REnhanced Modpack

TL;DR It's an "Enhanced Vanilla" experience with a lot of quality-of-life enhancement mods, minimal balance tweaks*, and vanilla compatibility.

Better explanation

First and foremost, this is a modpack made to pair my particular proceeding preferences:

• Overall vanilla flavored experience with some sprinkles :)
• Must maintain vanilla compatibility both when hosting and as a client
• Nothing should be too jarring to anyone coming from the unmodded base game
• Balance changes should be avoided or at most, imperceptible*
• Performance over resource usage†
• Nothing "chocolate", nothing should feel modded. It should be conceivable that all of the mods could be added to the base game.

The way I see it, there's a lot of small tweaks (both flaw fixes and feature furtherance) that make considerable improvements to what it's like to just sit there and play the game. I much prefer a lot of very small independent tweaks that add up to a better experience instead of overhauling large/prominent parts of the game- I want to play Risk Of Rain 2, not a fan-made redesign and refactor.

Where I draw the "Vanilla flavored" line

This is of course a balancing act. So there are some mods I was on the fence about and chose to keep, and others that I decided not to.

The ones I kept:

• RespawnAfterBoss by neutrino-steak - Respawns all dead players once all bosses have been defeated. This means if 1 out of 4 players are alive at the end of the teleporter event, instead of all of the boss drops going to them, the other players can get their share so they don't fall behind (plus if they died, they could probably use the help from the extra items).
• TooManyFriends by wildbook - Allows you to play with more than just 4 players per lobby. The base game's player count-scaling wasn't designed with more than 4 player lobbies in mind, however since the mod only introduces that edge case perplexion once the mod becomes necessary, it's somewhat of a "necessary evil" with no better alternative.

The ones I didn't

• GoldChestForAll by DestroyedClone - While I do use this in my day-to-day and subjectively in my opinion it makes item distribution more fair, it does objectively affect balance in a meaningful way (4 reds on your team instead of 1 on Stage 4 can be pretty impactful).
• Aerolt by Lodington- A cheating mod menu that can server as a helpful utility and very useful for testing, but it also is by nature a cheat which can be frowned upon by some (to each their own I suppose).
• SillyItems by TheTimesweeper - Even though you could argue being able to visually see how many items each player has does serve a purpose, if we're being realistic this mod is a much more "for fun" and not really a utility.
• RiskOfRave by RuneFox237 - Plays the song Caramelldansen and adds rainbow post processing effects during teleporter events. The only utility it has is indirectly reminding you to stay inside the teleporter circle by muffling the music when you're outside of it. Also volume preferences will differ from setup to setup and it needs to be adjusted in the config which is a bit obtrusive.

Notes

* Balance tweaks that do exist should be imperceptible without a direct 1:1 comparison (you'd fail a blind test).

† I have a beefy computer, my friends have beefy computers. If you don't have 8GB of RAM free for the game to use, disable StutterStunterFork. If you have less than 32GB of RAM in your system, change the memory warning and max memory thresholds in the StutterStunterFork config file. If you don't follow these warnings, you will run into trouble. Do not complain to the StutterStunterFork maintainers.

Changelog

These are identical to those found on GitHub. If you want notifications you can open that page then: Click the arrow next to "Watch" at the top → Custom → Releases → Apply, and you'll get GitHub notifications (configurable to be push and/or email) whenever the modpack updates.

2.0.1

• Updated LookingGlass 1.6.2 → 1.7.0
  • 1.6.3 Fixed healthPercentage not using the float precision option
  • 1.7.0 Fixed equipment not always showing their full descriptions.
  • 1.7.0 Added option to adjust how long pickup display notifications last.
  • 1.7.0 Added difficultyCoefficient to StatsDisplay as an option.
  • 1.7.0 Made the item calculations for item stats optional.
• Updated QuickRestart 1.4.2 → 1.5.0
  • Improve button appearance and scaling
• Included config file for StutterStunterFork. Configurable options are all doubled compared to the default config (Max memory usage 3000 → 6000, Memory usage warning 2000 → 4000, Scan interval 60 → 120). Prevents chat warnings from happening as often.
• Updated README

