HTF Mod Manager

A native in-game mod manager for How to Fish.

HTF Mod Manager adds a MODS tab directly to the game's Options menu, allowing you to view loaded BepInEx mods and edit supported configuration values without manually opening .cfg files.

Features

• Native MODS tab integrated into the How to Fish Options menu.
• Automatically discovers loaded BepInEx plugins.
• Automatically discovers each mod's BepInEx configuration sections and entries.
• Edit configuration values directly in-game.
• Supports booleans, integer types, floating-point values, strings, enums, and supported BepInEx acceptable value lists/ranges.
• Decimal values are displayed with up to 2 decimal places.
• Uses sliders when a mod defines an AcceptableValueRange.
• Saves edited values back to the mod's BepInEx config file.
• Supports live enable/disable for cooperative mods that expose a [General] Enabled boolean config entry.
• Scrollable configuration pages for mods with many settings.
• HTF Mod Manager protects itself from being disabled through its own interface.

Generic mod support

HTF Mod Manager is designed to be generic. Mods do not need to be hardcoded into the manager.

Sections such as General, Spawn, Drops, Stats, or any other section are discovered directly from each plugin's BepInEx ConfigFile.

For the best integration, mod authors should use standard BepInEx Config.Bind(...) entries and define AcceptableValueRange or AcceptableValueList where appropriate.

Live configuration

Configuration changes are saved immediately to the corresponding BepInEx config file.

Whether a setting takes effect immediately depends on the mod being edited. Some mods react to config changes live, while others may require a restart or reload.

The enable/disable switch is only available for compatible mods that expose:

[General]
Enabled = true

Mods without this entry can still be viewed and configured normally.

Requirements

• How to Fish
• BepInEx 5.4.23.5

Installation

Install using a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager, or manually place the HTF Mod Manager DLL inside:

BepInEx/plugins/

Launch the game and open:

Options -> MODS

The MODS tab is injected automatically.

Version 1.0.1

Compatibility update for How to Fish 1.0.5.

• Updated Options menu detection for the new game version.
• The MODS tab can now locate the Options screen by its UI structure instead of depending only on the old OptionsScreen object name.
• Restored automatic MODS tab injection on How to Fish 1.0.5.
• Keeps compatibility with the previous Options menu structure.
• Native Options menu integration.
• Automatic BepInEx plugin discovery.
• Generic BepInEx config editor.
• Automatic config section discovery.
• Boolean, numeric, string and enum editing.
• AcceptableValueRange and AcceptableValueList support.
• Scrollable configuration UI.
• Compatible live mod enable/disable support.
• Automatic config saving.

Game compatibility

Tested with:

How to Fish 1.0.5
BepInEx 5.4.23.5

The Options UI lookup is now more tolerant of game updates that rename or reorganize the root Options object.