This would be great, because I think this mod needs more balance options. If there will be support for this mod, I hope it will have several options like scaling the damage output, turning knockback immunity on/off, melee and over weapons speed and a damage(or defense) multiplier. For some reason I still get knockback(with Immunity) even when the balance is turned off.
Hello everyone, thanks for the positive response to the mod so far!
During the weekend I made several changes such as adding penalties to thrown items, added a damage penalty to magic items, fixed a bug regarding knockback immunity when balance setting is off, and implemented a way for mods to interact with dual wielding to make special items (such as weapons that get stronger when paired together).
I've also talked to @Flashkirby99 about the mod settings configurator - but granted that I want the settings to be only editable by a server's host when in multiplayer and that's not supported yet, I'll avoid implementing that until the mod is updated.
Lastly, while I originally made dual wielding with the intent that the player could feel strong while using it - I added a -25% endurance penalty when swinging two weapons at once to the balance setting. (this translates to a total of +25% damage taken, rounded down, after defense is calculated)
Once I finish touching up the support for other mods, and make an example mod for that, the new version will go up.
It applies the penalties to any item or projectile who's `item.thrown` or `projectile.thrown` flag is set to true, and that flag should only be set to true on items that deal damage.
I would imagine it was made as a mod because it will never become a feature - it is kind of broken, even with balancing and is such a radical change that is pretty much unnecessary for the base game, meaning it works much better as an optional extra for those who want additional features that aren't necessarily as polished as the high standards the vanilla game demands.
Like @darthmorf said, this mod is not intended to become a feature of the core vanilla experience. I do not believe it fits with the original play-style intents of Terraria, and it is better off as an optional mechanic for those interested.
Do you have any other mods enabled? if so, one of them seems to have a crash when it generates its item that goes silent at most times but not in the memory slot's loading?...
Interesting, this bug seems to also occur when dual wielding runs on its own - I'll investigate, thanks for reporting!I have found a bug:
for some reason, my wooden boomerang (new playthough on calamity mod) on the offhand slot throws 2 boomerangs instead of one!
I guess it might just be a connection between calamity and vanilla!
The changes sound great! I'd still prefer a larger endurance/defense penalty (closer to 50% like I mentioned in my last post about balance), but 25% is still far better than what we have currently.Lastly, while I originally made dual wielding with the intent that the player could feel strong while using it - I added a -25% endurance penalty when swinging two weapons at once to the balance setting. (this translates to a total of +25% damage taken, rounded down, after defense is calculated)
Once I finish touching up the support for other mods, and make an example mod for that, the new version will go up.
Like @darthmorf said, this mod is not intended to become a feature of the core vanilla experience. I do not believe it fits with the original play-style intents of Terraria, and it is better off as an optional mechanic for those interested.
Do you have any other mods enabled? if so, one of them seems to have a crash when it generates its item that goes silent at most times but not in the memory slot's loading?...
I don't intend to give memory slots the ability to silent-error since that's bad practice, but if you want to dig further into it, please PM me a zip of your Mods folder & your players folder, so I can replicate and figure it out for you.
I'd love a version that makes dual-wielding not remove knockback immunity. Perhaps adding an option to the mod configuration menu?
The game's vanilla code has certain things programmed with the assumption the player will only ever use 1 item at a time, such as boomerangs not allowing more than a certain amount of their projectile out in the air at once - those items will not react to dual wielding well & yoyos fall in that category.
And not to mention, it'd probably be OP as heck too
