EgoPools

Ego Pools (v1.3.1)

Risk of Rain 2 mod that ensures a Cleansing Pool can appear on stages when a player has Egocentrism (DLC1 – Lunar Sun), with sensible rules and rich configuration. Includes a clean chat notice (✦) and an objective entry when the pool is spawned by this mod.

• ✦ Chat message appears after spawn-protection ends so you actually see it.
• Objective entry shows only when the pool was mod-spawned (avoids clutter).
• Respectful of vanilla behavior unless you tell it otherwise.

Features

• Egocentrism-gated spawning: The mod only forces spawns when someone currently has Egocentrism.
• Natural pool awareness: If a stage already has a natural Cleansing Pool, the mod doesn’t spawn another.
• Announcement (chat): Shows a single cyan message (✦) whenever a pool exists this stage (see config for exact rules).
• Objective entry: Appears only when the pool was spawned by the mod (not for natural pools).
• Bazaar exclusion: The mod never acts in Bazaar Between Time.
• No cost/behavior edits: Pools remain vanilla — 1 Lunar Coin, must sacrifice a lunar item.

Configuration (BepInEx / r2modman)

All options show up in the Config tab (r2modman) or in

BepInEx/config/com.yourname.egopools.cfg.

| Setting | Type | Default | What it does |

|------------------------|--------|---------|--------------|

| SpawnChance | float | 1.0 | Chance (0.0–1.0) the mod will force-spawn a pool when conditions are met. |

| MinLunarsRequired | int | 0 | Requires at least this total number of lunar items across all players before the mod will spawn pools. |

| DisableNaturalPools | bool | false | If true, removes natural Cleansing Pools each stage. Only mod-controlled spawns remain. |

| MaxForcedPerStage | int | 1 | Caps how many pools the mod will attempt to spawn per stage. |

| MinStageNumber | int | 1 | Don’t spawn before this stage number (1 = first stage). |

| AlwaysShowMessage | bool | false | If true, the chat notice (✦) appears whenever a pool exists this stage — even without Egocentrism. (Objective remains mod-spawn only.) |

Announcement logic (chat):

• If a natural pool exists at stage start and either someone has Egocentrism or AlwaysShowMessage = true, the mod posts the ✦ message (delayed until spawn protection ends).
• If no natural pool exists and the mod successfully spawns one, it posts the same ✦ message (delayed) and also shows an objective for that stage.

Installation

r2modman Mod Manager

• Click Install with Mod Manager page, or import the zip.
• Enable BepInExPack (required).
• Select your profile and launch.
• Optional: tweak settings in Config → Ego Pools.

Manual

• Install BepInEx for Risk of Rain 2.
• Place the built EgoPools.dll into: