Melee Buff (Outward BepInEx Plugin)
While your player has the vanilla boon Rage or Rage Amplified (same names as in the game’s status lists), this plugin adds:
- 2× outgoing physical weapon damage (existing Harmony paths +
WeaponDamage.BuildDamage).
- 50% less damage taken (incoming damage list).
- +1 HP/s, +15% movement speed, +25% stamina regen (reflection; applied from a
Character.Update postfix).
Mana: during Rage, current and burnt mana are forced to 0 every frame (fields + SetMana attempts). You cannot “save” mana while the boon is up.
There is no SideLoader fake status, no IMGUI overlay, no config: eligibility is only those two status identifier strings.
What this project contains
Plugin.cs: BepInEx + Harmony plugin with runtime patching and reflection-based checks.MeleeBuff.csproj: project file for building MeleeBuff.dll.assets/logo.svg: mod logo you can use in release pages/manifests.icon.png: Thunderstore icon (must be 256×256 PNG).resize-icon.ps1: rescales icon.png to 256×256 (run after swapping in a larger image).package-thunderstore.ps1: build + normalize icon + zip for Thunderstore upload.
Thunderstore icon (256×256)
Thunderstore requires icon.png to be exactly 256×256. If you drop in a larger image:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\resize-icon.ps1
package-thunderstore.ps1 also resizes icon.png to 256×256 automatically before zipping.
If you still get a GDI+ error, close anything that has icon.png open (preview tab, image editor), then run the script again.
Build
- Install the .NET SDK (7+ is fine for building this project).
- From this folder, run (replace path with your install location):
dotnet restore
dotnet build -c Release -p:OutwardDir="C:\Games\Outward"
Output DLL will be at:
bin\Release\net472\MeleeBuff.dll
Install in Outward
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Install BepInEx and SideLoader for Outward (Thunderstore / r2modman will pull both).
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Copy MeleeBuff.dll and the Icons folder (with MeleeBuff_Status.png) into the same BepInEx\plugins\ tree as the DLL (the png must be at ...\plugins\Icons\MeleeBuff_Status.png relative to the DLL directory). Thunderstore zips already lay this out under plugins\.
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Launch the game once.
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Check logs:
<OutwardFolder>\BepInEx\LogOutput.log
You should see Melee Buff initialization and patch counts.
Notes
- Outward updates/mod stacks can rename internal methods and members. This plugin is implemented with defensive reflection to reduce breakage.
- If your specific game version uses different method names for damage paths, the plugin may need small patch-target adjustments in
Plugin.cs.
