Better Combat

Bunch of small changes to make combat smoother and more enjoyable.

• Melee: Aim attacks uphill or downhill with fewer missed hits. Allows block direction to be instant.
• Dodging: Use Valheim’s dodge binding while inventory is open.
• Blocking: Block sooner after attacking and immediately face where you’re aiming. Ranged attacks can be blocked, but not parried.
• Knockback: Reduced so you dont get thrown around the map.
• Bows: Adjusted arrow speed and drop, optional zoom, and E to cancel a draw without wasting an arrow. Arrows and bolts have a 25% recovery chance.
• Equipment: Automatically equip a shield with one-handed weapons when your off hand is empty, and re-equip held items after swimming.

0.5.5

• Fixed attack cancellation occasionally preventing further attacks for several seconds.
• Prevented rapid repeat attacks by keeping attack recovery after cancelling into block.
• Kept axe and pickaxe swings committed to their normal timing when blocking.
• Stopped failed dodge attempts from cutting an axe or pickaxe swing short.

0.5.4

• Removed the separate dodge hotkey; use Valheim’s dodge binding.
• Valheim’s keyboard dodge binding now works while inventory is open.

0.5.3

• Fixed the guard animation lagging when cancelling an attack into block.

0.5.2

• adjusted spear recovery equip timing to avoid barehanded fist attacks
• adjusted block timing to allow for flick parries to connect easier

0.5.1

• Performance improvements