# Minecraft Armor Tweaks<\/p>\n
Tired of protection being too powerful? Fed up with the slap fights, waiting for the other player’s four sets of gear to
\ndegrade? Well, wait no more!<\/p>\n
This mod does a few things:
\n1. Make the max damage reduction by armor points configurable
\n2. Make the damage reduction provided by protection configurable
\n3. Provide a few alternate ways of handling toughness
\n4. Remove armor caps. Total armor or protection point values above 20 will bypass the configured limits, similarly to
\nthe mod AttributeFix<\/p>\n
# Purpose<\/p>\n
I’m working on a total combat overhaul, and the main issue I discovered is that armor is simply too strong. My solution
\nis to simply nerf the everliving heck out of it.<\/p>\n
# Configuration<\/p>\n
All configuration is done through the file `config\/armor-nerf.json5` in your `.minecraft` directory or through
\nMod Menu. Vanilla values are shown here:<\/p>\n
“`json
\n{
\n “armorPercentage”: 0.8,
\n “protectionPerPoint”: 0.04,
\n “removeArmorLimit”: false,
\n “armorFormula”: “vanilla”
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
`armorMultiplier` is the amount of damage protection that full diamond armor (a full armor bar) will provide.<\/p>\n
`protectionPerPoint` is the percentage of damage reduction granted by each protection point. You can read up on what a
\nprotection point is here.<\/p>\n
`removeArmorLimit`: removes the cap of 20 armor points.<\/p>\n
`armorFormula` is the formula used to determine how armor and toughness affect damage taken. It can be one of these
\noptions:<\/p>\n
– `vanilla`: This is how vanilla typically calculates it. Read up on how that works
\nhere.
\n– `toughness_disabled`: Ignores the toughness system entirely.
\n– `flat_toughness`: Toughness reduces the incoming damage by a flat amount.
\n– `large_toughness`: Toughness makes armor more effective against larger attacks.
\n– `crumbling_armor`: Rebel’s insane formula that makes toughness add to the armor value based on durability.<\/p>\n
# Extending<\/p>\n
If you want to add more formulae, you totally can! Just make your formula class extend `me.ryleu.armornerf.ArmorFormula`
\nand then register your new class with `me.ryleu.armornerf.ArmorNerf::registerFormula`. The `id` you pass in will become
\nthe string you have to input into the config.<\/p>\n
# Questions, Comments, or Concerns<\/p>\n
Feel free to reach out in the issues section of this page, or on Discord `@ryleu`.<\/p>\n
# Credit<\/p>\n
– wizardwatch for the icon
\n – Rebel459 for formula ideas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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