Minecraft - "Better Than Wolves" Mod Spotlight

Definitely some great stuff in this mod, it'd be fantastic if only a few of these things were added to the vanilla game! We've got windmills and cauldrons and ropes and engines and some generally totally awesome stuff!
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[@HaloWolf102]

"I like to think this mod being a little bit like minecraft in a years time" 2019 and they added a sawmill. 8 years later. And they added the observer block. And the hopper.

[@aarondowd7346]

And concrete in a different way Campfires are like the cauldron grill

[@con3879]

Time to compress and saw a dog in half

[@Quidney]

@@con3879 @fuckedup.comments

[@aurelia8028]

what sawmill?

[@McPlayer8t]

The stonecutter

[@thealmightyduck335]

I know this was uploaded over 11 years ago, but I like to think this mod was a precursor to the Create mod we have now, and for that I salute it :)

[@scrambo6182]

This and Buildcraft and Industrialcraft and Ugocraft and the Airship mod all came together

[@gethwuh9107]

yeah, i just got punched in the face by nostalgia and at the same time i'm realising what contributions to Create were made by the classic mods

[@Goremize]

Its the better with mods prequel ;)

[@olliep6794]

Immersive Engineering as well with the hemp and windmill/waterwheel

[@warrcoww6717]

That hemp farm joke flew right over my head as a kid. I love the old Yogs vids, thank god they’re still around.

[@swickens10]

"This is Minecraft in a years time" It's been 3 years since this mojang, and we got a lamp, a hopper and stack-able food. There is so much more we could have!!!!

[@peterdietrich8810]

We got more mods...

[@AP-fo5cf]

Pete Detrick Yeah, but that's not because of Mojang.

[@peterdietrich8810]

It is cool though.

[@benzwolensky3449]

Susan Wickens And Cauldrons

[@superhawk8921]

it's been 6 years time and we have an observer...

[@user-something19]

I miss the old door sound

[@UmarNizan]

THAT IS WHAT MAKES MINECRAFT, MINECRAFT!

[@pinkerino123]

🥺

[@McPlayer8t]

Same

[@MogusaMogusa]

Same

[@JohnIsPlaying]

This whole mod is ahead of its time.

[@ziholim]

the good old days

[@pepicwalrus7907]

Icaria, the original yoglabs.

[@McPlayer8t]

Haha, now Yoglabs is retro

[@xyro3633]

Lewis: Everything in this mod works so well! *huge lag spike*

[@distendedmist5840]

a bit laggy

[@Ashlevon]

Minecraft was like that in early days. Some computers would get short lag spikes for some reason.

[@pigpig252]

if Minecraft had turned out like this mod, it would be so much better

[@iloveteaalot6483]

I truly agree.

[@rhysspeight7142]

Foehammer yeah a lot of the mods at the time were about improving the game in an industrial way, which makes sense because it's a survival building game. However instead mojang have focused on more spiritual and supernatural ideas, turning the game into more of an rpg.

[@johnbadman3340]

"fireworks are cool right? yeah lets add those" "whats that? some giant mansion with weird monsters? great! "elevators, windmills and cauldrons? nah man, people would much rather have parrots"

[@rhysspeight7142]

The Untitled Project tbf they've added cauldrons, they're just completely useless

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

@@rhysspeight7142 they have some redstone uses

[@BrazenSolar]

7 years later, and: - They're adding a saw, though it requires no power and does different things. - Cauldrons (as decoration, not functional) are in. - Pistons are in and have been for a long time. - Concrete is in but works highly differently. A little less useful but a better texture. - There's an "observer" block similar, possibly the same as, the detector. - Hoppers are a thing. They require no power and have a smaller inventory. Also, bows work different since this video but crossbows fill the old role of an instant arrow shot. One step back and then one step forward again?

[@DanielGonzalezL]

Funny how the saw in this mod, 8 years ago, damaged the player. Yet the saw Mojang added is yet to receive that simple feature

[@yungmuney5903]

@@DanielGonzalezL Probably because that would be annoying and villagers would get killed.

[@inboundbark]

I mean, you gotta admit that the bows were unfinished in the first place, I would much rather have the modern bow be ported back to beta 1.7.3

[@WordBrutha]

This looks like a really early version of the create mod

[@Hydraxouz]

I came back to this video for nostalgia of the mod and that was one of the first things that immediately hit me. There are so many parallels to the original BTW mod and Create. It's fascinating to see how many features from BTW that are just in vanilla now and many of the mechanical aspects live on in Create.

[@zEliteFleet]

I love the old mics

[@beegusboogus]

Now this is an elevator. *wot* classic.

[@NINELIVECORP]

i love the "wot" or the "auhh" from simon. "Lewis: this a nuke Simon: u wot

[@SSarchitectful]

Wow this goes waaaay back. These mod spotlights are one of my most favourite. Anyone else?

[@219SilverChoc]

+Daemonfire101 Dem Memories, when minecraft was not as mainstream as it is today.

[@219SilverChoc]

+SSarchitectful Yep, I may go back to minecraft with these mods

[@SSarchitectful]

BritishActionGamer When i look back at these mods i have to admit i don't feel as impressed. But they still ignite so much nostalgia.

[@nibletti]

@@SSarchitectful yeah looking back now it really isnt anything :

[@BountifulGames]

god even 7 years ago this was old

[@devstik]

the start of the big mods

[@futurehigh1905]

no that was the aether mod that started the big mods

[@aspielm759]

@@futurehigh1905 I suppose

[@musiclassic1]

@@futurehigh1905 ya, the aether was a great fucking mod...

[@xfel5913]

Ironically, also the first big mod to die spectactularily, as the author decided to not support Forge. Back when it was just getting big.

[@musa4539]

i love watching their old videos, takes me back in time :P

[@kittzy3598]

9 years later, I come back to this nostalgia and it's still just as good now as back when I was in 7th grade

[@TheGromia]

its been 4 years...but it feels like it came out yesterday...

[@NeapolitanApe]

Facts

[@MogusaMogusa]

It’s been 9 years... but it feels like it came out yesterday...

[@MrRando-yl7tc]

its been 12 years, but it feels like it came out 3 years ago

[@KleinkMusic]

I'm just now realizing that most of the mod spotlights they did back in the day was just Lewis pre-recording footage of him ballsing around in the mod and then showing and explaining it to Simon.

[@pacificscalegarage9424]

This was one of the first minecraft videos I ever watched. Shortly after i got the game. This was a nostalgia overload for me and honestly isnt a bad video by today's standards. Thank you yogscast for introducing me i dont regret anything

[@theishiopian68]

the grandfather of create

[@xImAWoLF]

Oh I miss these days.

[@impulse4079]

Still miss them?

[@leviticus2001]

@@impulse4079 It's probably all he ever talks about.

[@dylangianino7616]

"It's like a sensor that senses stuff" - Lewis Brindley

[@_1derscore]

"donuts stack so you have more food on the go" minecraft when it used to not stack foods... those were the days...

[@ohMinteh]

Boys its 2023, wish more then anything i could wake up and look forward to something as much as this

[@sheogorathpatronofcheese4376]

8 years later this mod is still better than vanilla minecraft

[@breadenjoyer5778]

This and Better Than Adventure is the way that Minecraft should’ve gone, modern Minecraft just doesn’t feel like Minecraft.

[@Goremize]

Exactly, how is is even before the hunger bar was a thing we still had mods making minecraft better then Vanilla is today, 11 years later. This version of Minecraft is better and had more features with a single mod, then what we have now... hahaha.

[@krisjanis9]

nostalgia and hoppers

[@trentb3148]

I remember for this video there used to be a link to the Better than Wolves mod page on the Minecraft forum. The guy who did this mod was a grumpy asshole and so many Yognaughts spammed the forum asking him to add the mod to Yogbox that he completely lost his shit. Ah the good old days.

[@tbestig4164]

I mean you can kinda tell he’s a grumpy asshole by his attitude toward wolves. Even with lewis trying to present it optimistically you can still just *feel* the dude seething at you through the mod

[@raisedheart]

This is my favorite mod, it brought me into Minecraft and modding. It is the best mod in my opinion.

[@CustomcrowdMitroc]

I remember watching this when I was around 12 when it first came out. I was mind blown by the stuff in this

[@jpheitman1]

As of today, Better Than Wolves is *STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.* However, due to FlowerChild's, ah... idiosyncrasies?... the mod is incompatible with basically all other mods, and most versions of Minecraft. The most recent release, which was five days ago (!!!), is made for Minecraft version 1.5.2. And here I thought I was old school playing 1.7.10 four years ago and 1.12.2 today...

[@SaltyCrabOfficial]

Theres always some people who dont upgrade! Or downgrade

[@AgitatedRivetingTtotT]

It's interesting to speculate how minecraft could have turned out if this was to be an official update.

