2.0.0 — The Big Combat Overhaul

It's been a while since 1.0.0. And yeah, I probably should've called this something other than a "minor update".

This update basically rebuilds the combat system around combos and weapon abilities, so there's quite a lot to talk about.

⚠️ Breaking: the mod ID changed from advanced_combat to advancedcombat. Old configs and settings won't carry over. Remove the 1.0.0 jar before installing 2.0.0.

New Stuff

• 10 Weapon Abilities. Two abilities for every weapon type:

  • Sword: Shadow Dash, Blade Wave
  • Axe: Whirlwind, Battle Roar
  • Trident: Tidal Wave, Storm Call
  • Mace: Uppercut, Meteor Slam
  • Bow: Arrow Rain, Piercing Shot

  They're activated with rebindable keys, R and G by default.

• Combo-Costing Abilities. Abilities now consume combo and have their own minimum combo requirement, cooldown and damage.

• Combo Scaling. Ability damage scales with your current combo, up to x1.5 by default. The bigger the combo, the harder you hit.

• Combo XP. Finished combos now give XP, with an extra bonus for every rank you reached. At least you get something for losing your 87-hit combo.

• Berserk Upgrades. Berserk now gives bonus damage, damage resistance, extra speed and a flame aura.

• 3 Advancements.

  • Warming Up — x10 combo
  • Rip and Tear — Berserk
  • Unstoppable — x100 combo

• Camera Shake. Rank-ups, abilities and Berserk can now shake the camera. The intensity is configurable, because not everyone wants their screen to have a seizure every five seconds.

• Better HUD. You can now change its scale and X/Y position, as well as show ability keys, cooldowns and combo requirements.

• In-Game Config Screen. Advanced Combat now has new config screen under Mods -> Advanced Combat. There are also separate server and client .toml configs, and every ability can be configured individually.

Changed Stuff

• Ability activation was moved from Shift + Right Click to dedicated keybinds. Much less awkward.

• Taking damage now removes 25% of your combo by default. This can be changed or disabled entirely with the config.

• By default, only hostile mobs, mobs targeting you, and players can build your combo. No more punching random animals just to keep the number going.

• Abilities have been rebalanced. Some notable defaults:

  • Shadow Dash — 4s cooldown
  • Whirlwind — 8s cooldown
  • Uppercut — 5s cooldown
  • Tidal Wave — 6 damage

• The config system was moved from AutoConfig (Cloth Config) to NeoForge's native config system.

• Sword reach, bow draw speed and trident throw speed passives no longer use mixins. They should play nicer with other mods now. Default values haven't changed.

• Audio files were re-compressed, reducing the jar size from 4.0 MB to 2.3 MB. Berserk music is also replace with custom track by me.

• LAME was renamed to Combo, and AMAZING was renamed to AWESOME. Because "LAME" wasn't exactly the kind of rank I wanted to give the player.

Removed Stuff

• Cloth Config. It's not needed anymore.

• The empty creative tab. It was doing absolutely nothing, so it has been sent to the void.

Technical & Boring (But Important) Stuff

• Config System: Advanced Combat now uses NeoForge's native config system. Server and client settings are stored separately in .toml files.

• Mod ID: advanced_combat → advancedcombat. This is why your old configs won't carry over.

• Mixins: Sword reach, bow draw speed and trident speed passives were rewritten without mixins. Hopefully this means fewer compatibility headaches.

• Audio: Music and sound effects were re-compressed to reduce the mod's file size.