Better How To Fish

Better How to Fish

1.1.7 changes

• Added optional compatibility with MoreFish by ScarlettTech.
• MoreFish morph variants now preserve Better How to Fish's custom sizes instead of overwriting them.
• MoreFish custom species can receive the same Better size rolls, scaled health, value, and catch tracking as other hookable creatures.
• Compatibility activates automatically when both mods are installed; MoreFish is not required.

1.1.6 changes

• Workbench resize controls now sit above its text; catch-card controls stay safely inside the card.
• Press - to shrink or +/= to enlarge whichever adjustable HUD is currently visible.
• The inspected native Value now receives the rod sale bonus at the exact point where the game renders it.
• Biggest Catches no longer appears in the main menu.

1.1.5 changes

• Resize controls now have a visible HUD SIZE label and high-contrast - / + buttons.
• The inspection panel keeps one native Value field and replaces its number with the final selling price after rod bonuses.
• Removed the duplicate Sale value line.

1.1.4 changes

• All mod HUDs except Biggest Catches now follow the vanilla visual style.
• The rod-workbench prompt can be resized with its new − and + buttons and hides during pause or killscore animations.
• Creature size now appears inside the vanilla killscore line without overlapping its bonuses.
• Inspect panels, catch cards, and killscore rewards display the actual selling price, including your rod sale multiplier.
• VanillaInspectSizeStyle makes the size entry match the normal inspection statistics.

Expands How to Fish with randomized creature sizes, meaningful stat scaling, multiplayer competition, visible health bars, and permanent fishing-rod progression.

Main features

• Every hookable fish, shrimp, crab, and other catch receives an individual size from x1.00 to x25.00.
• Normal bosses and island bosses also receive randomized sizes, even when the base game normally skips randomized weight.
• Size scales the creature's visual model, maximum health, direct contact damage, and sale value.
• Compact world-space health bars show exact synchronized values such as 20 / 20 above non-bird creatures.
• Health bars follow creatures smoothly every rendered frame and remain compact on giant catches.
• A polished catch card shows the creature model, exact size, and original catcher's name.
• The original catcher receives the catch card even if another player lands the killing blow.
• A persistent Top 3 HUD records the three largest individual catches in the current save.
• When a catch enters the Top 3, every player in the lobby sees its announcement.
• Kill rewards display the applied size multiplier and use the creature's real scaled value.
• Every weapon-upgrade box, including the tutorial island box, supports up to 255 saved melee-sharpness and bullet-damage levels with continuously increasing prices.

Fishing-rod upgrade workbench

Each island automatically receives a workbench near its seller NPC or selling area. The placement system checks nearby ground and obstacles so it does not intentionally block the shop.

Approach the table with a standard fishing rod or crab fishing rod and press E to purchase an upgrade. There are 25 levels:

• Luck improves the size distribution and makes rare giant catches more likely.
• Every level grants +5% reeling speed.
• Higher levels grant cumulative sale bonuses.
• Upgrade 2 grants +10% sale value.
• Progress is saved per Steam account and synchronized with the host.

At 10 luck, the exact x1.00 chance falls from 70% to 40%, while the chance of x7.00+ rises from 0.03% to 0.30%.

Base size chances

| Minimum size | Chance |

|---|---:|

| Exactly x1.00 | 70% |

| x1.01 or larger | 30% |

| x1.34 or larger | 12% |

| x2.00 or larger | 1% |

| x7.00 or larger | 0.03% |

| Exactly x25.00 | 0.0007% |

Sizes use 0.01x increments, so values such as x1.12, x1.23, x3.57, and x14.86 are possible.

Multiplayer

Install the mod on every client in the lobby. Creature si