Umbrella module

NPCs can carry umbrellas! You can make unique umbrellas for your characters.

Umbrellas

🌂 **Let NPCs also hold umbrellas! ** This mod allows adding custom umbrellas to NPCs, adding more life to your Stardew Valley!

✨ Main functions

• NPCs can carry umbrellas in the game
• Supports making unique umbrella designs for different characters
• Automatically handle the up and down swing effect of umbrellas when walking
• Easily add custom umbrellas via Content Patcher

🎨 For modders

This module mainly implements two functions:

• Overlay umbrella texture on NPC sprites
• Edit the NPC sprite according to the content pack and adjust the hand position to make it look like it is holding an umbrella

📐 Umbrella texture specifications

The umbrella texture is a 56×128 pixel image containing 8 cells:

• 4 cells on the left are drawn in front of the NPC
• The 4 cells on the right are drawn behind the NPC
• First row: character facing downwards
• Second row: character facing right
• Third row: character facing upwards
• Fourth row: character facing left

🔧 Technical implementation

To add an umbrella model through Content Patcher, you need to set the following properties:

• **Texture**: The name of the texture resource used
• **Offset**: Draw the offset vector of the umbrella
• **Deletes**: Specify a list of rectangular areas in the specified NPC sprite to be replaced with transparency
• **Copies**: Specify the list of areas to copy and paste

💡 Usage suggestions

If you need help making an umbrella for an NPC, you can contact the author **monsoonsheep** on Discord for technical support!

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🎯 **Tip**: It is recommended to start with the starter pack provided by the author and refer to existing umbrella models to create your own design!