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Ranching Overhaul

It's getting long so I'll do a changelog here:
1.2.0:
- fixed a bug where incorrect item tags crash the game.
- using a new method to discover critters. Now all critters that have a diet will be included (including mod creatures).
1.1.5:
- fixed the fish release. Vanilla had an old bug that makes the fish release always counts 0. The Butcher & Fishing Stations mod fixed it. I made a fix too, and both are compatible. Credit to Sanchozz.
1.1.4:
- small tweak. The default config values are totally Vanilla now. If you want a clean experience, you don't have to change any value.
1.1.3:
- add ability to configure the size of critter feeders.
1.1.2:
- add ability to wrangle all critters.
- add ability to configure the size of critter drop-offs.
- add ability to configure adult threshold of each critter.

Overhauls some aspects of ranching, including:
- Duplicants will earn husbandary attribute experience by using ranching stations, including grooming station, shearing station and any mod stations that use the RanchStation as base (including butcher station).
- Duplicants can also use the above stations faster with each level of husbandary attribute. Wrangling speed will also increase with each level of husbandary.
- You can configure how much longer each level of husbandary makes the "Groomed" effect last.
- You can configure how much faster the egg incubator can be.
- You can configure how much faster the "Happy" status can increase fertility.
- You can configure the max amount of critters that can be dropped off by critter drop-offs and fish releases.
- All configurable critters can now be wrangled, so you can wrangle flying dudes.

Also, you can now customize many parts of a critter, including:
- Space required before getting cramped.
- Fertility cycle, i.e. how long it takes to make an egg.
- Adult Threshold, i.e. at what age the critter would be considered an adult. Vanilla makes every critter mature at 5 cycles age, you can fine tune each one to your likes.
- What eggs it can lay and their respective chances. Note: only works on new critters. Critters already in the world are not affected.
- Diet. Parameters are quite self-explanatory. You can edit anything as long as it is a valid game item (including mod items).
- Drecko scales. Note: you cannot add scales to critters that don't have one in the first place.

fixes:
- The vanilla game only adds newly discovered items to a category but doesn't remove them. Thus, critter feeders won't remove diets that are no longer there. I fixed it for critters but not for other categories. The problem is deeper than I thought, so I could only offer a specialized fix.

The config file is in the game's mod folder now, usually located at Documents/Klei/OxygenNotIncluded/mods. It is called RanchingOverhaulConfig.json.
If you don't know how to configure some properties, just load the game once and the mod will populate your config file with the correct format and default values. Old versions of config file will also be updated.