BetterUI v1.1.0 - LessonLethal 🎈

Custom Settings & Hotkeys for the HUD, FPS, Clock, and Chat

FEATURES 📃

COMPATIBILITY: To deal with mod conflict, every feature in this mod can be individually enabled or disabled.

👉 HUD TOGGLE

Use this to disable your HUD when you want to take screenshots, video, etc.

• Toggle your HUD ON and OFF with a hotkey.
• Hides the entire HUD, except the visor. Does NOT hide menus.

✔️ ENABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

Default Hotkey: Keypad7

👉 FPS COUNTER

View your FPS in a simple and non-intrusive format.

• Toggle the FPS counter ON and OFF with a hotkey. OFF by default.
• Located at the top right corner of the screen. Small and white...
• You can change both the font size and color of the counter.

✔️ ENABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

Default Hotkey: Keypad8

👉 VIEW CLOCK INSIDE

A convenient way to view the clock while you're inside a building or ship.

• Toggle the inside clock ON and OFF with a hotkey. OFF by default.
• Affects only the visibility of clock inside the ship or a building.
• Until you use the hotkey, the clock when inside will stay at the vanilla 0% visibility.
• You can change the visibility of the (toggled ON) inside clock. By default it's set to 30% (0.3) visibility.

✔️ ENABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

Default Hotkey: Keypad9

👉 REAL TIME CLOCK

Feature for those who want a smooth clock.

• Change the clock to update in real time, affects appearance only.
• The time shown on the clock will appear to flow smoother because it is being updated much faster.

❌ DISABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

👉 CHAT AUTO FADE

Feature for those who don't want to see the chat box when not using it.

• Changes the chat area to fade out when not being used.
• It will appear again if you receive or want to send a message.
• The chat area is affected when you toggle the hotkey for UI/HUD visibility.

✔️ ENABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

👉 INCREASE TARGET FRAME RATE

Experimental: Use to increase maximum FPS possible. Not recommended for slower computers.

• Set Target Frame Rate to 500.
• Set vSync to OFF.
• Shows a wider range with the FPS counter enabled.
• Can affect performance, but not made for that.

❌ DISABLED by Default. Visit Configuration Section Below

CONFIGURATION ⚙

INSTALLING MOD: Run the game once after installing this mod for it to create the config file.

UPDATING MOD: Delete the config file and run the game to create the new config file. (Only necessary when update changes config settings)

CHANGE CONFIG - R2ModMan: After loading a profile, select the 'Config Editor' then search for BepInEx/config/LessonLethal.BetterUI.cfg and edit it from there.

CHANGE CONFIG - Manual: In most cases you can find the config file located at BepInEx/config/LessonLethal.BetterUI.cfg then just open it with a text editor.

🛠️ HUD SETTINGS

• Enable_HUD -> Type: Boolean -> Default: true
  • true -> Enables HUD_Hotkey
  • false -> Disables HUD_Hotkey
• HUD_Hotkey -> Type: KeyboardShortcut -> Default: Keypad7
  • Visit List of KeyboardShort Values at the bottom

🛠️ FPS SETTINGS

• Enable_FPS -> Type: Boolean -> Default: true
  • true -> Enables FPS_Hotkey
  • false -> Disables FPS_Hotkey
• FPS_Hotkey -> Type: KeyboardShortcut -> Default: Keypad8
  • Visit List of KeyboardShort Values at the bottom
• FPS_Font_Size -> Type: Int -> Default: 13
  • Anywhere between 10 to 18 will work fine
  • Rounded numbers only
• FPS_Font_Color -> Type: String -> Default: #FFFFFF
  • Visit Googles HEX Color Picker

🛠️ CLOCK SETTINGS

• Enable_Clock -> Type: Boolean -> Default: true
  • true -> Enables Clock_Hotkey
  • false -> Disables Clock_Hotkey
• Clock_Hotkey -> Type: KeyboardShortcut -> Default: Keypad9
  • Visit List of KeyboardShort Values at the bottom
• Clock_Inside_Visibility -> Type: Float -> Default: 0.3f
  • 0f = 0% Visibility of Inside Clock
  • 0.3f = 30% Visibility of Inside Clock
  • 0.6f = 60% Visibility of Inside Clock
  • 1f = 100% Visibility of Inside Clock
  • You may use other values between 0 and 1
  • Be sure to append a f at the end of value
• Real_Time_Clock -> Type: Boolean -> Default: false
  • true -> Changes the clock to update faster
  • false -> Doesn't affect the clock

🛠️ CHAT SETTINGS

• Auto_Fade_Chat -> Type: Boolean -> Default: true
  • true -> Enables the auto fading chat box
  • false -> Doesn't affect the chat box

🛠️ EXPERIMENTAL SETTINGS

• Frame_Rate_Override -> Type: Boolean -> Default: false
  • true -> Sets target frame rate to 500 and turns off vSync
  • false -> Doesn't affect any display settings

TODO 📝

• Add support for InputUtils
• Add a conductive notification on the items icon.
• Add an items worth to its icon.

Contact

Discord: @tyleroutcast

Github: @LessonLethal

Credits

Special thanks to the following who helped and inspired this project:

• @paradox75831004 - For testing and providing suggestions to make this mod better
• BlueAmulet - LCBetterClock: fast time updating
• Cookies - NoHUD
• Monkeytype - HideChat
• Solar32 - PerformanceEnhancer: fps & frame rate changes

Installation ⛓️

R2ModMan or Thunderstore Manager (recommended)

R2ModMan

1. Go to the thunderstore page
2. Click Install with Mod Manager

Thunderstore Manager

(if the above doesn't work for you, open up the Thunderstore App to do the following)

1. Click Get mods/Online (whatever it happens to be called)
2. Search for BetterUI
3. Download it

Manual

1. Go to the thunderstore page
2. Click Manual Download
3. Unzip files
4. Navigate to LessonLethal-BetterUI-VERSION/BepinEx/plugins and copy the contents
5. Find your BepinEx installation's plugin folder, by default it would be in steamapps: steamapps\common\Lethal Company\BepInEx\plugins
6. Create a folder titled LessonLethal-BetterUI
7. Paste the contents into that folder

If you did all of this correctly, it should load properly.

The resulting file structure should look like this:

BepinEx
├───cache
├───config
├───core
├───patchers
└───plugins
    └───LessonLethal-BetterUI
        └───BetterUI.dll

List of KeyboardShortcut Values

Changelog

Version [1.1.0]

• Large update with a new config, remember to delete existing config file after updating
• Added config options to enable or disable each different feature in this mod
• Added config options to change the font size and color of the FPS counter
• Added config option to change the visibility of the inside clock when it's enabled
• Added config option to enable or disable the auto hide chat feature
• Increased compatibility of this mod with other mods by changing every feature to be modular
• Increased mod performance with more efficient code
• Added more documentation about features and config in the README
• Added a KeyboardShortcut value list (table) at the bottom in the README
• Redesigned the icon and banner to look better and be more legible
• Added more information to credits

Version [1.0.2]

• Added config option to smooth the flow of time on the clock
• Added config option to set target frame rate to 500 and turn off vSync
• Changed description and added some more information in general
• More fixes with initial release files

Version [1.0.1]

• Modified and fixed issues with initial release files
• Added Thunderstore badges to README

Version [1.0.0]

• Initial release 😎