Perfect Parries

Perfect Parries rewards precise timing and transforms simple blocking from a passive mitigation tool into a potential counter-attack.

As this project is still in early access, I won't hesitate to make updates that may be imperfect. I hope that the mod is bug free, but I am also glad to have people play test for me and find bugs. This mod was originally developed with PvE in mind, but PvP settings are now officially being supported. Any issues/suggestions can be raised on the discord server or dmed to me on curseforge.

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Current Features:

If you time your block at the moment the enemy's attack is landing, you deal some damage in return, don't lose extra stamina, and gain some signature energy

/parrymod to check current settings

A successful parry will knock the opponent back a bit and have a chance to stagger them for a few seconds

VFX will play upon perfect parries, counterattacks, staggers, and stuns

Custom animation upon stunning and waking entities in fights involving parrying

Custom/special SFX will play upon perfect parries, counterattacks, staggers, and stuns

Custom parrying animations for every non-modded weapon that can block

Counterattack: attacking right after a perfect parry deals extra damage and triggers a special hit VFX

When parrying another player, you deal a set amount of stamina damage and the time it takes for the stamina to start regenerating can also be set via the config file

Entity Stamina System:

All entities will have a configurable stamina system where they get stunned (special stun and wake animation) if stamina reaches 0

Each parry and attack will do a configurable amount of stamina (per mob)

Due to there being roughly 415 entities I have to configure, these will be shipped out patch by patch alongside future updates

Config:

…\mods\Perfect_Parries\parry_config.json

…\mods\Perfect_Parries\pvp_config.json

…\mods\Perfect_Parries\entity_stamina.json

"parryWindowMs": 100 // the window of time you can trigger a perfect parry "reflectDamagePercent": 0.05 // the amount of damage that is reflected upon parrying "parryStaminaDrainMultiplier": 0.0 // the amount of stamina preserved from parrying compared to blocking normally (-1 = gain stamina from parry ; 1 = lose stamina from parry) "knockbackX": 75.0 // the amount of horizontal knockback dealt to the parried entity "knockbackY": 2.0 // the amount of vertical knockback dealt to the parried entity "parriesToFullSignatureEnergy": 5 // the number of parries to reach full signature energy "counterattackWindowMs": 400 // the window of time after a perfect parry that will trigger a counter attack "counterattackDamageMultiplier": 1.25 // the multipler for counter attack damage "staggerDurationSeconds": 1.5 // the amount of time an entity gets staggered (entities have a 50% chance of getting staggered upon a successful parry) "enableEntityStamina": true // true = use Entity Stamina System "stunDurationSeconds": 5.0 // the amount of time an entity gets staggered once stamina reaches 0 ; automatically disabled if enableEntityStamina = false "stunnedDamageMultiplier": 2.0 // the multipler for damage towards a stunned enemy

Roadmap & Future Updates:

Version 0.5.x RoadMap

Improve weapon parrying animations

Make parrying animation a lot more visible and satisfying

Fix PvP bugs and officially support it

Super Knockback

Character Model Strip

Complete entity_stamina_config (custom stamina for every single known mob)

Planned Features

Better particle effects for successful parries

Per weapontype particle effects

Improve SFX

all parries are metallic other than shield, perhaps I could have different effects for crude/wooden vs metallic/steel weapons

Get an actual project logo 😭