Funnily enough, I just downloaded the mod, and got that bug on my first run. Er, I think I'd like to see a fix for it, it doesn't feel right :P

So THAT was the tear effect I kept seeing when I picked up Fruit Cake.

I'd ask for a fix, but if the hitbox stretches with it I'd be hesitant for such.

Hey, Im not really sure why this happens tbh, but im pretty sure that the hitbox doesnt extend with it. I think its related to something I have to do in order to keep the size of the custom sprite in line with the "actual" size of the tear, but im not certain. I'll probably try to look into it sometime, as funny as it is

Originally posted by Ghostbroster:

Hey, Im not really sure why this happens tbh, but im pretty sure that the hitbox doesnt extend with it. I think its related to something I have to do in order to keep the size of the custom sprite in line with the "actual" size of the tear, but im not certain. I'll probably try to look into it sometime, as funny as it is

I think I can back up the point about the hitbox not enlarging with the laser, I'm fairly sure it doesn't scale with the sprite.

I agree with Ken, the size of the "tear" is too large to work properly with said items, I have also seen that using it with damaging aura items such as the onion cause the sprite to grow unusually large while retaining the same effect.
It is rather stange, but I never truly use the charge up range attack unless I have to, the DPS provided by the scythe itself is good enough for most enemies.