Magic Balls

Magic Balls

Cast spells and shoot elemental magic balls at your friends or foes!

Features

3 unique spell types: Fireball, Waterball, and Earthball
Each spell has distinct visual effects and damage types
Customizable UI position for spell display
Configurable damage values and cooldowns
Status effects (burning, freezing, radiation)
Animal damage multiplier
Spell cycling system
Permission-based spell access

Commands

/cast - Toggle casting mode
/mbc - Open UI control menu for spell text positioning.

Permissions

magicballs.fireball - Allows use of fireball spell
magicballs.waterball - Allows use of waterball spell
magicballs.earthball - Allows use of earthball spell
magicballs.bypass.cooldown - Bypasses spell cooldown timer

Control Systems

Improved mouse Controls (Default)

Left Click: Cast selected spell
Right Click: Cycle through spells
Empty hands required
Must be in casting mode (/cast)

Legacy Controls (If set to 'false' in config)

Left Click: Cast selected spell
R Key: Cycle through spells
Empty hands required
Must be in casting mode (/cast)

Caveats and Disclaimers

The magic balls DO NOT collide with certain layers of the map.

Ground terrain
Rocks
Water
Monuments & Monument Buildings
Power Poles

The magic balls DO collide with these layers of the map.

NPC's (Animals, Scientists, Patrol Helicopters)
Players
Trees
Loot and misc terrain decor.
Building Blocks.
Above ground entities.

Note: The magic ball animations rely on server tick updates. On lower FPS servers, you may notice choppier flight paths due to less frequent position updates. A server fps of 100+ is recommended for smooth animations.

Default Configuration

{
  "Despawn Timer": 5.0,
  "Velocity": 100.0,
  "Cooldown": 1.0,
  "Use Improved Mouse Controls": true,
  "Base Damage": {
    "fireball": 100000.0,
    "waterball": 100000.0,
    "earthball": 100000.0
  },
  "Effect Duration": {
    "fireball": 3.0,
    "waterball": 4.0,
    "earthball": 15.0
  },
  "Heat Amount": 100.0,
  "Cold Amount": 100.0,
  "Radiation Amount": 100.0,
  "Animal Damage Multiplier": 10.0,
  "Magic Ball Chat Messages": true,
  "Show Spell UI": true,
  "Default UI Position": {
    "x": 0.0,
    "y": 0.014
  }
}

Default Data

{
 "76561198022999999": 
  {
   "x": 0.0,
   "y": 0.014
  }
}

Default Language

{
  "NoPermission": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> You don't have permission to cast {0}!",
  "Cooldown": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> You must wait {0} seconds between casting spells!",
  "FireballCast": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> You cast a <color=#FF0000>fireball</color>!",
  "WaterBallCast": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> You cast a <color=#00BFFF>water ball</color>!",
  "EarthBallCast": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> You cast a <color=#00FF00>earth ball</color>!",
  "CastingEnabled": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> Casting Mode: <color=green>ENABLED</color>",
  "CastingDisabled": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> Casting Mode: <color=red>DISABLED</color>",
  "SpellSelected": "<color=#FFA500>[Magic Balls]</color> Selected spell: <color={0}>{1}</color>"
}