The landing animations are still a bit unreliable. All too often when testing Bok’s Banging Butterflies I still see landed butterflies flapping their wings.
Bok’s Banging Butterflies
My first real mod for Minecraft that adds butterflies to the world.
The Amazing Hummingbird Moth
One night in Siem Reap I saw what I thought was a hummingbird buzzing around some flowers. I got close to it and it was a strange sight. It zipped from flower to flower, its wings humming like a small bird.
Handling and Preventing Errors
Mistakes are an inevitable part of coding, and debugging is where the real problem-solving begins. This will inevitably lead to bugs. When you notice a bug you will, of course, spend some time figuring out what went wrong. There are two ways to tackle these bugs: detection and prevention.
Adding More Moth Varieties
This week I added a couple of new moths to Bok’s Banging Butterflies. One is another silk moth, this one a little colourful. The other is the tiniest of Clothes Moths.
Green Skirt Baron Butterfly
Variety is what brings a mod to life, and with every new butterfly, Bok’s Banging Butterflies grows more vibrant. On a recent trip along the Monk’s Trail in Chiang Mai, I spotted an uncommon butterfly known as the Green Skirt Baron.
Liang Zhu: Butterfly Lovers
There is a Chinese fairy tale about the two lovers Liang Shanbo (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英臺), doomed to never be together. Liang Shanbo dies of a broken heart, and Zhu Yingtai throws herself into his grave to join him.
The Souls of Living Entities
Many cultures believe that butterflies are the souls of the dead. I wanted to represent this idea in the Butterfly Mod. So this week I added the Féileacáin, the Irish spirits of the dead, represented as butterflies.
Creating a Butterfly Golem
A while ago there was a thread by Sushifox on PlanetMinecraft offering to create “adaptamobs”. Based on an earlier thread about digital pets, an adaptamob is simply one of 6 types of mobs represented in 2D, but with a specific theme applied to it.
Wat Pha Lat: Monk’s Trail
I love hiking, so of course we searched for a good hike in Chiang Mai. Wat Pha Lat, also known as the Monk’s Trail is one of the most popular hikes in the area, starting just on the edge of the city.
Placing Butterfly Origami
This week I implemented something I thought would be simple. But as it turns out, even the simplest of features can introduce a few interesting problems to solve. So this is the chronicle of how I implemented Butterfly Origami.