2.0.0

• Added AdditionalGraphicalSettings by kruumy - Make your game look how you want to. Highly customizable!
• Added AttackDirectionFix by Goorakh - Fixes attacks not always aiming where your crosshair is. Also known as the "Pierce Bug".
• Added AudioOverlapFix by Goorakh - Prevents multiple instances of the same sound from playing within the same frame, resulting in a sound potentially becoming very loud. Clientside.
• Added BetterLoadingScreen by Goorakh - Accounts for more initialization in the loading screen. Reduces amount of time spent frozen on 100% when using lots of mods
• Added ColoredPingChat by Thrayonlosa - Colors item names and elites in chat from pings, and changes their icons
• Added EclipseMultiplayerDisconnectFix by NotABot - Fixes an annoying issue where players all get disconnected instead of sent back to the lobby in eclipse.
• Added EviscerateFix by Moffein - Prevents Mercenary Eviscerate from targeting allies. Client-Side and Vanilla-Compatible!
• Added FixBossHealthDisplay by mwxmmy - Fix the issue with displaying Boss health incorrectly when it exceeds 2.1 billion. 修复Boss血量超过21亿导致显示错误的问题
• Added FixGenesisLoopConsoleSpam by Moffein - Fixes console spam from Genesis Loop when playing with certain custom skins and survivors. Client-side and Vanilla-compatible!
• Added FixREXCrash by Nuxlar - Fixes REX's shift crashing the game or spamming errors.
• Added FixVstr by Chinchi - Fix and enhance the vstr functionality (command aliases).
• Added FlurryFix by Moffein - Fixes Huntress Flurry losing arrows at high attack speed. Server-Side and Vanilla-Compatible!
• Added LookingGlass by DropPod - A QoL UI mod that exposes statistics for items and the player, adjusts the size and features of command and scrapper menus, and much more. Fully open source and compatible with RiskUI!
• Added LoadoutSkillTitles by TheTimesweeper - Changes some characters with extra skill slots from 'Misc.' to more fitting names
• Added NegativeMaxHealthFix by Nebby - Stops the game setting your max health to negative, which happens for whatever reason.
• Added NegativeRegenFix by duckduckgreyduck - Fixes regen multipliers on negative regen. Good for the Heretic!
• Added NoBossNoWaitHostOnly by OakPrime - NoBossNoWait by mrchous but only host needs mod. All credit to mrchous
• Added OutOfBoundsItemsFix by rob_gaming - Fixes items dropping out of bounds by respawning them on the nearest ground node.
• Added PizzaClientLagFix by Goorakh - Fixes unpredictable multiplayer lag for Mithrix's pizza (big spinny) attack
• Added RailgunnerCritFix by Nuxlar - Fixes Railgunners crit damage from crit chance being halved
• Added RetryButton by Goorakh - Adds a button to the defeat screen that restarts the last stage instead of ending the run. Server-side and vanilla compatible.
• Added SafeTravelsInSkybox by swuff-star - Adds the UES Safe Travels in the sky while playing as Captain.
• Added SimpleEclipseDisplay by NotABot - Displays Eclipse Level On Character Icon.
• Added VoidFiendHudTweaks by fiendtopia - A collection of customizable tweaks for Void Fiend's corruption hud
• Updated HIFU-BetterJumpPads 1.1.1 → 1.2.1
  • 1.1.2 Added two more jump pad tweaks.
  • 1.2.0 Jump pads now remove fall damage until you fall.
  • 1.2.0 Tweaked a whole bunch more jump pads to work properly.
• Updated JustDerb-BossAntiSoftlock 1.0.3 → 1.0.4
  • No changes provided by the mod author.
• Updated niwith-DropinMultiplayer 2.0.1 → 3.0.0
  • Been a while since an update, this one updates the referenced DLLs
• Updated HIFU-HuntressAutoaimFix 1.1.2 → 1.1.3
  • No changes provided by the mod author.
• Updated KingEnderBrine-LobbySkinsFix 1.2.0 → 1.2.1
  • Added more error handling.
• Updated HIFU-LookStraightDown 1.0.0 → 1.0.2
  • 1.0.1 Fixed modded survivors not working.
  • 1.0.2 No changes provided by the mod author.
• Updated Bubbet-NetworkedTimedBuffs 1.0.2 → 1.0.3
  • Use just networking api.
• Updated BetterPing-PingItemDescription 1.0.3 → 1.0.4
  • Dependency should be fixed
  • Fix: output by /pid others
• Updated KingEnderBrine-ProperSave 2.8.11 → 2.10.0
  • 2.9.0 Added config option to enable Steam/Epic games cloud storage support, allowing you to synchronize saves between devices.
  • 2.9.0 Added config option to change saves directory.
  • 2.9.1 Updated French translation, thanks NorthBlue333.
  • 2.10.0 Fixes for Devotion update.
  • 2.10.0 Added support for Devotion artifact
• Updated Rune580-Risk_Of_Options 2.5.3 → 2.8.0
  • 2.6.0 Added Method for setting mod descriptions with a language token.
  • 2.6.0 Added event when the mod options panel is closed.
  • 2.6.0 Slight behaviour change for color wheel, (I did this like a year ago and forgot to push it out in an update, so here you go.)
  • 2.6.0 Any other commits that happened between last year and now.
  • 2.6.1 Forgot to include some assets that are required for the color picker.
  • 2.7.0 All numeric InputFields now properly use InvariantCulture, for example numbers are formatted as 1,000,000.20.
  • 2.7.0 RiskOfOptions exposes an option to change this behavior in-game.
  • 2.7.0 RiskOfOptions option menu. Experimental support for Prefabs as mod icons.
  • 2.7.0 The root object's RectTransform must have a width and height of 45.
  • 2.7.0 Animated icon has been updated.
  • 2.7.1 StringInputFields have improved newline behavior.
  • 2.7.1 InputFieldConfig has a new field lineType, it represents TMP's lineType enum.
  • 2.7.1 SubmitEnum is now marked with the Flags attribute, should allow for more fine-tuned input field behavior.
  • 2.7.1 Shift + Enter will always insert a newline, if the StringInputField is configured to allow newlines, without submitting. Because of the above changes, StringInputFields may behave differently to prior versions. If you relied on the previous behavior, sorry for making more work for you, but this should make input fields be more reliable. In addition the default behavior for StringInputFields are MultiLineSubmit as this mimics the previous behavior the closest.
  • 2.7.2 Added richText bool field to InputFieldConfig to configure how the in-game input field handles rich text.
  • 2.8.0 Added FloatFieldOption, FloatFieldConfig - Slider option but without the slider
  • 2.8.0 Added IntFieldOption, IntFieldConfig - IntSlider but without the slider :smirk_cat:
  • 2.8.0 Changed The background image of the InputField is now Sliced instead of Simple which results in it not looking stretched anymore.
  • 2.8.0 RoO is now on https://www.nuget.org/packages/Rune580.Mods.RiskOfRain2.RiskOfOptions
• Removed BetterUI because the mod author destroyed it, LookingGlass is it's new replacement
• Removed BetterGameplay because the mod author destroyed it, OutOfBoundsItemsFix is it's new replacement.
• Removed ItemCounters because this functionality is included in LookingGlass
• Removed NeverEndingRun and included it in the Extras modpack because it does affect balance quite a bit if you take advantage of the shops in Commencement
• Removed NoLockedInteractables and included it in the Extras modpack because it does affect balance quite a bit allowing you to get an item that could potentially sway a boss fight mid-fight.
• Removed NoBossNoWait because it's been replaced by the more-favorable NoBossNoWaitHostOnly
• Removed RespawnAfterBoss because it breaks the Voidling boss.
• Removed ShowDeathCause because this functionality is included in WolfoQualityOfLife.
• Included config files for: ProperSave, FixPlayercount, and LoadoutSkillTitles
• Tweaked some old changelogs to fix typos.

