Combat Improved

Combat Improved takes its combat changes from the Combat Test work and applies them to the game's existing weapons and shields. Melee weapons deal base damage plus a percentage of the target's max health, tougher mobs take more damage, and a rage meter that builds up with hits further raises health-scaled damage. Shields gain a strength value and knockback resistance that scale with durability, and attacking with a shield is possible. Modded weapon stats are converted automatically to match the Combat Test values, with damage nerfs and attack speed changes applied.

The attack indicator now shows a loading dagger symbol below the crosshair when looking at an entity, and below the shield icon while blocking. Crossbows load arrows automatically, sprint toggle is kept after death, and frames adapt to each weapon's attack speed. Stats can be adjusted in the config file, where custom weapon and shield entries override the converted values. An armor piercing attribute exists but can only be granted through the config file for now.

The mod is Forge only, for 1.20.1. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The files are released under All rights reserved, a license that does not make the code open source. No required dependency is listed for Forge.