Better Swimming

A fully customizable swimming overhaul mod for Banjo-Kazooie: Recompiled.

Features

Surface Swim Speed

Controls how fast you swim on the water surface.

• 0.25 = very slow
• 1 = normal speed
• 5 = very fast

Underwater Kick Speed (A Button)

Controls how fast Banjo swims underwater.

• 0.25 = very slow
• 1 = normal speed
• 5 = very fast

Kazooie Wing Speed (B Button)

Controls the speed when Kazooie flaps her wings underwater.

• 0.25 = very slow
• 1 = normal speed
• 5 = rocket boost

Kazooie Wing Cooldown (B Button)

Controls how quickly you can use Kazooie's wing flap again after each use. Lower values add a longer delay between flaps, higher values let you spam B.

• 0.25 = long cooldown
• 1 = normal cooldown
• 5 = Kazooie goes crazy
• (4 is the best option for those who want speed)

Underwater Turning Speed

Controls how fast Banjo rotates left/right and up/down while diving underwater. Higher values make him more agile.

• 0.25 = very sluggish turning
• 1 = vanilla rotation
• 2 = snappy and responsive

Oxygen Drain Speed

Controls how quickly Banjo loses air while underwater. Set to 0 for infinite air and explore freely with no time pressure.

• 0 = infinite air
• 1 = vanilla drain
• 2 = double drain speed

Invert Swim Y-Axis

Flips the vertical swimming controls. When ON, pushing the stick up makes Banjo swim downward and pushing the stick down makes Banjo swim upward. When OFF, uses the default game behavior.

Surface Air Recovery

Controls whether Banjo recovers air on the water surface. Turn OFF for Rusty Bucket Bay mode where air never comes back.

• ON = air recovers normally on surface
• OFF = no air recovery (Rusty Bucket Mode)

Swim Boost (Z Button)

Hold Z while swimming for a speed boost. Works on the surface and underwater.

• 1 = no boost
• 1.5 = 50% faster
• 3 = triple speed

Contact

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Author

amrgames00

1.3.2

• Reduced underwater turning overshoot at higher turn speed values

1.3.1

• Fixed item HUD counters not appearing when collecting items (eggs, feathers, jiggies, notes, honeycombs, extra lives, mumbo tokens, jinjos, etc.)

1.3.0

• Added Surface Air Recovery toggle (Rusty Bucket Mode)
• Added Swim Boost (hold Z for speed boost on surface and underwater)
• Split dive speed into separate Kick Speed (A) and Wing Speed (B)
• Added Kazooie Wing Cooldown setting
• Replaced Infinite Air toggle with adjustable Oxygen Drain Speed slider

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Adjustable surface swim speed
• Adjustable underwater dive speed
• Underwater turning speed
• Invert swim Y-axis
• Infinite air toggle