Entangled In Nature

"Entangled In Nature"

is a mod designed to immerse players in a more interactive and dynamic natural environment. It enhances the world of Vintage Story by introducing mechanics that allow the player to experience nature in a more tactile way, encouraging both exploration and interaction with the flora around them.

Has Config lib support. Install it to configure the mod.

Key Features:

Environmental Impact:

The mod introduces a new gameplay mechanic where entities are influenced by their environment, adding realism and immersion. Key features include:

1. Snow and Terrain Effects:

   • Snow Slowdown: Movement through snow can be configured with a slowdown multiplier. Snow effects can also be toggled off entirely.
   • Block Types: Specific blocks, such as muddy gravel or raw clay,  gravel, sand, can impede movement. The soil slowdown multiplier is fully configurable.
   • Ice Breaking:
     • Walking, running, jumping, or falling on ice surfaces has a configurable chance to break the block beneath the entity.
     • Players can configure the probability of ice breaking through the BreakingIceChance setting.
     • The feature can be disabled entirely by setting the break chance to 0.0.
     • Ice breaking also affects nearby blocks, creating a chain reaction effect in some cases.
       
       

2. Foliage Drag:

   • Movement through dense foliage, such as leaves, slows entities, with configurable multipliers for drag.
   • Plants and Leaves: Separate multipliers let you customize friction for moving through plants and leaves. These can be disabled by setting their values to 0.
     
     

3. Customizable Gear Interaction:

   • Boots for Snow: Players can configure specific items (e.g., boots) to improve movement through snow.
   • Gliders Affected by Leaves: Gliders can be configured to interact with foliage, potentially causing players to fall when gliding through leaves.
     
     

4. Entity Customization:

   • Blacklist Entities: Configure which entities are excluded from environmental effects, such as butterflies or other specific entities.
     
     

5. Complete Configurability:

   • Every mechanic is fully configurable, allowing you to adjust slowdown multipliers for snow, sand, gravel, soil, leaves, and plants.
   • Ranges and default values are customizable to match your gameplay preferences.
     
     
     

Config Feature:

• Blacklist Entities: You can configure which entities are affected by Entangled In Nature. - (Default - "@.(butterfly).")
• HasBootsEquipped: You can configure which item that can help you move through snow a bit better. - (Default - "@.(clothes-foot-wool-lined-knee-high-boots).")
• BlockSelector: You can configure which block is being used for SoilSlowdownMultiplier. - (Default - "@.(muddygravel|rawclay|sludgygravel).")
• AffectedBySnow: You can configure if you should be affected by snow at all. - (Default - True)
• GliderAffectedByLeaves: You can configure whether gliding through leaves cause you to fall. (Default - True)
• SnowSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of snow. - (Default - 2, Range - 0 to 2),
• LeafSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of leaves. - (Default - 15, Range - 0 to 33, Set to 0 disable)
• PlantSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of plants. - (Default - 8, Range - 0 to 10, Set to 0 disable)
• GravelSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of gravel. -  (Default: 5, Range: 0 to 15 Set to 0 to disable)
• SandSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of sand. -  (Default: 5, Range: 0 to 15, Set to 0 to disable)
• SoilSlowdownMultiplier: You can configure the Multiplier of soil. -  (Default: 5, Range: 0 to 15, Set to 0 to disable)
• BreakingIceChance: You can configure whether entities should be affected by ice. Walking, running, jumping, or falling on ice may break it.. - (Default: 0.005, Range: 0 to 0.01, Set to 0 to disable)

More features to come.

Quick sand? this could be mud too.
Spider web?
Custom snow boots - Shape, Texture, etc