Flingshot – More Than Just a Slingshot

作者：tomrom

A versatile slingshot weapon that gives copper a new purpose through unique ammo, combat options, and utility.

模组 Fabric NeoForge 世界生成冒险实用装备

介绍

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– The Fabric version of Flingshot requires Fabric API

About 5 years after the Caves and Cliffs update introduced Copper as a new mineral, I have come back to Minecraft and noticed how Mojang has barely added any interesting uses for this new ore.
That’s when I came up with the idea of porting part of an old mod I made, Earthbounds, into a standalone expansion introducing a new, vanilla friendly weapon: The Flingshot

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The Flingshot’s objective is to finally give a clear purpose to this underwhelming ore, while adding a new interesting twist to combat, have it be in PvE or PvP.
The Flingshot is an early to late game mid – long range weapon, which uses Bucks as its primary ammunition.
To use it, simply hold a buck in one hand, the Flingshot in the other, and use it like you would a Bow!

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Features

Flingshot
Copper Buck: Basic ammunition for the Flingshot
Obsidian Disc: PvP alternative to Copper Bucks, effective against armored targets. Disables shields on hit!
Frost Blast: Crowd control buck, damages and freezes enemies in an area upon landing.
Glimmer Goo: Utility buck, places Glimmer Goo Splat upon hitting a block.
Shimmer Shell: Premium buck, does very high damage in an area. Careful not to hurt yourself!
Fire Charge: Sets enemies or blocks hit ablaze
Glimmer Goo Splat
Multiface block similar to Glow Lichen, found in dripstone caves in patches of 12 / 36
Emits a modest amount of light
Has slippery properties when placed on the ground, similarly to ice
Five Enchantments unique to the Flingshot
Precision I-V: Heavily improves the Flingshot’s accuracy.
Force I-III: Increases the range which Bucks can be flung. Incompatible with Agility.
Agility I-III: Reduces the movement slowdown while loading the Flingshot.
Automation I: Allows the Flingshot to fire automatically when fully drawn
Versatility I: Allows the Flingshot to fling item drops
Eight new advancements related to the Flingshot
Recipe book implementation
Customizable parameters through Neoforge’s built-in config GUI or through Fabric’s Mod Menu

The Flinger’s Lifestyle

The Flingshot isn’t the easiest weapon to craft, requiring 3 Copper Ingots, 1 Amethyst Shard, 2 Strings and 1 Rabbit Hide.

It’s got a durability of 285, which is about 30% less compared to a Bow – getting Unbreaking III on this is definitely recommended.

By default, this weapon is highly inaccurate. This is to balance its potential damage output earlier in the game. In the mid to late game, this weapon can evolve into one of three playstyles, based on which enchantments you pick.

The Skirmisher

The Agility enchantment allows you to move extremely swiftly while shooting. Combined with Automation, the Flingshot starts to feel like a machine gun!

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The Sniper

The Force enchantment allows the Flingshot to become nearly as effective as a bow at long ranges. Combined with Shimmer Shells, you can bombard hard to kill monsters or players from afar.

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The… Tosser?

Versatility is a very strange enchantment, as it turns the Flingshot into a utility item more than anything. It simply allows you to toss any item stack, which combined with Force III, can come in handy to pass items from player to player from afar.
Or I suppose you can play ball with your friends? Up to you!

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alt=”Versatility Enchantment Showcase”
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Configurable parameters

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To ensure a positive experience to as many players as possible (And compatibility with modpacks and in servers), I have made some aspects of the mod configurable. Below is what you’re able to tweak yourself!

Glimmer Goo Worldgen: Whether you want Glimmer Goo to generate in Dripstone Caves
Glimmer Goo Patch Rarity: How rare you want Glimmer Goo Patches to be (Lower number = more common)
Glimmer Goo Patch Min Blocks: The mimimum amount of blocks that should generate per patch (roughly)
Glimmer Goo Patch Max Blocks: The maximum amount of blocks that should generate per patch (roughly)
Recoverable Copper Bucks: Whether players can pick up Copper Bucks stuck to blocks
Ammo Tooltips: Whether Bucks should have descriptive tooltips on their use
Versatility Item Flinging: Whether the Versatility enchantment is allowed to toss Item Stacks
Versatility Item Blacklist: A list of items that should not be tossable with the Versatility enchantment (Separate each item with a comma)
Versatility Tag Blacklist: A list of item tags that should not be tossable with the Versatility enchantment (Separate each tag with a comma)

Questions?

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Q: Can I add this mod to X modpack?

A: Absolutely! As long as you don’t claim the mod as your own.

Q: Does Flingshot work in Multiplayer?

A: It absolutely should. If there’s issues, feel free to contact me below.

Q: Can I make a video on this mod?

A: I’d be stoked for you to do that! Remember to credit me in the description though 😉

Q: I’ve found a bug / my game crashed!

A: If you encounter any issues with Flingshot, I’d appreciate it if you could report them in the Issue Tracker.

Q: I’ve got an idea for a feature you could implement…

A: Feel free to contact me down below. Can’t promise I will add whatever feature you suggest, but I will definitely take it into consideration!

Join Tomrom’s Discord Server for support, feature requests or simply to keep up to date with new versions / mods!

Assets present in Flingshot (such as sounds and textures) are fully reserved to Klyser8_ / tomrom, and are not to be reused, stolen, or recreated without clear permission.