EmoPatchMod

Fixes Zodiac+ upgrades in Cosmic Rounds 2.7.0, Control Freak cooldowns/countdown behavior in FlairsCards 0.2.0, and Snake Attack spawning for non-host players in Cards+ 1.8.12.

Zodiac+ searches for card names ending in Plus, but the upgraded cards actually end in +. EmoPatchMod corrects that lookup at runtime, allowing Cosmic Rounds to upgrade Zodiac cards you already own and cards you acquire afterward.

Effects

• Gemini upgrades to Gemini+: +1 extra bullet becomes +2, and +3 ammo becomes +6. Its -20% damage penalty stays unchanged.
• Cancer upgrades to Cancer+: +2 seconds of decay becomes +4 seconds, and +30% lifesteal becomes +60%.
• The same lookup correction applies to all twelve Zodiac signs.
• Original Zodiac class-entry card is still required. Cosmic Rounds controls upgrade timing and card replacement.

This is a separate compatibility plugin. It does not replace CosmicRounds.dll or add new cards.

Control Freak fix

While a player owns FlairsCards' Control Freak card, their effective block cooldown is fixed at 1 second, regardless of earlier or later cooldown reduction/increase cards. Automatic blocking remains provided by FlairsCards.

Automatic blocks wait until combat begins after the countdown. The first block is readied at BattleStart and used on the first eligible gameplay update. No Control Freak auto-blocks fire during card selection, map loading, countdowns, or point/round transitions. Normal 1-second recharge follows during combat. Dead players do not auto-block.

The patch prevents Control Freak's round-start hook from overwriting the player's accumulated cooldown modifiers. When Control Freak is removed, normal cooldown calculation applies again. Players without the card are unaffected. This fixes cooldown calculation; it does not change extra blocks, forced block events, or pause timing.

FlairsCards is optional: install Flair-Flairs_Cards-0.2.0 to use this fix. EmoPatchMod skips this integration if FlairsCards is absent and logs an error for unsupported versions.

Snake Attack fix

Cards+ adds Snake Attack's projectile effect only on the shooter's client, but originally requires that same client to be the host before requesting a snake. This prevents non-host owners from spawning snakes.

EmoPatchMod allows the projectile owner to send the existing spawn request. The host still creates and synchronizes the snake. It also checks the shared five-snake limit when requests arrive, including simultaneous shots from different players. Original collision exclusions, one-request-per-projectile guard and damage scaling remain unchanged.

Cards+ is optional: install willis81808-CardsPlus-1.8.12 to use this fix. Unsupported versions log an error; missing Cards+ skips this integration.

SCME Egg changes

With optional Sfinford-SCME-3.1.1 installed:

• Egg: +500 Regen instead of +5; its +25% Movement Speed stays unchanged.
• Fried Egg: no Regen contribution, and +25000% Damage (251x damage) instead of +25%. Regen from other cards is preserved.
• Both card displays reflect these changes. Normal card stacking and removal still apply.

These are intentional balance modifications. Missing SCME skips this integration; unsupported versions log an error. Check the log for SCME Egg modifications applied.

Installation

Install with r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager. Dependencies install automatically. Restart ROUNDS after installation.

For manual installation, install the dependencies, then place EmoPatchMod.dll in BepInEx/plugins/EmoPatchMod/.

For multiplayer, install the same version on every player's profile. Host-only installation is not supported.

Compatibility and troubleshooting

Targets Cosmic Rounds 2.7.0. If a future release changes the patched method, the plugin logs an error instead of applying an uncertain patch.

Check BepInEx/LogOutput.log for Zodiac+ lookup patch applied. After obtaining Zodiac+, Zodiac-sign cards should change to their + versions. If they do not, include the log and your mod versions in a bug report.

With FlairsCards installed, also check for Control Freak fixed 1-second cooldown patch applied.

With Cards+ installed, check for Snake Attack owner-to-host spawn patch applied. Install EmoPatchMod on the host and all clients.

Validation: compiled; offline tests check CR 2.7.0, FlairsCards 0.2.0, Cards+ 1.8.12, cooldown call paths, projectile ownership and the host-side snake cap. Live ROUNDS and multiplayer testing remain required before treating this as gameplay-verified.

Credits

Cosmic Rounds and its cards were created by XAngelMoonX; FlairsCards was created by Flair; Cards+ was created by willis81808. SCME was created by Sfinford. EmoPatchMod is an independent patch.