Controls & settings · AstroStuff

AstroStuff adds no keybind to your controls and no config file. The Nichirin of the Frost Pillar is played entirely with what you already know: the attack key and the hotbar. Since these are the game's own keys, they follow your own settings.

The Nichirin

Input	Default	Effect
Have the Nichirin in your hotbar	—	The katana is worn sheathed at your left hip
Select the Nichirin	Scroll wheel or `1` to `9`	Empty right hand, waiting stance, blade sheathed
Attack, blade sheathed	Left-click	Draw: the iaijutsu cut (×1.5 damage, double frost)
Attack, blade drawn	Left-click	Next strike of the chain (1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 1)
Stop striking for 5 s	—	Automatic sheathing, with its motion and sound
Switch items	Scroll wheel or `1` to `9`	Silent sheathing; the blade will be sheathed when you come back

Swings at thin air count: they draw, advance the chain and push back the sheathing.
More than 1.5 s between two strikes: the chain restarts at strike 1.
There is no key to sheathe by hand: wait 5 s or switch items.

Configuration

Nothing to configure: no config file, no gamerule, no command of its own. The Nichirin's numbers are the ones described in its article. To get it, the game's usual command is all you need:

txt

/give @s astrostuff:frost_nichirin

With Epic Fight

If Epic Fight is installed, it handles the Nichirin's combat: the sword becomes an Epic Fight uchigatana, which draws on attack and sheathes after five seconds with its own animations. The controls are then Epic Fight's. Frost on hit remains; AstroStuff's draw bonus, motions, hip scabbard and frost in the air no longer apply. Details: Nichirin of the Frost Pillar.

Client and server

AstroStuff must be installed on the server and on every client.
PlayerAnimator is only needed on the client (it animates the draw, chain and sheathing motions).