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BIRD UP! Continued
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Update: 30 Jul @ 2:28pm

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/30/2025 4:28:23 PM.
!! BIG HUGE BALANCE PASS !!

TECHNICAL
- Created a new set of bird-themed ThingDefs that all of these birds will pull from, making them more uniform across the board and (hopefully) making my life easier when adding/balancing these in the future.
- Created a Macaw ThingDef base for a similar reason, since there's just so many Macaws lol

BODY SIZES
- Increased Vulture baseBodySize from 0.17 -> 0.6
- Increased Red-winged Blackbird baseBodySize from 0.06 -> 0.15
- Increased all Macaw baseBodySizes from 0.20 -> 0.35
- Increased Peregrine baseBodySize from 0.15 -> 0.25
- Further reduced Cockatiel baseBodySize from 0.2 -> 0.15
- Further reduced Budgerigar baseBodySize from 0.2 -> 0.12

HUNGER RATES
- Reduced Red-winged Blackbird baseHungerRate from 0.35 -> 0.13
- Reduced Raven baseHungerRate from 0.35 -> 0.19
- Reduced Peregrine baseHungerRate from 0.35 -> 0.19
- Reduced all Macaw baseHungerRates from 0.32 -> 0.19
- Increased Vulture baseHungerRate from 0.35 -> 0.37
- Made Vultures not a predator

COMBAT
- Increased Budgie combat power to 25
- Increased Cockatiel combat power to 25
- Increased Peregrine combat power to 40
- Increased Raven combat power to 35
- Increased Vulture combat power to 40
- Increased Red-winged Blackbird combat power to 25
- Increased Budgie Claws attack power from 1 -> 1.8
- Increased Cockatiel Claws attack power from 1 -> 1.8

TRAINING/TAMING
- Gave all parrots a petness of 0.2
- Gave Raven and Peregrine a petness of 0.15
- Made all birds get auto-named when tamed
- Increased Budgie, Cockatiel, & Peregrine trainability to Intermediate
- Increased Raven and all Macaws' trainability to Advanced
- Reduced Raven wildness from 0.4 -> 0.3

MISC
- Reduced Budgie egg laying interval from 5 -> 3
- Budgie and Cockatiel now have a comfortable temperature between 0-45 C
- Removed useless alternateGraphics code from Raven, Vulture & Red-winged Blackbird XML
- Removed rooster/hen labels from Budgie and Cockatiel
- Changed Red-winged Blackbird chick label from "redwing chick" -> "blackbird chick"

Update: 30 Jul @ 6:17am

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/30/2025 8:17:28 AM.
- Increased Cockatiel baseBodySize from 0.05 -> 0.2
- Increased Budgerigar baseBodySize from 0.04 -> 0.2
- Reduced Cockatiel and Budgerigar baseHungerRate from 0.35 -> 0.1
-- Both birds are now on par with Vanilla rats; this means they will drop more resources when butchered, and will be less squishy health-wise, but easier to hit, among other things.

Update: 27 Jul @ 6:32pm

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/27/2025 8:32:24 PM.
- Adjusted descriptions for all birds except Scarlet Macaw
- Adjusted Military Macaw biomes and made them rarer across the board to match IRL counterpart
- Adjusted Budgie and Cockatiel description and biomes to better match IRL counterparts

Update: 26 Jul @ 6:24pm

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/26/2025 8:24:39 PM.
- Removed flight XML that was erroneously added to these guys instead of patched on with Bird Up+

Update: 20 Jul @ 7:04am

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/20/2025 9:04:52 AM.
- Fixed Macaws not laying eggs properly

Update: 20 Jul @ 6:02am

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/20/2025 8:02:51 AM.
- Split Macaw into 3 distinct animals: Scarlet, Military, and Blue-and-yellow Macaws. This will allow me to add flying to them easier in the future.

Update: 19 Jul @ 11:17am

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/19/2025 1:17:30 PM.
- Added AnimalPet trade tag to all 3 parrot species
- Grammar/wording fixes in descriptions
- ODYSSEY: Macaws (Bird Up version), Ravens and Peregrines can now be trained to attack a target
- ODYSSEY: Re-added Bird Up! Vultures and Macaws, so they will spawn alongside the Odyssey ones
- Reduced Macaw, Budgie, and Cockatiel wildness to 0.3
- Vulture now has higher toxic resistance to match Odyssey Vulture

Update: 19 Jul @ 10:10am

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 7/19/2025 12:10:47 PM.
- Added proper 1.4-1.5 support

Update: 19 Jul @ 10:03am

[Auto-generated text]: Initial upload.
- Updated Def names to reduce the chance of conflicts; all birds are now prefixed with "BU_"
- Removed redundant desiccated sprites
- Changed redwing-> red-winged blackbird (Redwings are a type of Eurasian thrush! They're very pretty)
- Added support for many biome mods and Odyssey DLC biomes to all birds
- ODYSSEY ONLY: Budgies/Cockatiels can be trained to comfort
- ODYSSEY ONLY: Macaws and vultures will not appear