Dual Iron
Plantera
The title explains the gist.
The mod is designed for playthroughs on new players and is best experienced with friends.
While the mod is enabled:
- Don't get attached to a world. It will be decimated.
- The same goes for pre-existing worlds.
- Panic and hilarity will ensue.
When you generate a new world, there's a timer counting down to the end of the world.
Your world becomes a ticking time bomb!
The specific details are below if you have any questions.
~~~Content~~~
The mod has four apocalyptic hazards that keep you on your toes! Putting these on max isn't suggested, because your world will become pulp in a matter of hours.
- Lava rain. The title of the mod! Droplets of lava rain from the sky. They spawn above the highest non-air block at a random position.
- Lava meteors. Yes, the heavens themselves will hunt you! These meteors are extremely destructive and drop lava when they impact. A direct hit is a surefire death.
- Rising lava. From below, the heat will rise. Lava slowly duplicates. You'll need a lot of water buckets for this one...
- Melting blocks. The roof above you could cave in. Lava slowly melts and destroys touching blocks. Chests drop their items when submerged too long.
- Igneous Rock. Comes from melted stone and lava meteor impacts. Falls like sand.
- Molten Soup. Comes from melted non-stone tiles. Falls like sand.
- Fire Bricks. Crafted from igneous rock, clay, and water buckets. Melts 20x slower than other tiles.
- Blast Bricks. Crafted from molten soup, clay, and water buckets. Takes 20x less damage from lava meteor impacts than other tiles.
- Start Delay. Keeps the apocalypse at bay for up to a day. Set this value in the mod config before generating a world.
- Spawn Buffer. Protects you from lava after respawning for up to a minute.
- Water rain. Meteors and lava rain stop falling from the sky during the rain, permitting you to explore what remains of the surface.
- Ash effects. Ash particles float around and stick to blocks.
- Rain effects. Fiery droplets fall from the sky.
- Sky fog. The sky turns dark and gloomy. Very apocalyptic!
- Heat distortion. It's the desert effect, but everywhere. (This is a vanilla effect, so this can be disabled via Settings > Video > Heat Distortion: Disabled.)
- An ominous timer. It displays how long you have 'til the apocalypse starts.
- When it reaches zero, it will begin counting up, recording your time survived in the world.
~~~Notes~~~
Please note that all of the above are configurable and the suggested config values are enabled by default. If you don't like something, simply change it to your liking. No-fuss!
The mod is multiplayer-compatible. When hazards are set to high levels, there might be lag—there's nothing I can do about that. Try to play with lower settings if you're having trouble with lag. If you find bugs, let me know!
Note that vanilla gameplay will be completely different with this mod enabled. It's entirely possible to get locked out of your world if the spawn point is rendered inhospitable
To playtest the mod, I did the professional thing and just played it with some good friends. Here's what I learned. (Read the entire thing before starting, preferably.)
My suggestion is to set the Start Delay timer to around 10 minutes, generate a medium or large world, gather surface materials, then run for your life.
Make sure to gather lots of:
After you have a bed, the only major stressor is the surface lava coming down to get you. Meteors will pick away the surface, letting lava fall inward. Prepare accordingly.
To prevent lava from destroying everything you love:
With all that said, sometimes worlds will be a dead-end. Remember that everything is at the lava's mercy. It'll all be destroyed eventually. Try not to get too attached to your worlds with LavaRain enabled.
Comment about your playthroughs, I'd love to hear about them! Have fun!
My suggestion is to set the Start Delay timer to around 10 minutes, generate a medium or large world, gather surface materials, then run for your life.
Make sure to gather lots of:
- Wood. your only other supply will be underground houses and the jungle
- Clay. it's very useful for Fire Bricks and Lava Bricks
- Gel. underground slimes are stronger than surface slimes
- Herb bags. you'll need them for obsidian skin potions
- Chests & their loot. they contain useful materials, and accessories are vital to traverse the underground
After you have a bed, the only major stressor is the surface lava coming down to get you. Meteors will pick away the surface, letting lava fall inward. Prepare accordingly.
To prevent lava from destroying everything you love:
- Always have a backup plan.
- Always have a big moat that can stop any rogue lava.
- Always prepare to have your base wiped out in an instant.
Either block off what you need early on or prepare to gather obsidian skin potions.I can't get to my world evil's altar/orb/heart!
Yeppers. Use Blast Brick to build a little box for him to spawn in. Then, build your Skeletron arena out of platforms—preferably obsidian platforms. Also, keep in mind that Skeletron isn't required.I can't find the clothier in the dungeon! Is he dying?
Try using minecart rails + obsidian skin potions + flipper potions. (You can place rails in lava, and they don't melt!)How am I supposed to kill the Wall of Flesh? Hell is submerged in magma!
Well, grab it before the lava does! You can let lava melt away the temple door, then traverse to the altar and gather it up. Beware—lihzahrds will spawn even in pre-hardmode!What if the jungle temple altar is melted?
With all that said, sometimes worlds will be a dead-end. Remember that everything is at the lava's mercy. It'll all be destroyed eventually. Try not to get too attached to your worlds with LavaRain enabled.
Comment about your playthroughs, I'd love to hear about them! Have fun!
~~~Future~~~
If you're a streamer or YouTuber and would like to feature the mod, I'll gladly hand you a more complete beta copy! Preferably also mention my name as the creator thanks
All developmental batches are complete as of Feb 11, 2020.
@Dual Iron (me) - Programmed the mod
@Moonburn IT - Made the icon & a few misc sprites
@THEREDSTONEBRO - Made the sprites for Igneous Rock and Molten Soup
@Moonburn IT - Made the icon & a few misc sprites
@THEREDSTONEBRO - Made the sprites for Igneous Rock and Molten Soup
If and when you find bugs, PM me.
The mod is released on the tModLoader Mod Browser.
Thanks for reading!
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