NeedleSwapper

needle swapper

A small mod that allows you to change which Needle upgrade Hornet uses.

why?

i want to be able to downgrade my needle so bosses don't die so quickly!

(e.g. cleaning up optional bosses, Godhome)

how?

• with the Needle selected in the Inventory menu:
• use the Sprint input (default: c; use the Attack input on controller) to "downgrade" the needle
• use the Jump input (default: z; equivalent on controller) to "upgrade" the needle

• ranges from the following (from downgraded to upgraded):
• unmodded needle (i.e. what you have without the mod) ← default setting
• needle
• sharpened needle
• shining needle
• hivesteel needle
• pale steel needle

• "downgrading" all the way uses your default needle upgrade
• by default, you cannot "upgrade" past your current max upgrade level
• e.g. if you've upgraded to Shining Needle via the Pinmaster (i.e. vanilla), you'll be capped at Shining Needle until you obtain Hivesteel Needle via the Pinmaster
• it (should!) be safe to upgrade your needle as if this was not installed
• e.g. if you have Hivesteel Needle but are using Sharpened Needle via the mod, Pinmaster will still unlock the Pale Steel Needle when you give him Pale Oil
• the mod's internal tracker can still increase to the last possible upgrade, so you may need to hit the "downgrade" input multiple times to see a change
• e.g. if you're capped at Shining Needle but have spammed "upgrade", you may need to "downgrade" multiple times before Shining Needle becomes Sharpened Needle
• this is because the targetNeedleUpgradeLevel is shared across save files
• this is mostly mitigated by capTargetToObtainedUpgradeLevel
• you can remove this limit by setting the config option allowTargetAboveUpgradedLevel to true

Note: config options are only read on game launch, so you may need to relaunch the game to apply changes. Alternatively, you may use the keyboard shortcut home+end (intended for debugging) to reload the config while the game is running.

• only modifies the inventory appearance and damage calculations
• i.e. doesn't (shouldn't) affect completion percentage / game progression; non-permanent
• note: damage calculation#Damage_Calculation) is complicated in Silksong because needle damage is multiplied by enemy-specific modifiers dependent on which needle upgrade you have

• this mod should be safe to install and uninstall without affecting your save file at all
• however, you should always make a backup of your save files, just in case
• testing was conducted, but i am only one person

issues? questions? fixes?

• open an issue on the GitHub repository!
• bug reports
• suggestions (e.g. README readability)
• changing BepInEx config options (BepInEx.cfg) Logging.Console → LogLevels and Logging.Disk → LogLevels to include All allows you to see debug-level logs omitted by the default BepInExPack_Silksong config
• this may be helpful for investigating issues (and attaching LogOutput.log)

known issues

inconsequential issues (click to show/hide)

• the "Transform" button prompts for "downgrading"/"upgrading" the needle do not update properly if switching between gamepad and keyboard while the needle is selected
• this shouldn't usually come up in regular gameplay, but deselecting and reselecting the needle will resync the prompts with the current control scheme
• there doesn't seem to be a more elegant solution than what is currently implemented

todo

• only allow at bench
• can copy global::InventoryItemToolManager.CanChangeEquips
• but how implement sit at bench prompt?
• is this even desirable/necessary?