[@Alizudo]

Honestly, glad it didn't happen. Water Wheels are great for mods but don't really sit well with vanilla. Same reason why I hate all minecraft versions past 1.8

[@yungmuney5903]

This shit is so overly complicated and some things just look off.

[@dylanroemmele906]

@@yungmuney5903 damn bruh your brain that small? Got any wrinkles in your brain?

[@durpanda123]

This is what minecraft should have done rather than going all RPG like. Minecraft has always been a fantastic building/crafting/factory game with the right mods however even with TONS of mods it's still a rather crap RPG in all honesty, the gameplay in general is just not made for being an RPG.

[@shiningarmor2838]

2:50 "Secret Underground Hemp Farm" I was such an innocent child.

[@AquaAtia]

I loved these types of mod showcases, I have a feeling Duncan helped Lewis set up most of the machines.

[@Jeehaun]

Crazy how much of this is kind of in the game now

[@andrewcox3410]

God I miss this era of the Yogscast. It feels so different now.

[@aurelia8028]

Yeah it feels shitty now

[@zak5421]

It’s a business now :/

[@ConnorChameleonShow]

Lewis' prediction wasn't correct, minecraft a year after this hasn't got water wheels and windmills. If only...

[@minecraftofp8577]

But there ARE hoppers...

[@OMGrobloxandweird]

And horses!

[@LordDim1]

We'll at the time you wrote this comment it was actually more than 2 and a half years later just a little heads up :)

[@Pkmmasterepic]

Lord Dim 1 ya, but then that still doesn't meat the requirements does it so basically your heads up was completely useless

[@spktr117]

Well, it was a prediction... he wasn't telling a fact

[@stone1290]

Time to compare Minecraft now to BetterThanWolves then. Soulfire is similar to the stoked hibachi fire. Stonecutter is a weird equivalent of the saw, for stone. Netherite is a simplified soulforged steel. Campfires I guess. Lanterns, hoppers, concrete. Stacked food. Scaffolding. Observers/target blocks.

[@yesno8775]

This is the only mod review I've seen multiple times

[@Chrysus.]

That little village they do this video in is so nostalgic

[@BorealBlizzard]

We need a new mod that follows the same mantra, should be called "better than mob vote", implement a bunch of reworks to cooking thay are along the lines of farmers delight. And expand all of the new little additions from the past couple years to have meaningful game contributions.

[@bloodstoneore4630]

(insert nostalgic comment here)

[@stolyartoad8640]

You’re nostalgic now

[@Thegreatercheese]

It was quite weird to find out that this mod still exists and has now offshooted to a total conversion of MC.

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

incompatible with Forge and you csn't even disable hardcore features because screw you.

[@patricklloyd1797]

2020 and here I am watching this video for the 37th time

[@DragonAoRazor]

Funny how hoppers actually exist in vanilla now I just wish everything else in this mode would come to vanilla

[@FratinandMadrik]

It's crazy to see how much of this mod has ended up in the base game. It's even more insane how freaking long it took when the concepts were already there in this mod.

[@DonnieTheCroccy]

Even to this day, i Still think the best, most, Underutilized idea in this whole mod was the Cement bucket. It was Amazing!

[@Tobberz]

Haha, people from 5 years ago talking about how long in the past this video was made.

[@scorpiogamer4962]

Finally found someone for the present😂

[@distendedmist5840]

Haha, people from 1 year ago talking about how long in the past the comments were made

[@lukasmadrid1945]

Jesus

[@michaelbowman6684]

Features in this mod that have been implemented (in some capacity) to the base game: Cauldrons. (Different functionality.) Stackable Food. (Thank goodness.) Lamps. (That are activated by Redstone.) Sawmill. (Similar functionality, not as useful as the modded version.) Observers. (Practically the same functionality.) "Elevators." (Slime Blocks fulfill this purpose, and more. They are much more useful.) Hoppers. (Practically the same functionality, modded ones need power but can store more items in them.) "Cement." (Concrete is easier to make and comes in a variety of colors!)

[@hrarddragonheart8144]

I remember before the Simon cam and all that other crap like yoglabs. I thought this mod was absolutely amazing when this video came out.

[@ethannuijens59]

The mod is still is

[@ziholim]

+HrardDragonheart i know i would like it better with just simon and lewis where simon would be a dwarf and lewis would be the smart ass doing adventure maps and reviewing mods

[@PyroMan2224]

I've spent most of my day watching old Yogscast videos

[@TheAwesomeKirbyCrab]

Why am I watching this its been 8 years

[@TheJjcczz]

Kirby Crab because nostalgia

[@MiotaLee]

I really wish this mod creator would give up the beef with Forge and just get back on the train again.

