The effects engine behind the EGW content packs. BladeFX is what makes the Emberforge Greatsword burn, the Bubble Gun blow bubbles and the Cthulhu set let you breathe.
What it does
Each pack drops one effects file into BladeFX, and the items in that pack come alive:
- On-hit effects — fire, freeze, potions, shield bashes, the madness the R'lyeh
Feelerblade puts on a player
- Holder particles — the quiet ambient puff while you hold or wear a piece
- Set bonuses — wear all four Cthulhu pieces and the deep lets you breathe
- Launchers — right-click throwers that use their own snacks, or ammo from your
inventory
- Toys — the Leaf Blower's push, the Toy Chainsaw's fell, the Bubble Gun's bubbles
Without BladeFX the pack items still exist, still craft and still look right. They just sit quiet.
It needs Packforge
BladeFX requires Packforge and does not work with third-party pack-host plugins. It uses Packforge’s item tags and projectile items. Content packs can support other hosts, but BladeFX’s effects and custom projectiles cannot.
Which packs use it, and how much they need it
| Pack | Needs it? | For what |
|---|---|---|
| Grims Backyard Toys | required | the projectiles are the toys: bubbles, potatoes, water balloons, lawn darts |
| Grims Space Cadet | required for the toys | the Glow-Ray, Little Green Zap and Snack-a-Pult; the sabre's blade visuals |
| EGW Fantasy Pack | optional | the visuals: holder particles, on-hit flare, the Cthulhu set bonus, the Feelerblade's madness |
Everything else in the EGW range — Dreadplate, the Armory Pack, the Clothes Pack, Gem Equipment — works with no BladeFX at all.
Numbers are used as written
As of 1.0.1 nothing in an effects file is clamped, raised or quietly adjusted on the way through. A value you write is the value that runs. The one exception is outside the plugin's hands: Minecraft caps potion effect levels, so a Levitation 50 still arrives as Levitation 3.
Gameplay needs the real item
A look-alike item gets the sounds and the particles, and nothing else. The gameplay effects check that the item is genuinely the pack's.