HowToFishPvp

How to Fish - PVP Mode

Author: Mox

A 20-round PVP match on How to Fish Steam co-op. Islands, custom stone / ice arenas, snow island rounds, sky-falling guns, grab, rare custom weapons (including Rope Gun), host PVP server settings, rising water, and a winner cam.

Everyone in the lobby should install it. The host must have it or the match will not run.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Server settings — Host Escape → Server Settings adds PVP rows for Rounds and Round Length (while PVP MODE is queued).
• Rope Gun — New rare custom pistol: shoot a player to rope them / ragdoll hang them.
• Ice variants of falling / moving stone maps (slippery pads + snowfall FX).
• Snow Island rounds — paints the current island white with snowfall (any island except Volcano).
• Map cooldown — the same layout cannot return for the next 2 rounds (earliest again 3 rounds later). Ice and normal of the same pad share that cooldown.
• Better weapon drops — rain can land close to players, between them, near mid, or on random pads (still avoids dropping on top of someone).
• Spawn facing / rope hang no longer break networked look direction.
• Volcano stays in the normal island pool; skipped only on Snow Island rounds.

Requirements

• How to Fish on Steam (Windows)
• BepInEx 5.4.23.5 (x64) — package BepInEx-BepInExPack-5.4.2305

Skip the BepInEx steps if How to Fish already loads other BepInEx 5 plugins. Then you only need this mod.

Installing (mod manager)

• Open Mod Manager or r2modman for How to Fish.
• Install this package. BepInEx is a dependency and will install automatically.
• Launch the game from the mod manager.
• On Host Game / New Game you should see PVP MODE above Create.

Installing (manual)

• Close How to Fish.
• Install BepInEx 5.4.23.5 (x64) if you do not already have it:

File: BepInEx_win_x64_5.4.23.5.zip

Extract it into the folder that contains How to Fish.exe.

• Copy HowToFishPvp.dll into:

How to Fish\How to Fish\BepInEx\plugins\

• Start How to Fish from Steam.
• On Host Game / New Game you should see PVP MODE above Create.

The DLL should end up here:

How to Fish\How to Fish\BepInEx\plugins\HowToFishPvp.dll

Joiners without the plugin can still fight through Steam co-op, but they will not get the PVP HUD, grab, or custom weapons looking right.

How to play

• Host Game -> PVP MODE -> invite friends on Steam.
• Lobby stays normal Forest until the host starts. It does not auto-start when someone joins.
• Host press F8 in-world.
• 20 rounds. Round 1 is always an island. Round 2 prefers Docks. The rest mix islands, snow islands, and stone / ice arenas.
• Freeze for 3-2-1, then GO. Weapons fall from the sky after GO.
• Last player standing wins the round.
• After 20 rounds: WINNER, then a new match starts.
• If a round drags on, WATER WILL RISE and the ocean climbs.

Controls

• PVP MODE — Host Game / New Game. Create stays grey until you type a save name.
• Escape → Server Settings — Host only, while PVP is queued. Set Rounds and Round Length.
• F8 — Host, in-world. Starts the match.
• F9 — Host, during a round. Skips the current round.
• Empty hands + hold right click — Grab a nearby player (punch range) or hang on custom-map rocks/docks.

Maps

• Islands — Forest, Lighthouse, Desert, Rocks, Volcano. Shops, NPCs, radios, and island boats are hidden. No hunger.
• Snow Island — Same islands with snow paint and snowfall. Volcano is excluded for these rounds only.
• Docks — Wooden square walkway with a square hole, on the water. Usually round 2.
• Movers / Ferries / Orbit — Stone platforms that slide side to side.
• Falling Floors / Ring / Lanes / Steps — Stone tiles that drop when you walk on them.
• Ice copies of the falling / moving maps — same layouts, icy materials, slippery movement, snowfall.

Custom maps sit above the water. Fall off and you are out of the round.

The same map layout cannot appear again for 2 rounds after it plays (ice and nor