I wanted to make a sword that fires a projectile which I did but the sword fires one projectile every tick causing this to be very OP. How can I make it fires the projectiles more slowly.
Does the sword have a use time of 1? If so, it registers a swing every frame and therefore shoots a projectile every frame. Here's some working code:
using System;
using Terraria;
using Terraria.ID;
using Terraria.ModLoader;
// if I put a * in the note it means you can change the value and still have a working sword, ** means you can change it but shouldn't for a sword
namespace Mod.Items.Weapons // namespace, change Mod to whatever your mod folder name is, it has to be in the weapons folder which has to be in the items folder
{
public class Sword : ModItem // change sword to whatever the sword sprite is called
{
public override void SetStaticDefaults()
{
Tooltip.SetDefault("This is a sword that shoots projectiles'"); // tooltip, optional*
DisplayName.SetDefault("Example Projectile Sword"); // name, optional, defaults to the class (with spaces before capitals other than the first)*
}
public override void SetDefaults()
{
item.damage = 222; // damage*
item.melee = true; // it's a melee item, switch melee to ranged for ranged damage, magic for magic, etc. **
item.width = 34; // width of the sprite*
item.height = 40; // height of the sprite*
item.useTime = 15; // how many frames between it registering a swing (terraria is 60 fps so this swings 4 times per second and therefore shoots 4 times per second)*
item.useAnimation = 15; // how many frames does it take to visibly swing it*
item.useStyle = 1; // Use styles: 1 = sword, 3 = shortsword, 5 = staff/gun/bow, not sure about the others cuz I forgot**
item.knockBack = 3; //knockback*
item.value = Item.buyPrice(0, 75, 0, 0); // 5 times the sell price, in brackets it's (platinum coins, gold coins, silver coins, copper coins)*
item.rare = 9; // the rarity of the item*
item.autoReuse = true; // auto-swings the sword*
item.shoot = mod.ProjectileType("Beam"); // what projectile it shoots*
item.shootSpeed = 20f; // velocity of the projectile*
item.UseSound = SoundID.Item1; // use sound when you use it, this one is Sword**
item.useTurn = true; // can you turn when you use it?*
}
public override void AddRecipes() // you can delete this code to get rid of a recipe if you want it to be a drop
{
ModRecipe recipe = new ModRecipe(mod); // adding a recipe
recipe.AddIngredient(1570); // ingredient, this one is broken hero's sword*
recipe.AddTile(TileID.MythrilAnvil); // crafting station*
recipe.SetResult(this); // code to make the recipe work
recipe.AddRecipe(); // what he said ^
} // end of deleteable code
}
}
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