1.2.0

• Added BetterJumpPads by HIFU - Makes Jump Pads not lock your momentum.
• Added NoMoreMath by Goorakh
• Added ResumeMusicPostTeleporter by prodzpod
• Updated BossAntiSoftlock 1.0.2 → 1.0.3
  • Added Simulacrum support
  • Added ability to reset void monsters for void seeds
  • Added ability to silence mod hint
• Updated ProperSave 2.8.10 → 2.8.11
  • Removed unnecessary logging from minion inventory change after loading, which caused lag with a big enough mod list.
• Updated Engi_M1_Autofire 1.1.4 → 1.2.0
  • Risk of Options support.
  • Fixed a bunch of config options being missing.
• Updated HighItemVizability 1.0.0 → 1.4.0
  • 1.4.0 Added item indicator arrows similar to the red boss indicator arrows to better locate items
  • 1.3.1 Adjusted red item sound and added command to turn all sounds off
  • 1.3.0 Added ChaosMode and item pickup speed control
  • 1.2.0 Added a sound effect for red items
  • 1.1.0 Thicker beams. Oranger orange.
• Removed StutterStunter config file
• Updated downloads thank you message, over 1500 new downloads since the last update!

1.1.0 Thank you for 1000 downloads! Here's our first minor version bump

• New companion modpack with mods that didn't quite make the cut! It's already on Thunderstore and GitHub
• The following changes mentioned in the 1.0.7 changelog:
  • LICENSE.txt will be omitted from the Thunderstore package.
  • manifest.json will be minified
  • expanded-manifest.json is available in the GitHub repository.
• Added HighItemVizability by VizMod - "Shoots a tier colored beam to the sky at the location of a dropped item for visability across the map."
• Added LookStraightDown by HIFU - "Allows you to look straight down, and straight up. Configurable"
• Added NoSelfPing by Xan - "This mod fixes a bug that made it possible to ping yourself..."
• Updated BetterGameplay 1.1.2 → 1.1.3
  • Bugfix: Fixed bug that would apply the cooldown increase in the bazaar to only the first equipment instead of each equipment the character has.
• Removed config files for the following mods because they held default values:
  • RailCharges
  • PingItemDescription
• Removed dependency mods that will be installed automatically when installing their dependants.
• Updated note about StutterStunter and removed StutterStunter config
• Re-ordered "Better Explanation" section's bullet points to match the ordering in REnhanced_Extras
• The README note about the changelog being moved to CHANGELOG.md is now gone
• Changed README notes from H3 headers to bullet points
• Changed borderline mods from bullet points to H4 headers with their respective descriptions underneath instead of all being on giant single lines
• Updated downloads thank you message, we're over 1000!
• Reduced icon.png file size by 31%
• Fixed old GitHub Changelogs not matching the ones here (there have been a few typo fixes and the early ones didn't necessarily follow the same formatting schema used now)
• Fixed missing space between the Aerolt author's name and the mod description in the list of not-included mods.
• Fixed a handful of typos and weird grammar quirks in the README

1.0.7 Now using the Thunderstore changelog

• Moved Changelog from README.md to CHANGELOG.md since that's now supported by Thunderstore, there's a note about it in the README.md
• manifest.json is now formatted properly
• <!> Starting with 1.1.0 (which likely won't be the next release, but it could be):
  • LICENSE.txt will be omitted from the Thunderstore package.
  • manifest.json will be minified
• Starting with this release, expanded-manifest.json will be included in the GitHub repository (it will not be included in the Thunderstore release).
  • Until 1.1.0 launches with a minified manifest.json, these two files will be identical.
• Fixed typos in previous changelogs
• Formatted JSON and Markdown files in the proper standard ways
• Updated thank you downloads number to 700!

1.0.6 Mod updates, README polish

• Updated Engi_M1_Autofire 1.1.4 → 1.2.0
  • Risk of Options support.
  • Fixed a bunch of config options being missing.
• Updated R2API_Core 5.0.3 → 5.0.4
  • Added SystemInitializerInjector class to the Utils namespace
• Updated R2API_Elites 1.0.0 → 1.0.1
  • Fix some non working custom ramps (ramp index not properly set)
  • Always enable EliteAPI hooks (potential fix for a Spikestrip elite color bug)
• Appended /s to the end of Thunderstore links to avoid unnecessary redirects.
• Added a # after the / in the Thunderstore link to this Modpack's package page so that it doesn't reload when pressed from Thunderstore.
• Updated thank you downloads number to 500!
• Fixed typo in previous changelog.

1.0.5 Just README Updates

• Added "No deprecated mods!" to my list of pseudo-requirements preferences.
• Added note at the very bottom of README to like the modpack
• Updated thank you downloads number to 350!

1.0.4 More polish and a new mod- SeerPing

• Changed README ROR2 Modding Discord invite from discord.gg/ to discord.com/invite/
• Fixed capitalization of 'Where I draw the "vanilla flavored" line' in README
• Fixed manifest.json modlist being incorrectly sorted
• Gave README consistent newlines
• Added SeerPing by Moonlol - "makes the lunar seers show you where they lead when pinged"
• Changed line endings to the unix style LF (\n) instead of CRLF (\r\n). Will affect literally nothing in practice but it's my preference.
• Changed Changelog section text to use → instead of -> since my editor's font ligatures obviously don't apply on Thunderstore.. oops

1.0.3 Configuration fix

• Fixed PingItemDescription misconfiguration

1.0.2 Polish

• Fix a typo in the README
• Updated mod description
• Add GitHub URL to manifest.json
• Add Changelog section to README
• Add currently empty "Known Issues" section to README
• Remove an accidentally included mod skin mod (oops)
• Sort manifest.json dependency strings alphabetically by mod name (with R2API and BepInEx ones sorted separately at the bottom)
• Somewhat heretically indented dependency strings to be centered around the author-modname dash delimiters

1.0.1 Remove an extra temp file

• Delete a missed temporary file

1.0.0 Initial release

• Initial Release