[@NathanTowles]

It’s weird watching this knowing that 13 years later this mod would become one of the most evil pieces of software I’ve ever interacted with

[@ummeqazilbash]

man such nostalgia

[@GiovanniDogger]

Now go watch it again! Your comment is 5 years old!

[@RokuroCarisu]

Seriously, I pitty this FlowerChild guy almost as much as I dispise him. He is an amazingly talented modder, but he uses his talent to deliberately spite the developers and the part of the modding community that doesn't think his mod makes the "perfect" Minecraft (i.e. the vast majority) rather than to enhance the gaming experience for everyone.

[@floppacultist954]

I think he is trying to send a strong message of frustration clearly he was expecting amazing things from mojang in the next update but instead they gave only wolfs so he made a mod and put his ideas that will make Minecraft a hell of alot better and said any of these ideas are "better than wolfs".

[@RokuroCarisu]

.mr You That's obviously where he is comming from. The problem is that he kept a hold on his frustration and made it the driving force behind his work. Add to that the hubris of him claiming that his mod makes for the ultimate, not further improvable Minecraft. Now it's obvious what problem other modders and players have with him.

[@PTNLemay]

.mr You It's more than that, he intentionally makes his mods incompatible with other mods. He's doing the same thing over in the KSP community, there's something called the Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network (CKAN) which helps players to install and manage multiple mods and he made very clear he doesn't want his KSP mods to work with anything in CKAN. It's like he can't handle sharing the attention with other people. If people are going to use his mods, they have to use his exclusively.

[@floppacultist954]

well many other mods don't have the minecraft theme like thermal expansion so it will be quite strange to putt them together besides modding isn't easy PTNLemay

[@peterdietrich8810]

.mr You thermal expansion goes really well with buildcraft... it would be easier to make his mods compatible... and why not let people combine his mod with others, maybe there's a mod that can make his even better...

[@talos2384]

This was the first yogscast video I ever saw.

[@eatsleepplayrepeat]

Oh god, give me back my childhood.

[@peanutbutterdo]

"There's a new way to do it in this mod, it's called a 'Hopper'"

[@97cheeselover]

This video is from 2011 - LONG before hoppers were added to the vanilla version of Minecraft. The hoppers in Better Than Wolves work a bit differently to the vanilla hoppers, anyway.

[@peanutbutterdo]

I know I just thought it was kind of funny.

[@SamualN]

This conversation is now 4 years old and you were talking about stuff from a LONG time ago

[@PybroLachie]

Not saying that things are bad now, but I do miss watching these mod reviews on my old Toshiba laptop after a day at school, there's something really comfortable about it you know?

[@mrpuddingpop1]

It is funny that wolves still have no real function

[@liammcguire6924]

You see, this is what I love about the Yogscast- this video was made in 2011, and is still being watched and loved two years after. That just shows how everlasting the humor of Simon and Lewis is, LONG LIVE THE YOGSCAST!

[@churchseraphim1380]

8 years later and this still resonates with me man

[@laquica108]

2019?

[@coolernick62623]

Ahhh the memories!

[@lynnenew]

I love seeing the old minecraft

[@blu_wolf_]

I was thinking this was for 1.12.2 or maybe even 1.7.10, but no, this is even OLDER then that going into the Beta days! Wow that makes me feel soo old. And the video itself brings back memories of the older times before all this garbage we see on KZbin nowadays where people are just copying each other and making bad trends, I want to see the classic let's play, the old style mod reviews, and the old way of telling a story. It could just be because of my childhood ties to this game and being with it from the beginning, but damn this game has changed so much over the years, some good, some bad (Looking at you Phantoms). But there is one thing that will remain true for all of time, this game, and the people who made content for it back then, raised an entire generation.

[@YaBoi-mi6kh]

Loving the old potato mics XD

[@RosiePosie527]

memories

[@idkid13]

I remeber when this was new damn

[@TheSealOfDeath]

I feel you

[@_1derscore]

just realized that this mod had Vertical slabs, Hopper, and Observer before it was cool

[@GewelReal]

7 years... Wow...

[@derpmansderpyskin]

been four years. None of this stuff is in vanilla.

[@Tsakeli]

+DerpMans Derpyskin Uh, Cauldrons are, albeit differently, food stacks so you can cook it at once, we have lamp blocks, wolves don't drop meat but there are rabbits that do give you more meats, and there are smaller bits of wood now. A lot of this modpack inspired other packs too, though. Pam's Harvestcraft, Industricraft, and Ancient Warfare take things from this and improve them.

