# 🛡️ Advanced Spacebar Blocker
**Built for the Megabonk community**
Ever panic-mashed Spacebar mid-combat and accidentally selected the wrong upgrade, bought something from the Shady Guy you didn't want, or blew through a shrine without reading it?
This mod fixes all of that, intelligently.
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## 🚫 What This Mod Does
Instead of permanently disabling your keyboard, this mod uses a smart **"Anti-Spam
Shield"** system that absorbs accidental Spacebar presses the moment a menu opens,
while keeping everything fast and responsive.
- **Level Up screens** — The first Spacebar press after the menu opens is absorbed.
Press space again to confirm intentionally.
- **Shady Guy** — Same Anti-Spam Shield. No more accidental purchases.
- **Charged Shrines** — Protected. You have to deliberately press Spacebar a second time to confirm.
- **Chests** — Fully whitelisted. Spacebar instantly skips animations and grabs your loot as fast as ever, with full banish control preserved.
- **Mouse clicks** — Always work instantly on every menu, no restrictions.
- **All other UI** (pause menu, main menu, etc.) — Completely unaffected.
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## ⚙️ How It Works
When a popup menu (Level Up, Shrine, Shady Guy) appears:
1. If Spacebar is pressed, the mod **absorbs the first press** and waits.
2. Once you physically **release** the Spacebar, the shield is primed.
3. Pressing Spacebar **a second time** confirms your selection intentionally.
Chests use Megabonk's native ChestWindowUi system and are **never blocked** —
your fast chest skipping and banishing work exactly as intended.
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## 🛠️ Configuration
A config file is automatically generated at:
BepInEx/config/com.user.nospaceselect.cfg
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BlockedKey | Space | The key to apply the Anti-Spam Shield to |
| AllowedMenus | chest,treasure,chestwindowui | Menus that are never blocked |
If a future game update adds a new menu you want to allow or block, just edit the
AllowedMenus value — no recompiling needed!
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## 📦 Compatibility
- ✅ **Client-sided** — Only you need this installed
- ✅ **Multiplayer safe** — Works perfectly in lobbies with others
- ✅ **Compatible with native Skip Chest Animation setting**
- ✅ **BepInEx IL2CPP** — Windows x64
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*Courtesy of prod.guardian (aka guarbonzo) — Enjoy! 🎉*
