Smithy Damage Enabler

Before this mod, Gemma and Werner would cower in place if a monster attacked them. Not anymore! Your Hunting Assistants will never lose health or cart (faint), but they will physically (and audibly) react to the pain.

For a more technical explanation, I used a combination of Lua hooks and minimal .user file editing to force the Smithy Hunting Assistants to take damage. NPCs that aren't Support Hunters or Handlers must be converted into Hunter NPCs to have access to the damage animations, which is what this mod does for Gemma and Werner!

It was a grueling process, but I used all of the knowledge I gained from my Handler Damage Enabler mod to finally get this working!

This mod is fully compatible with Title Update 4 (Ver. 1.041.03)!


[b]Installation:[/b]

1.) You will need [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterwilds/mods/93]REFramework[/url] with Loose File Loader enabled and [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/residentevil42023/mods/14]Fluffy Mod Manager[/url].

2.) Extract the mod to your FluffyModManager\Games\MonsterHunterWilds\Mods directory.

3.) In Fluffy Mod Manager, activate the "Enable Smithy Damage" toggle and enjoy!

4.) Friendly fire and knockback reduction can be enabled via the Script Generated UI in REFramework.


[b]Additional Notes:[/b]

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[]Smithy Hunting Assistants can be damaged by monsters or Hunters (if friendly fire is enabled) up until when they are about to leave the area. They cannot faint (cart), and taking damage does not interfere with their assist logic.[/]
[]Once the Smithy's device has been set, they will move closer to the player.[/]
[]To avoid any bugs and crashes, the Smithy Hunting Assistants will become invulnerable once they react to the player's success (or failure) and prepare to exit.[/]
[]This mod doesn't make monsters target Smithy Hunting Assistants.[/]
[]Gemma's pain voice clips were already set up in the base game! I did nothing but trigger her damage animations.[/]
[]Werner's pain voice clips exist, but they were not set up by Capcom. I had to add new entries to one of his trigger list files.[/]
[]Smithy Hunting Assistants can be stunned, paralyzed, frozen or webbed by monsters if they hit the threshold for each status effect! If they get stuck in a bad status effect, the player, Palico or a Support Hunter can attack them to help them recover (even if friendly fire is disabled!)[/]
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[b]Bug Notes:[/b]

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[]If a Smithy gets attacked while doing a unique Hunting Assistant animation (wave, celebration, cowering, et cetera), they may occasionally "warp" back to that unique animation during their damage animation.[/]
[]On occasion, if a Smithy gets knocked to the ground, they may struggle to get back to their feet. They will usually recover once they are attacked again.[/]
[]Werner's pain voice clips are a little more quiet than the other characters, so you may not hear them if a lot of explosive sound effects are happening as he gets damaged.[/]
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[b]Will this be OK for online multiplayer use?
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I have not tested this using multiplayer, but I have added MultiDetect Situation Watcher by JdotCarver to the code to make the mod safe for online multiplayer! It will automatically disable this mod whenever you're not offline or in single player online.

You can also choose to disable the automatic protection if you want to use it online anyways (at your own risk!)

[b]Does this affect Support Hunters and other NPCs?[/b]

This will not affect Support Hunters or other NPCs. My Lua hooks are set up to check if either Gemma or Werner are active and victims of an attack before affecting anything.

[b]Can Handlers be damaged?[/b]

Yes! I made a mod for it: [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterwilds/mods/3455]Handler Damage Enabler![/url]

[b]What's next for this mod?[/b]

Improving the mod and fixing any bugs that come up. If you would like to request something, please feel free to do so!

[b]Why did you make this mod?[/b]

If the Handlers can be hurt through modding, it's only fair that their Smithy teammates be vulnerable as well!