I want to play Minecraft with a friend who has a debilitating fear of spiders. I would like a way to ensure that spiders, of any variety, will never appear in the game. Ever. Anywhere. Including appearing in spawners. I am playing in 1.7.10 for mod compatibility. Is this even possible?
I am willing to use mods, but I have not had the best luck with the mob spawn controlling mods. I have the 1.7.10 version of Mob Spawn Controls, but (at least using the in-game UI), it seems to have a minimum of 1, not 0, possibly because I am not understanding its system. It also doesn't appear to affect spawners. Just Another Spawner baffles me completely, so I am worried I would miss something and spiders would appear. Again, no control over spawners that I know of.
Editing the Minecraft jar file directly to replace the model, animation, and sounds with those from another mob without changing the effects is not out of the question, as it is the imagery that is a problem, not the game effects. I could make little ninjas based on the little zombie; that would fit with the behavior reasonably well. I am just not sure how involved the edits would have to be, and a bit concerned about breaking compatibility with unmodified versions (since we want to play with friends).
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I actually found a solution that works for me, specifically. The More Commands mod includes the /ignorespawn command, which prevents mobs from ever spawning. They will still appear in spawners, but only the little model shows; they don't actually spawn. The model spins, and periodically the spawner flashes, but no spiders. I still need to ask my friend, but I don't think that will be a problem; he will probably just be very motivated to break those spawners. :-)
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/2382164-more-commands-v2-4-adds-100-commands-to-the-chat
Not quite as good as removing them entirely, but I think it will work, and it is an easy way to avoid actually encountering mobs you don't want to see. You can add the command in the configuration, and it will be active on all world's by default.