SimpleBlackBox

A flight recorder for the Company Cruiser, plus tools for testing and saving positions, for Lethal Company v81.

When the cruiser blows up or someone in it dies, SimpleBlackBox explains why, in chat, and saves a full report for a closer look.

It's quiet until you turn it on. Recording, crash reports and jump reports all start off, so nothing shows up in chat until you ask for it.

Recorder

Command	What it does
/bb	Status: whether it's recording, samples saved, and crashes this session
/bb on|off	Start or stop recording
/bb report	Explains what the cruiser has been doing, without waiting for a crash
/bb auto on|off	Post a crash report in chat automatically when the cruiser is destroyed or someone dies
/bb feedback on|off	A short report after every jump: distance, airtime, turbo timing and how it landed
/bb jumps	Stats across every jump it has saved: airtime, distance, turbo timing, and how they landed
/bb wheels	Right now: which wheels are touching the ground, and how far the cruiser is above it

While recording, it keeps the last 120 seconds of cruiser movement and every collision, damage and stress event.

How it explains a crash

• Stress explosion: what stressed the cruiser, and for how long before it blew.
• Battle damage: every hit, how big it was, and where it came from.
• Deaths in the cruiser: a sudden stop (with the speed before and after), a fall, being crushed in a rollover, an explosion, or drowning. It also counts deaths within 5 seconds of leaving the seat, which covers being thrown out.
• What contributed: top speed, turbo, time in the air, time rolled over, and brakes.

Full reports are saved to BepInEx/config/SimpleBlackBox/incident_*.txt.

It records crashes even when another player is driving. The data is most detailed when the host is the one driving.

Lag tracking

While recording, it also logs any frame that takes more than 80 ms and is at least three times slower than normal, with what the cruiser was doing at the time. Separately, it always times the slowest parts of landing and takeoff, such as saving and the magnet. Both go to the BepInEx log.

HP on the HUD

Command	What it does
/bb hp on|off	Shows your health as a number above the weight counter, coloured by how hurt you are. On by default

Saved positions

Save where you or the cruiser are, then return there later. Host only, because these move things.

Command	What it does
/log me pos <name>	Saves your current position
/log cruiser pos <name>	Saves the cruiser's current position
/log list	Lists saved positions
/move me pos <name>	Moves you to a saved position
/move cruiser pos <name>	Moves the cruiser to a saved position
/delete pos <name>	Deletes a saved position

Testing tools

For practising and testing. They change how the game plays.

Command	What it does
/bb god on|off	You can't take damage. /bb god <name> on|off does it for another player
/bb invuln on|off	The cruiser can't be damaged
/bb keyspy	For 15 seconds, logs every game action a key press triggers. Useful for finding what a mystery key is bound to

God mode and cruiser invulnerability last until you restart the game.

Settings

Everything is configurable in local.simpleblackbox.cfg.

Install

Drop SimpleBlackBox.dll into BepInEx/plugins, or install with a mod manager. Requires BepInEx 5.4.2100.