New INI FlyerAllowRidingInCaves=True

New INI PreventImprintFromAshes (should make it impossible to imprint Phoenixes rezzed from ashes)

Quick fix for AOE attack damaging allies

Random update!

Added INI option for melee stat to scale the damage of left click fire damage.

Foliage and destructables now burn when in supercharge.

Added scaler as option
[CoyoPhoenix]
ScaleFireBiteMeleeStat=0.01

Minor cleanup for old functions, redundancies. First try at taxidermy poses. Could be some goofy stuff, but we\'ll see how it goes.

Animation tweaks - should allow for less jerky transitions in big direction changes, smoothing it out. Landing AI states changed. Re-scaled backwards movement and disabled running.

Changed landed attack sound - feedback welcome!

Secondary defaults added to accepted taming damage type.

Quick fix to wild speed INI.

Bunch of minor bugfixes for optimization and to remove old functions, hopefully nothing else breaks in the process! Big changes to Ash Mesh management. The Phoenix black hole issue should have been resolved as well.

Fixed Phoenix AI.
Removed AOE attack from Rage mode (it was pretty much one-shotting me every time in testing).

BACKWARDS. WALKING.

New INI options:

[CoyoPhoenix]
AcceptTamingDamageType=/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/DamageTypes/DmgType_Projectile_Fire.DmgType_Projectile_Fire
This INI option will allow you to set any type of damage type as a valid taming type, separated by commas. The main reason behind this option is for modded creatures that use a custom damage type such as certain dragon mods, that way they can be used for taming Phoenixes as well. You could even add Lightning Wyvern damage.

PhoenixTamingSpeedMultiplier=1.0

Ground attack animation (still testing reliability, but working as of now)

Mod ID: 1449927867

This mod remaps the vanilla Phoenix to a new version that overall is buffed and given unique mechanics in an attempt to make the difficulty and rarity of the Phoenix feel more worthwhile once you've managed to tame one.

I feel that a Phoenix should be a difficult to acquire, late game companion. Similar in capacity to Wyverns, but with additional utility at the exchange of raw power.

TL;DR: Breeding, Speed Levelling optional, awesome new attacks, more utility, more colors and custom color options, resurrection mechanics for wild and tamed, spawns without heatwaves, can land and walk, spawns on most maps.

• This Phoenix spawns on all maps that have a Desert Dunes biome (SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes) and does NOT require a Heat Wave to be active for it to spawn. Also spawns in the mountains (DinoSpawnEntriesMountain), but more rarely. Spawns in Extinction Oil Fields rarely (DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_OilFields_Fliers). Yes, it does spawn naturally on Valguero.
  
• The taming affinity decrease cooldown has been increased by about 5x, making solo Wyvern tames easier between stamina recharges, BUT Phoenixes are faster in the wild.
  
• Phoenixes now burn enemies in proximity to them when charging or taking damage. (makes drive-bys very fun)
  
• Additional colors!
  
• Change the Phoenix's flame color dynamically with its colors, or to a preset of your choice with INI options.
  
• Adult Phoenixes now accept stone as a food source, though at reduced effectiveness compared to Sulfur.
  
• Can land and walk using Left Control.
  
• Some resources weigh less than in the inventory of the vanilla Phoenix. Sulfur weighs nothing.
  
• All fire damage effects stack, and the fireball has a longer range.
  
• Ini option for speed levelling.
  
• Breedable with ini option.
  
• Can pick up creatures.
  
• Several new attacks (see controls)
  
• Can be carried on shoulder with ini option.
  
• Wyvern's fire breath has longer range that matches the animation. (I found it helpful for taming, with the latency it would look like I was hitting the Phoenix, but I wasn't)

• Resurrection: When a bonded Phoenix is slain, there is a 15 minute window for the owner of the slain Phoenix to dig through the ashes of their fallen friend to recover the ashes that their Phoenix was originally born of. Find somewhere safe to spread them, and resurrect your companion!
  Phoenixes are intelligent creatures, and depending on how you treat them, may not be so quick to forgive you for letting them die...
  
• Forgiveness: If you redeem yourself in your Phoenix's eyes, you may be rewarded with a very powerful, one-time-use item.

“You may kill a fire. And everything you know falls to dust and ash. Yet the remarkable treasure in this seemingly hopeless pile, is hidden deep within. The burning embers incarnate the perpetual desire to go from spark to flame.”
― Akilnathan Logeswaran