BigBalloons
Turns your light buoys into balloons - /r/bigwalkmodding
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Big Balloons
Big Balloons lets you turn nearby light buoy orbs into Balloon Kid style floaters above your head.
One gives your jumps a bit of a boost.
Two will let you float across wide gaps.
Three takes you to the sky.
Fully configurable for taste.
Pairs well with Speakerbox if you
make an orb into a speaker.!We All Float Up Here](!Team Big Walk Is Blasting Off Again](
Controls
| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| 8 | Make a light buoy float |
| 7 | Cut a light buoy loose |
Press 8 by a cluster of them and they all turn into balloons at once.
Configuration
All of this can be edited within com.gogogadgetjustice.bigwalk.bigballoon.cfg or via Mod Settings.
Collect Key = 8
Release Key = 7
Max Tethered Orbs = 8
Attach Radius = 2
Distance (meters) within which a loose buoy auto-tethers to the player while collecting is active.
Buoyancy Factor Per Orb = 3.5
Continuous upward acceleration added per tethered orb — raises jump apex and slows ascent/descent.
Terminal Descent Speed Per Orb = 0.6
Additional clamp (m/s) subtracted from max downward fall speed per tethered orb — more orbs = longer hang time coming down.
Hover Height Above Anchor = 1.4
Base height above the torso anchor for the bouquet of tethered orbs.
Hover Backward Offset = 0.3
How far behind the player's facing direction the bouquet sits, so it reads as coming off the back, not floating directly overhead.
Orb Spread Radius = 0.28
Base horizontal radius (meters) of the golden-angle spread ring, so orbs don't overlap.
Orb Spread Radius Growth = 0.03
Extra radius added per orb index, so later orbs sit slightly further out.
Vertical Stack Per Orb = 0.12
Small height increase per additional orb, layered on top of the horizontal spread.
Follow Lerp Speed = 8
How quickly a tethered orb catches up to its hover slot (higher = snappier).
String Width = 0.03
Width of the tether string line renderer.
To Do
- Bigger Balloons that includes a quick-pop button to clear all active balloons in the scene instantly.
- Sometimes if you let one loose and it collides with a tethered floater, it'll get stuck in the air for a bit like a cartoon.
- Get dozens and restarting the session can leave you stuck up in the sky looking down at the island.
Bigger Balloons
Over on my Ko-fi, you can help me keep these things coming.
License
CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial) with a Skwisgaard non-commerical fishing addendum.
Reach out if you do something cool with this. I want to hear about cool things.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: