tModLoader I need some help with a custom weapon

[Stocking]

the idea is a weapon where left clicking behaves like a normal spear, and right clicking holds the weapon down and lets you bounce on enemies. the whole thing is a shovel knight reference and i just can't get anything even remotely close to working and need some help from a more experienced programmer.

if you've played shovel knight imagine that, but terraria

 

[Michaelsoftman]

What is your current code? What part are you having issues with?

 

[Stocking]

none of it works lol. all i was able to do was give it a spear stab with left click, and the same spear stab but with higher damage on right click.

 

[Michaelsoftman]

So for the right click attack, what you'd want to do is something along these lines.

Give the projectile 0 velocity, give it rotation so it's pointed straight down from the player.
If it hits an NPC, give the player a boost of -Y velocity for the bounce. If you want it continuous, you can either give it a very high timeLeft, and only despawn the projectile if you touch the ground, or give it extra timeLeft every time you hit an NPC.