mob mod for singleplayer

[axlrose08]

I would like any suggestions for a mob-mod that works with relative ease. I have tried all of the popular ones and have had no success in seeing any mobs around my world. I may or may not have installed them correctly.
So if you could suggest a good mod and how I can install/check to see if the mobs are actually spawning, that would be great.
I eventually hope to have a little zombie apocalypse world going. As I feel minetest is an adequate tool to emulate such a world.
Thanks in advance.

Edit: I have the latest version 0.4.4 (I believe) and running on windows OS

[jojoa1997]

https://github.com/jojoa1997/peaceful_npc
Here is my peaceful_npc mod. It works well and if you want to spawn them using a command or a summoner you have to grant yourself the "peacefulnpc" priv.
/grant singleplayer peacefulnpc

[kaeza]

I think he means hostile NPCs.
Though your peaceful_npc mod could easily be modified to make them hostile.

[jojoa1997]

No I already tried

[axlrose08]

https://github.com/jojoa1997/peaceful_npc
Here is my peaceful_npc mod. It works well and if you want to spawn them using a command or a summoner you have to grant yourself the "peacefulnpc" priv.
/grant singleplayer peacefulnpc

Thanks I'll give this a try, although I do want a hostile mob also, this will at the least get me familiar with how it all works.

[kaeza]

No I already tried

Well then, try again

[axlrose08]

I have the sapier animals mod but it doesnt seem to do anything, I cant give myself a spawn egg item, I wait to see if they randomly spawn and still nothing. It's weird...

I will assume I am doing something wrong, as this mod has yielded no results either. I have unzipped it, placed it in mod/minetest. I have yet to find a way to make these work, and instructions I have found on google haven't been very specific
Forgive my noobines.
I couldn't even use the /grant singleplayer peacefulnpc as it said it was an invalid priv

[kaeza]

It took some time for me to find some animals.
Vombies appear at night in areas with low light level.
Dungeon Masters appear in, well, dungeons

[axlrose08]

I'm really at a loss here, not sure what I'm doing wrong

[kaeza]

Just give it some time. Explore the world. You'll eventually find some animals.

[axlrose08]

Just give it some time. Explore the world. You'll eventually find some animals.

Isn't the fact that I can't use that guy's "/grant singleplayer peacefulnpc" priv an indication that the mods are not working?

[jojoa1997]

First NPCs spawn naturally. Second thatnpriv is so people can't crash servers. Try spawning around 50 in one spot all at once using a command. That is just an overload of info. Also I don't want others to grief places by putting tons of them in someone's house

[kaeza]

Oh sorry, didn't read the edited post.
It seems either you installed the mod in the wrong location, or something is messed up in jojoa's mod.
Where did you install the mod?

[jojoa1997]

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npcs:register_spawn("peaceful_npc:npc", {"default:dirt_with_grass", "default:sand", "default:desert_sand", "default:desert_stone", "default:stone"}, 16, -1, 500, 2, 31000)

That sets spawning info

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function npcs:register_spawn(name, nodes, max_light, min_light, chance, mobs_per_100_block_radius, max_height)

And that is what the numbers mean

[axlrose08]

Oh sorry, didn't read the edited post.
It seems either you installed the mod in the wrong location, or something is messed up in jojoa's mod.
Where did you install the mod?

I unzipped it into this directory: minetest-0.4.4-win32\mod\minetest
Most tutorials I have found use an older version of minetest so it's a mystery to me as to why it doesn't work by simply extracting it into the location

[axlrose08]

I'd just like to know how to spawn one mob right in front of me so I can be sure the mods are working, I have both the sapien-animals mod and his peaceful npc mod.

[jojoa1997]

you have to get this and then plsce it. Also you still need to have the peacefulnpc priv

here is the recipe

[axlrose08]

you have to get this and then plsce it. Also you still need to have the peacefulnpc priv

here is the recipe

thankyou very much!