Better Beginnings

Mod Features

Virtual Health and Counterattack Recovery

• Taking damage grants virtual health, displayed on the HUD health bar.
• Virtual health remains full for a configurable period and then gradually decays.
• Attacking hostile creatures while virtual health is active restores virtual health according to the weapon type.
• Normal healing reduces virtual health first.
• Virtual health cannot exceed the missing amount between current health and maximum health.

Adrenaline Gain Adjustments

• Configure the adrenaline gain multiplier for hits from different weapon types.
• Configure adrenaline gain multipliers for weapon blocks, weapon parries, shield blocks, and shield parries.

Weapon Switching Animation

• Skips the equip and unequip delay for weapons and shields.
• Skips the hand hide and show animations when pressing R to sheathe or draw a weapon.
• Suppresses equip effects when equipping or unequipping weapons and shields.

Stamina and Movement Adjustments

• Running, normal jumping, and rolling do not consume stamina when out of combat and lightly encumbered.
• Under the applicable conditions, running, normal jumping, and rolling can be performed even at zero stamina.
• Harpoon jumping continues to use the vanilla stamina rules.
• Stamina can regenerate while standing still on the ground when over-encumbered.
• An attack can start as long as some stamina remains; the attack's actual stamina cost is unchanged.

HUD Layout

• The stamina bar uses the health bar style and remains yellow.
• The stamina bar is displayed to the right of the health bar.
• The virtual health area is displayed on the health bar.
• The HUD layout remains stable during gameplay.

Inventory and Dedicated Equipment Slots

• Adds 8 dedicated equipment slots to the inventory.
• 4 dedicated slots are for clothing, and 4 are for accessories.
• Normal inventory slots continue to be provided by the game's native inventory upgrades.
• Supports additional normal slots provided by Wider Pockets and Deeper Pockets.
• Additional normal slots do not overlap the dedicated equipment slots after an inventory upgrade.
• Placing clothing or accessories in a dedicated slot immediately updates the equipment state and player appearance.
• Clothing and accessories in existing saves are automatically organized into their corresponding dedicated slots.
• Dedicated slot labels follow the selected game language, using Chinese labels for Chinese and English labels for other languages.

Configuration

BepInEx generates the configuration file after the first game launch:

BepInEx/config/com.wangma.betterbeginnings.cfg

Restart the game after changing configuration values.

Virtual Health Window

Parameter	Default	Range	Description
FullWindow	4	0-30	Time in seconds that virtual health remains full after taking damage.
DecayWindow	1	0-30	Time in seconds required for virtual health to decay linearly from full to zero.

Virtual Health Multipliers

Parameter	Default	Range	Description
Dagger	0.60	0-1	Ratio of dagger damage converted to virtual health recovery.
Sword	0.80	0-1	Ratio of sword damage converted to virtual health recovery.
Spear	0.60	0-1	Ratio of spear damage converted to virtual health recovery.
OneHandedAxe	0.80	0-1	Ratio of one-handed axe damage converted to virtual health recovery.
Club	0.80	0-1	Ratio of club, mace, and porcupine damage converted to virtual health recovery.
Polearm	0.95	0-1	Ratio of polearm damage converted to virtual health recovery.
HeavyTwoHanded	1.00	0-1	Ratio of heavy two-handed weapon damage converted to virtual health recovery.

Adrenaline Multipliers

Parameter	Default	Range	Description
DaggerHit	2	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier for dagger hits.
FastOneHandedHit	2.5	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier for fast one-handed weapon hits, including swords and spears.
StandardOneHandedHit	3	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier for standard one-handed weapon hits, including one-handed axes and clubs.
PolearmHit	3.5	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier for polearm hits.
HeavyTwoHandedHit	4	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier for two-handed weapon hits.
WeaponBlockAndParry	1	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier from blocking or parrying with weapons.
ShieldBlockAndParry	2	0-10	Adrenaline gain multiplier from blocking or parrying with shields.

中文说明

Mod 功能

虚血与反击恢复

• 受到伤害后获得虚血，虚血显示在 HUD 血条上。
• 虚血会在可配置的时间内保持完整，随后逐渐衰减。
• 虚血生效期间攻击敌对生物，可以根据武器类型恢复虚血。
• 普通治疗会优先减少虚血。
• 虚血不会超过当前生命与最大生命之间的空缺。

血怒获取调整

• 可以分别配置不同武器命中时获得的血怒倍率。
• 可以分别配置武器格挡、武器招架、盾牌格挡和盾牌招架获得的血怒倍率。

武器切换动画

• 装备和卸下武器或盾牌时，跳过等待前摇。
• 按 R 收起或拿出武器时，跳过手部隐藏和显示动画。
• 装备或卸下武器、盾牌时，取消装备特效。

体力与移动调整

• 非战斗且低负重时，跑步、普通跳跃和翻滚不消耗体力。
• 在符合条件时，即使体力为零也可以执行跑步、普通跳跃和翻滚。
• 钩索跳跃继续使用原版体力规则。
• 超重且静止在地面上时可以恢复体力。
• 只要仍有剩余体力，就可以开始攻击；攻击动作的实际体力消耗保持原版规则。

HUD 布局

• 体力条使用血条样式并保持黄色显示。
• 体力条显示在血条右侧。
• 虚血区域显示在血条上。
• HUD 布局会在游戏过程中保持稳定。

背包与装备专用格

• 在背包中增加 8 个装备专用格。
• 其中 4 个专用格用于衣服，4 个用于护符和其他饰品。
• 普通背包格仍由游戏原本的背包升级提供。
• 支持 Wider Pockets 和 Deeper Pockets 提供的额外普通格。
• 背包升级后，新增普通格不会覆盖装备专用格。
• 衣服和饰品放入专用格后会立即更新装备状态和人物外观。
• 存档中的衣服和饰品会自动整理到对应的专用格。
• 专用格标题会根据游戏当前语言显示：中文使用“护甲服饰”和“饰品护符”，其他语言使用英文标题。

配置文件

BepInEx 首次启动游戏后会生成配置文件：

BepInEx/config/com.wangma.betterbeginnings.cfg

修改配置后需要重启游戏。

虚血保持与衰减

参数	默认值	范围	说明
FullWindow	4	0-30	受伤后虚血保持完整的时间，单位为秒。
DecayWindow	1	0-30	虚血从完整值线性衰减到零所需的时间，单位为秒。

虚血回复倍率

参数	默认值	范围	说明
Dagger	0.60	0-1	匕首伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
Sword	0.80	0-1	剑伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
Spear	0.60	0-1	矛伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
OneHandedAxe	0.80	0-1	单手斧伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
Club	0.80	0-1	棍棒、锤和狼牙棒伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
Polearm	0.95	0-1	长柄武器伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。
HeavyTwoHanded	1.00	0-1	双手重武器伤害转化为虚血回复的比例。

血怒获取倍率

参数	默认值	范围	说明
DaggerHit	2	0-10	匕首命中时的血怒获取倍率。
FastOneHandedHit	2.5	0-10	快速单手武器命中时的血怒获取倍率，包括剑和矛。
StandardOneHandedHit	3	0-10	常规单手武器命中时的血怒获取倍率，包括单手斧和棍棒。
PolearmHit	3.5	0-10	长柄武器命中时的血怒获取倍率。
HeavyTwoHandedHit	4	0-10	双手武器命中时的血怒获取倍率。
WeaponBlockAndParry	1	0-10	使用武器格挡或招架时的血怒获取倍率。
ShieldBlockAndParry	2	0-10	使用盾牌格挡或招架时的血怒获取倍率。