[@guycrew728]

+Squiggles Dont forget about the hoppers

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

@@Tsakeli hoppers?

[@jrhndrl1]

Hemp = marijuana confirmed.

[@DaGaingBros]

Half life 3 conformed

[@jrhndrl1]

team fortress 3 confirmed *alien music plays*

[@DaGaingBros]

an ass cred game set in feudal Japan confirmed

[@AlimentalElder]

DatGamingBros 1 Actually there is something similar to that. There's an ass cred (as you put it) game set in 14th century china.... Just sayin.

[@DaGaingBros]

yeah but there is no f******g ninja

[@sethswoodruff]

Looking back at it now it’s amazing how ahead of its time this mod was

[@stridur6272]

Immersive engineering anyone?

[@tdzomboy6115]

why arent the yoglabs as good as thes

[@AlimentalElder]

Because the yogscast sold out, and started using scripts.

[@Mizunohhh]

that place looks like icarius or something

[@neallevendel8923]

This is like proto-Create. So many memories Unlocked.

[@misalignedmisanthropist]

The initial idea of BTW is fully realized with Create 10 years later, and BTW itself became RLCraft but way harder.

[@TomVegas]

3 years and counting :( Still nothing

[@Luna86351]

I miss Simon ;(

[@teresafalvey5951]

Raise your hand if u think that wolf cube block thing is not cute....... ✋🏻

[@goatfin]

*hand raise*

[@GrimRT]

It's sexy

[@ethancampbell7773]

I like how this guy added half blocks before mojang did and they were more useful and fun than anything that's been put in to this day

[@TheSealOfDeath]

I hate minecraft now with all the new things added it's not a challenge like dark wood forests give tons of wood and you got enchantments so it's easier to kill things and mine I remember when minecraft was a challenge and that's when it was fun

[@erikdk321]

xman6574839 Hardcore doesnt make the gamer harder, it just makes the game unfairly punishing.

[@stridur6272]

MC was never challenging, the only thing in mc thats challenging is the Chaos Guardian from Draconic Evolution

[@qwerp261]

Anyone here because of TTT?

[@e.i.bhennawi4284]

whos here from 2016

[@Ninjagospace]

@me

[@dormousedoll]

me

[@OGNuggz]

This mod was really ahead of its time. So many advanced features. In beta minecraft! It was very difficult to implement stuff like this back then. Still amazed.

[@Fry09294]

Seriously. WHY didn't minecraft go in this direction? No one wants fantasy RPG elements or mysticism.

[@yungmuney5903]

Speak for yourself jackass.

[@tbestig4164]

I do. Automation and industry is supplied perfectly well by modpacks, and GOOD fantasy content in mods is much more rare.

[@Fry09294]

@@tbestig4164 The fantasy content in vanilla MC isn't GOOD though.

[@illpunchyouintheface9094]

I would like both fantasy and mechanism in Minecraft. Sadly Mojang sucks at adding either one :(

[@cancerousnut7767]

Dude I remember watching this like 6 years ago when I was 11, holy shit dude, I kept thinking about this video and I'm finally back to watch it.

[@LOEVI]

me too tbh

[@christiaanprinsloo8951]

shit yeah, i came home to watch this exact video every day for some reason. gives me weird vibes

[@DaFunkz]

Pure nostalgia. Take me back!

[@BigDaddyMacc]

the intro

[@gatto1013]

still an amazing mod today

[@Jokamutta]

Some of these things were actually added to Minecraft later :)

[@SuperBango]

i still have this on my watch later 😭

[@blastedbiggs3390]

So is there any download links for minecraft beta 1.6.x of this mod?

[@WorldEaterFilms]

kudos to you for actually finding entertainment in 1.6 beta though

[@WorldEaterFilms]

yeah that all gives me nostalgia feels too, sadly i never had the game to play it back then. it's kinda sad what minecraft has become after they sold it to microsoft

[@WorldEaterFilms]

actually to be fair it all went down hill after notch retired from the team lol

[@ZephaniahNoah]

+WorldEaterFilms Yea.

[@chadwick1213]

It's cries from being grinded...can still be heard

[@TheBloodyTalons]

It's really funny how much the mod has changed since then

[@felixar90]

The point is I was looking for a recent spotlight of this mod, and this was the top result...

[@Dribones9]

8......years......