and flapping should now properly be in stereo and affected by sound settings (also much less loud). I have also lowered the hunger value of moth wings for balance reasons.

A small selection of nocturnal animals to liven up the quieter parts of the day. Includes the owl, the moth, and the rare migratory african swallow that appears during the day.

Owl:

-appears only during sunset and at night, sleeps during the day
-is a carnivore, only eats meat and can only be baited with meat
-comes in 4 visual styles: Standard, Winter, Beardling (low sanity), and shadow (insanity)
-during winter, the owl's plumage will turn white
-during low sanity (40%), the owl will become a beardling owl
-during insanity, the owl becomes a shadow bird
-standard drops crow feathers and small meat
-winter drops snowbird feathers and small meat
-beardling owl drops beard hair, monster meat, and nightmare fuel
-shadow bird drops nightmare fuel at an non-guaranteed rate
-beardling and shadow owls reduce sanity when too close; shadow owls reduce sanity at a greater rate and give off a small amount of light
-all owl variations and changes work fully while in a bird cage, including the shadow owl light aura.
-caged owls will not eat seeds, instead they will eat live rabbits and moleworms.
-feeding a standard/winter owl a live rabbit gives a bird egg and 25% chance for bone shards
-feeding a beardling owl a live rabbit gives a monster egg and 25% chance for beard hair
-feeding a shadow owl a live rabbit gives a shadow egg and 25% chance for nightmare fuel

Moth:

-includes 2 varieties, the standard moth and the cave moth
-appears only during sunset and at night. when in a cave, moths appear at all times of the day
-moths have a higher rate of spawning from cave ferns than from flowers
-drop moth wings and a rare chance of foliage on death
-cave moths appear exclusively in the caves
-cave moths place cave ferns instead of flowers when used

Swallow:

-very small (1%) chance to spawn during the day, during spring and autumn only
-drop small meat and 3 random feathers on death
-if shipwrecked is installed, swallows will drop coconuts instead of seeds when flying away


new foods:

-moth wings: has a small health and sanity penalty when eaten and counts as monster meat
-mud muffins: cooked in crockpot from moth wings (butter muffin recipe), has similar health and sanity penalties but higher hunger satiation. counts as monster meat
-monster egg: black hairy monster egg dropped from caged beardling owls. counts as monster meat with appropriate health and sanity penalties. can be used in crockpot recipes in lieu of bird eggs or cooked into cooked monster egg
-shadow egg: shadowy egg dropped from caged shadow owls. has long shelf life and can be eaten to greatly reduce sanity.


NOTE: This mod includes a heavily modified version of the birdcage prefab and a slightly modified version of the "transparentoninsanity" component. the edited birdcage should not have any conflicts with mods that require it, but in the chance there are issues it can safely be deleted from scripts/prefabs without errors, although some features of this mod will be lost. the edited "transparentoninsanity" component only adds an on/off switch and should (hopefully) not conflict with anything, but cannot be disabled.

known bugs: mudmuffin is invisible when in the cookpot.