4/8/25 version 5.5 fixes an issue that spontaneously appeared in recent game versions in which the statue graphics from this mod did not have proper transparency if the PNG file was set to indexed color mode, causing them all to have a black background, special thank you to pingin for bringing this to my attention

4/3/25 version 5.4 is another general maintenance update

-fixed an issue that appeared spontaneously on the experimental branch when using this mod pertaining to "unknown creature copy" errors for various creatures

-removed the natural skill of "organization" from giant ants, because this bit of flavor was ultimately inappropriate and causing uncanny side effects

-nerfed leather men again

-nerfed anvil men again

-fixed an issue in which the equipment graphics for this mod's creatures would fail to render handwear if they were also wielding tools or weapons in their hands

2/6/25 version 5.3 fixes an issue in which piranhas might ambush your adventurer on land and then proceed to air drown to death. Also made various graphical tweaks

2/1/25 version 5.2 is another general maintenance patch

-made all of the intelligent humanoid construct creatures more rare and gave them the ability to have strange moods if they're a citizen
-made all of the giant spore balls more rare
-made all ents be war trainable and added ground shadows underneath all of their sprites
-made elk hares more rare
-made zebras more rare
-redrew the cherry ent to have green leaves with pink flowers and visible fruits, instead of just having "pink leaves"
-fixed some graphical weirdness with the leather man pickaxes
-made various other small graphical tweaks

11/23/24 version 5.1 = general maintenance tweaks. buildingdestroyer is now removed from all ents in order to hopefully address reports that they were hostile despite being benign. most creatures in the mod are now trainable in one way or another. the egg man portrait art is updated to look more friendly. fire fish and other magma sea life no longer have organs (theyre just fish-shapes made of fire), goldfish no longer spawn in brackish water, equipment graphics have been tweaked a little (candle man skirts, cactus man pickaxes...). And other small tweaks.

Incompatible with previous versions.

10/23/24 version 5.0 completely remakes the infrastructure pertaining to who is or isn't affected by fungal thralldom. while previously it was "any creature except for cavern wildlife" the affected list is now much more specific and restricted only to the main civilization races + all animal people. This will now prevent the phenomenon in which surface wildlife (and maybe even megabeasts? I am not sure) were being turned into fungal thralls, which people did not like.

10/19/24 version 4.9 adds Ice Giants, Sun Berry Men, Downy Deer, Bubble Bulb Bears, and Sliver Barb Snakes. this version also fixes a loading-screen crash that had a low percent chance to occur, which was caused by a vanilla bug that Putnam sent a fix in for

10/13/24 version 4.8 adds snow men, tendrils dogs, and a complete remake of the mimic creature (which means this version is incompatible with previous versions)

10/9/24 version 4.7 adds bay watchers, blue men, eye-bats, and owl cats

10/5/24 version 4.6 adds apple ents, apricot ents, avocado ents, banana ents, coconut ents, mango ents, orange ents, papaya ents, lime ents, peach ents, pomegranate ents, durian ents, plum ents, citron ents, and pear ents. it also modifies all existing surface ents to have the ability to drop their respective plant growths (fruits, seeds, flowers, etc) onto the ground all on their own without being prompted. they do this at a maximum rate of 1 item per week as part of a self-cleaning procedure and this is in addition to the nest-boxing behavior that was already present. this version also slightly reduces the frequencies of surface ents in general, to compensate for the fact that there are now more of them.