Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20171222030656

Mae govannen, my dudes! Being a birdwatcher, I love suggesting that the mod team add copious and unnecessary amounts of birb species. Currently, the oceans are very empty of live, and Tolkien mentions a few kinds of seabirds at various times. As such, I made some textures for them.

Pelagic Birbs
These birbs are found mainly out to sea. Special features apply to several of them. These can be either variants of a "Seabird" mob, or unique ones.


 * Petrel: Found across the ocean. Spawns at night on rocky shorelines from latitude of Lindon north, and does not fly until day.




 * Northern Fulmar: Spawns at sea and rocky shoreline from the latitude of Forlindon northwards.




 * Northern Gannet: Spawns at sea and on rocky shoreline from Lindon northwards, and off the coast of West and South Harad. Large colonies can be found rarely.




 * Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross: Spawns far out to sea, and on islands. Rare, does not flap.




 * Skua: Piratic bird found out to sea, and at shoreline north of Forlindon and on islands. It will attack other birds and players for their food.




 * Jaeger (another kind of Skua in English terminology): Found across the seas, and on the tundra and Forodwaith. Like the Skua, will attack birds and players for food.



I also wanted to make Puffin, Great Auk, and Cormorant textures. However, these would require models which I do not know how to make. I would really appreciate it if any reader who does know how to create one could whip one up.

Gull Textures
Just a few new textures representing different Gull species. The name should be changed to "gull" as well, which Tolkien used and is scientifically correct. I get triggered easily by that kind of thing.


 * Great Black-Backed Gull




 * Black-Headed Gull




 * Herring Gull




 * Common (Mew in American terminology) Gull: My (and Tolkien's, apparently) favorite gull.



Birb AI
Lastly, to address seabird AI: currently, gulls will fly into the water until they drown. If possible, could they sit on it instead? This is realistic, as no species on the list dives. Except Gannets, who perform incredible dives far down into the water. If this is included, they should never drown.

Thanks for reading! As always, comments, kudos, and constructive criticism is much appreciated.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)  