Leash for pets

[kevingranade]

Brought up by Tnx on IRC.
The feature would allow you to craft a leash (or possibly just use a rope directly) which you can attach to a pet (zombie or dog, doesn't matter). When attached, the leash would prevent the pet from moving more than n squares away from the player, and if the player moves more than that distance away from the pet, it would drag the pet.

Robustness:
Player should drop the leash if vehicle motion or forced movement moves them out of range.
Pet should be able to navigate stairs, possibly just by arriving at the bottom of the stairs at the same time as the player.

Optional features:
Strength check for pet dragging player or vice versa.
Have the pet navigate stairs properly instead of being teleported.
Allow multiple leashed pets, which ties (ha) back into the strength check thing.
Offensive use of a leash, such as a lasso type effect allowing use on hostile creatures.

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[KA101]

Leash wouldn't lasso. That's a rope thing. ;-)

[mugling]

Does the pet carrier provide enough of a solution?

[kevingranade]

I'm not totally sure, if the pet is expected to fight with you it does not, if the pet is supposed to stay passive but protected the pet carrier is sufficient. Also a leash will work with much larger pets than a pet carrier will.

[illi-kun]

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