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Birds of the World!
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Mod, 1.5
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May 12, 2024 @ 1:29pm
Apr 22 @ 4:09pm
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Birds of the World!

Description
This mod adds random birds from all over the place. Which birds are in the mod are chosen COMPLETELY at random using the "Surprise Me" button on Birds of the World website (gotta use that annual subscription in SOME way, right?). I mostly made this as a fun project to learn about birds I may never have thought about otherwise.

"Will 'x' be in the mod?" The answer is... maybe. This mod is being made as a hobby for my own enjoyment, and all species are being picked entirely at random, as the mod aims to showcase birds that might be lesser-known. If you're feeling generous and want to sponsor a specific bird to be in this or another mod, buy me a Ko-Fi![ko-fi.com]

Species Included:
- African Grass-owl (Tyto capensis) - spawns in grassland and shrubby biomes
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) - spawns in temperate forests
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird - (Saucerottia cyanura) - VERY TINY and spawns in tropical biomes
- Caica Parrot (Pyrilia caica) - spawns in tropical forests
- Philippine Fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra) - spawns in temperate forests; *custom variant coding!*
- White-browed Triller (Lalage moesta) - spawns in temperate forests. Yes, this is a second Lalage species. I'm serious when I said these were picked randomly lmfao


Species In Progress:
- Caspian Snowcock - (Tetraogallus caspius)

Features:
- Flight (for some species) - REQUIRES PATHFINDING FRAMEWORK
- Custom sounds
- Custom color variant generation (for some species), courtesy of @steveo.o on Discord (check out Steve's mods!)
- Accurate activity periods (nocturnal birds are active at night, etc.) - REQUIRES VANILLA EXPANDED FRAMEWORK
- Avian Genomes can be extracted from corpses/live birds if Vanilla Genetics Expanded is installed.
- Compatibility with the following biome mods:
Advanced Biomes
Alpha Biomes
Biomes! Islands
Biomes! Oasis
More Vanilla Biomes
Regrowth: Core

Future/WIP Features:
- More birds!
- Flying behavior/sprites
- Custom color variant generation
- Baby/Juvenile sprites
- Custom skeleton sprites

Known issues:
- Anomaly DLC: Birds with flying sprites are unable to use flying skeletal sprites, meaning skeletal shamblers will appear non-skeletal if they fly
- Birds are SMALL with vanilla zoom abilities. Get a mod like Camera+/SimpleCameraSetting to zoom in on the little guys c:

Credits
- Sprites, XML, mod thumbnail: Me
- C# and small XML tweaks: Steve
- Sounds: Various users on xeno-canto.org, all licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
74 Comments
Scurvyez  [author] Apr 30 @ 6:40pm 
@RocketRacoon One of the mods I'm planning on making in the near future will do this for things like birds, bugs, and other small animals such as mice, voles, frogs, etc. I already have everything in place code-wise with my Fireflies 2 mod which using a particle system to render the fireflies. I just need to find time to make another, more generic, mod for different animals and effects. But like Tyr said, the base game does not support such things in any performant manner so it takes a lot of code to get it to work.
Tyrannidae  [author] Apr 22 @ 4:14pm 
@RocketRacoon That's out of my scope, sadly. Rimworld isn't really built to have ambient critters like that
Tyrannidae  [author] Apr 22 @ 4:11pm 
@Hex: Thicc grass
It should now! Let me know if anything isn't working properly.
Hex: Thicc grass Apr 21 @ 7:09pm 
does this mod work with vanilla genetics expanded?
RocketRacoon Oct 12, 2024 @ 11:49am 
Would it be possible to have birds not being counted as animals on the map or something? While I love the birds, I don't want to have to hunt them for food :))
huge snail man Sep 11, 2024 @ 7:04pm 
I'm a giant bird nerd and would love some north american birds like the american crow, northern cardinal, great horned owl, etc
Stupid Sexy Grand Foreskin Aug 29, 2024 @ 1:49pm 
Best mod to restore some sanity. Had too many brainrot content recently
KrovleR Jul 27, 2024 @ 2:33am 
😭
Tyrannidae  [author] Jul 26, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
@KrovleR no, there won't be, sorry!
KrovleR Jul 26, 2024 @ 7:16am 
Pawnmorpher compatability?