Allow for modders to decide whether or not players are positioned on ridingEntities similarly to pigs PR #244

patches/common/net/minecraft/src/EntityLiving.java.patch

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
      /**
       * Remove the speified potion effect from this entity.
       */
-@@ -2861,4 +2906,30 @@
+@@ -2861,4 +2906,42 @@
      {
          this.dataWatcher.updateObject(10, Byte.valueOf((byte)par1));
      }
@@ -180,5 +180,17 @@
 +                onFinishedPotionEffect(effect);
 +            }
 +        }
++    }
++
++    /** 
++     * Returns true if the entity's rider (EntityPlayer) should face forward when mounted.
++     * currently only used in vanilla code by pigs.
++     * 
++     * @param player The player who is riding the entity.
++     * @return If the player should orient the same direction as this entity.
++     */
++    public boolean shouldRiderFaceForward(EntityPlayer player)
++    {
++        return this instanceof EntityPig;
 +    }
  }

patches/common/net/minecraft/src/EntityPlayer.java.patch

@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@
                  if (this.itemInUseCount <= 25 && this.itemInUseCount % 4 == 0)
                  {
                      this.updateItemUse(var1, 5);
+@@ -448,11 +460,11 @@
+         this.cameraYaw = 0.0F;
+         this.addMountedMovementStat(this.posX - var1, this.posY - var3, this.posZ - var5);
+ 
+-        if (this.ridingEntity instanceof EntityPig)
++        if (this.ridingEntity instanceof EntityLiving && ((EntityLiving)ridingEntity).shouldRiderFaceForward(this))
+         {
+             this.rotationPitch = var8;
+             this.rotationYaw = var7;
+-            this.renderYawOffset = ((EntityPig)this.ridingEntity).renderYawOffset;
++            this.renderYawOffset = ((EntityLiving)this.ridingEntity).renderYawOffset;
+         }
+     }
+ 
 @@ -575,6 +587,9 @@
          this.setPosition(this.posX, this.posY, this.posZ);
          this.motionY = 0.10000000149011612D;