ShowDeathCause
This mod lets you know how your and your friends miserable lives ended. This is based on the original ShowDeathCause with some improvements.
Features
The death notice lets everyone know what killed you and how. The end game report screen is improved now too! This fork provides the following improvements over the old version:
- Works with the latest game version as of the anniversary update
- Handles a few more cases
- Prints the name of the dead player along with damage taken
- Updates the end game report screen to include the enhanced information
| Chat Message (Before) |
Chat Message (After) |
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| Game End Report (Before) |
Game End Report (After) |
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* The player is killed by the same type of monster, a Glacial Beetle, in both cases
** Screenshots are taken on ShowDeathCause 2.0.0 with the anniversary update
Installation
- Install BepInEx and R2API.
- Copy the included
ShowDeathCause.dll into the resulting C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Risk of Rain 2\BepInEx\plugins folder.
- Launch the game and enjoy! To remove you simply need to delete the
ShowDeathCause.dll file.
Changelog
Version 2.0.1
- Reverted change to remove original death message as this may break other mods that depend on
OnPlayerCharacterDeath
Version 2.0.0 - Happy almost 100k downloads!
- The biggest change in this update is that the end game report screen now includes the same information as the death notice
- Elite/Umbra prefixes are now shown (Thanks WolfgangIsBestWolf for the suggestion!)
- Fall damage is now labeled as such (Can occur when max HP <= 1)
- Friendly fire kills are now attributed to the display name of the player who killed them
- The original red death message is no longer shown, only the messsage from ShowDeathCause is printed in chat now
Version 1.0.5
- Switched to local stripped libs instead of relying on game's installation
- No longer rely on a preexisting install of Risk of Rain 2
- Updated for anniversary update
Version 1.0.4
- Updated for Risk of Rain 2 version 1.0
Version 1.0.3
- Catch case where there are no attackers
Version 1.0.2
- Artifacts update!
- Removed enemy skill and capped float value to 2 decimal points
Credits to the Original Authors
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MagnusMagnuson
Skull icon by Icons8.
