Floating Magic Downpour

==== Mod introduction ==== (by my enthusiastic friend's translation.Easyer Reading I guess.)

This mod attempts to make the spell “Magic Downpour” more practical.
The floating ball will trace the enemies you've locked on and shoot magic bullets at them.
The magic bullets will slightly guide toward the enemies and penetrate through them (which improves its AoE capability).

The “charged version” will create a magic circle that stays in the air and functions like “Magic Glintblade.”
The floating ball will rush to the enemies after a few seconds. And it shoots more bullets than usual.

However, there are also some nerfs for balancing purposes.
The spell duration increases and magic bullets have longer knockback distances ,
But the damage and frequency are slightly reduced.
The charged version will also cost more FP & stamina.
I've also uploaded a video (in the video tab) to demonstrate how the mod works.

==== Installation ====

Installing with Mod Engine 2 is recommended (but not necessary) since it improves the compatibility with other mods.
Link to Mod Engine 2: https://github.com/soulsmods/ModEngine2/releases

Below are the instructions for different users:

If you only use this mod, replace the regulation.bin file inside the game's folder with this mod.
(Make sure to make a backup first, just in case.)

For Mod Engine users:
Put regulation.bin into the “Mods” folder (or “mod” for Mod Engine 2)

For people who use multiple mods:
Combine the regulation.bin with the CSV files provided by this mod using DSMapstudio: https://github.com/katalash/DSMapStudio
And here's a guide for merging mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/articles/174
Put the combined regulation.bin into the “Mods”/”mod” folder (or backup and replace the file if you're not using Mod Engine)

==== Epilogue ====

Personally, I like the spell “Magic Downpour” a lot!
It's gorgeous, like the stars falling through the sky.

However, it also sucks. (Even after the reduced FP cost in Official patch v1.071.)
It's hard to hit enemies with. And it doesn't have any effect like stun or knockback.
It's supposed to be a crowd-control spell, but even Glinstone Arc does a much better job.
So it was just a beautiful firework for me, but I like it too much hence the mod.

I first tried to make the magic bullets trace the enemies, but it was overpowered (which was not my intention.)
After a few attempts, I suddenly thought: “Why not let the floating ball follow the enemies?”
(This was my first mod for Elden Ring, so it was challenging. There are too many parameters to figure out.)

下方是中文版，附上原作者的破英文翻譯

==== 模組介紹 Mod introduction ==== by 唐木頭  Author myself

這個mod作的很簡單，就只是讓”魔力天降”這個法術變得更實用而已。
直接施放時，它會像往常一樣往斜上飛去，
然後就接著會往敵人的頭上飄去，緩緩追著敵人射魔法彈。

小魔法彈有一點點的追蹤性能，當然前題是你必需先鎖定敵人。
然後，為了讓它對群攻的效果更好，我還讓魔法彈有了穿透性能。

Simplely,Make the spell : “Magic Downpour” more useful.
Main ball will autoly reach to your enimies, foating upon , and shoting bullet to them.
( You have to lock on first, ofcause)

mini-bullet has a slightly chasing function, and it can penetrait through out enimies.

蓄力版本，我把它跟”魔法輝劍”做了個結合，
它會像魔法輝劍一樣在原地留下魔法陣後等待數秒，
然後魔力球會快速衝向敵人！用魔法彈在敵方頭上痛擊！

Charge version will create a magic circle stay in the air, just like “Magic Glintblade”.
few seconds later, magic ball will rush to enimes and shoot more bullets than nomal.

當然，我並不想創造一個無敵的法術，那會令魂系遊戲太無趣。
所以我增加了法術持續時間，也讓魔法彈有更強的擊退性，
但我降低了傷害，以及球體發射的頻率。
蓄力的版本由於蠻強力的，所以增加了FP與耐力的消耗。
當然，我還調整了很多細節

我個人推薦面對較遠的敵人使用蓄力版，
近處的敵人，普通施放會比較適合。
這個法術特別適給一手近戰一手法杖的玩家使用。
你可以先丟出法球牽制，接著靠武器痛打敵人。

如果我的解釋你看不懂的話，
我有上傳影片，直接看影片比較快。

for the balances, I increased the spell duraction,
more knocking back,
but less damage ，slightly lower shooting frequency
Charge version will cost more FP & stamina.

You can use the charge ver. for far enimies,
use nomal spell on aproching dumbass.
this spell is made for player that “one hand weapon one hand rod”

if you can not figuee out my explanation,
than see my video you should know.

==== 安裝 Installation in Chinese ==== 

強烈建議使用 mod engine 2 來遊玩！
不是必要，但多數玩家應該都是複數mod的使用者，
使用mod engine 讓你不用每次檔案都覆蓋來去。
連結在此：
https://github.com/soulsmods/ModEngine2/releases

若是你打算只用我的mod，那麼請先備份你遊戲資料夾裡的regulation.bin，
然後用下載後的regulation.bin取代它
(不建議這樣粗暴安裝，mod若是壞掉，bin檔可能會一起出問題)

若是你已經載了mod engine2 或是其他的mod管理程式，
只要簡單地把regulation.bin放進程式指定的mod資料夾裡面。
(在mod engine2的話就是”mod”資料夾)

若是一次要使用多個mods，都有用到bin檔的話，
請學習使用DSMapstudio程式，可以將多個mod組成一個regulation.bin
下載連結在此：
https://github.com/katalash/DSMapStudio

至於要怎麼組合mod，請參考下面的連結教學
結合好.bin檔案後，一樣放進mod資料夾 ， 或是取代原本的bin檔案。
Merging Mods guide:
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/articles/174

==== 作者的話 Epilogue ==== 

從我個人來說，我超級喜歡這個法術的！
從漂亮的球體灑出大量的藍色魔法彈，像是夜空中的星點灑落。

美歸美，但是弱爆了！
傷害低就算了，打不中敵人是怎麼回事？
它不應該是針對群體設計的控場牽制法術嗎？
怎麼”輝石彎弧”還做得比它好？
就算1.071版降低了FP的消耗，我想多數人還是不會拿它來用吧！

Personally, I like the “Magic Downpour” spell very much!
It's beautyful! but It sucks!
even though “Offical” reduce it FP cost at v1.071,
considering it hard to hit enimy, nor stun or hit back,
still not worth using it for most of people.

sprayed bullets should stuck enimy by it's amount. 
But it doesn't! the “Glinstone Arc” just do more better! 
just a beatiful firework.

但我還是很喜歡它。雖然不熟mod，我還是想盡辦法做出來了！
but I like it, so I mod it.

我第一次嘗試時，試著讓所有的小子彈都有追蹤的性能，
但我很快就發現，這樣做會變得太強！
而且從球中射出一堆躲不掉的追蹤彈，那不是跟發杖發射差不多。
很不符合這個法術應該有的模樣，我覺得它應該是個對小群體的牽制技能。

改來改去，突然想到。
若是，這個法術的魔法球，可以追著人跑呢？
(其實，超級難改的。好多程式參數作者我都不知道是什麼意思)

My first trying is , leting the bullets auto-homing to enimies.
This change is too powerful !
I have no intended to make player overpowered.

than i thought : “What if I made the main ball auto-follow enimies?”

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by 唐木頭 Woods Tang