Nico's Cave Expansion:

[Version:1.9]
TECHNICAL:
- Updated for compatibility with Minecraft version 1.21.24.
- Added PBR texture support for all the custom blocks, entities, and particles.

MOBS:
- Each custom mob Spawn Egg now has a unique visual.
- Fixed a bug where mobs would not naturally spawn on top of any custom full-cube block types.
- Glowbird:
  - Can now lay eggs on top of any custom full-cube blocks.
- Crystalmite:
  - Can now slowly regenerate health while sitting or sleeping.
- Mossy Skeleton:
  - Tamed Mossy Skeletons can now equip all types of vanilla armor, tools, melee weapons, and off-hand items such as Shields and Totems of Undying through owner interaction.
- Myceling & Glowceling:
  - Can now lay eggs on top of any custom full-cube blocks.
  
BLOCKS:
- Custom blocks now support precipitation behavior.



[Version: 1.8]
NOTE:
- If you’re updating from an older version, this add-on may not work properly in existing worlds.
- This update only works with Minecraft version 1.21.120 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:
- Changed all identifiers.
- Shortened several file names.
- Rewrote all Script API event code.
- Added language support for Spanish and Japanese.

RENAMED:
- "Glow Bird" → "Glowbird"
- "Glow Bird Egg" → "Glowbird Egg"

MOBS:
- Glowbird:
  - Increased natural spawn rate.

WORLD GENERATAION:
- Updated several vegetation features — Bush, Leaf Litter, Pink Petals, and Wildflowers can now be replaced during world generation.
- Improved Glow Lichen generation — it can now generate attached to most full-cube block types, and its generation rate in Mushroom Caves has been reduced.
- Increased the generation rate of Mycelium Sprouts and Glowcelium Sprouts.

BLOCKS:
- Fixed the texture bug on custom potted plants.
- Adjusted the selection box, collision box, hardness, and blast resistance of most custom blocks to better match those of vanilla blocks.
- Most solid custom blocks are now redstone conductors — buttons, levers, pressure plates, and other redstone signal emitters will now work when placed on custom blocks.
- Custom blocks now behave correctly when pushed by pistons.
- Custom blocks with pillar-type rotation (such as stems, bales, and pillar blocks) now have correct texture rotation based on their placement, matching their corresponding vanilla blocks.
- Custom blocks with cross-model (such as plants and crystal clusters) now have consistent textures on all sides, similar to vanilla cross-model blocks.
- Fixed an issue where blocks couldn’t be placed on custom slabs.
- Custom plants now have slightly randomized positioning within a 1-block range when placed, similar to vanilla grasses.
- Custom sprouts can now be instantly removed when a block is placed over them.
- Custom ore drops now have the same average yield as vanilla ores when mined with or without the Fortune enchantment.
- Mycelium Sprouts & Glowcelium Sprouts:
  - Reduced particle emission frequency.
- Clumps of Mosshroom Fungus:
  - No longer instantly mined. They can now be efficiently mined using a hoe or shears.
  - Revamped textures and added semi-emissive details.
- Moss Berry Bush:
  - Tweaked the block model.
- Active Heated Netherrack:
  - Will no longer be triggered by mobs with the Fire Resistance effect.
  - The explosion block is now solid.
  - Fixed the explosion name appearing when a player dies from the explosion.
- Rose Quartz Lamps:
  - Improved texture material instances — block sides no longer appear dim.
- Mosshroom Hyphae Lamp:
  - Improved texture material instances.
  - Updated rendering method and added PBR texture support.
- Mosshroom Hyphae Lantern:
  - Improved texture material instances.
  - Updated rendering method and added PBR texture support.
  - Tweaked the extension model when placed on the side face of a block.

ITEMS:
- Added “Smeltable” info to several items and blocks that can be smelted.
- Custom bone meal can now also be used as fertilizer on various fertilizable (mostly custom) blocks.

RECIPES:
- The following blocks can now be smelted in a blast furnace to obtain their cracked variants:
  - Limestone Bricks
  - Marble Bricks
  - Soul Stone Bricks
