Monitor Takeover

About Y4NGZ

I am Y4NGZ, an up and coming rapper out of NYC/Detroit. All of my mods are inspired by the music I write. If you are interested in knowing more about me, check out my SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/y4ngz

Generative AI usage

The entire code base of this mod was created with generative AI. Assets are free, licensed, paid for, or generated with AI tools. If you do not wish to play with AI-generated content, do not install this mod.

What Monitor Takeover does

Monitor Takeover adds a new quota progression to Lethal Company. The Takeover portion of this mod is really just intended for modpack creators to have fun with, you can either utilize youtube videos, or include video files to play on the in-ship monitors following a successful quota completion. Each quota is accompanied by dialogue that is set in the config, and you can choose to: use the default uploaded audio (Charlie Brown mumbles + Siren at start of takeover), the audio that accompanies the video you choose, or a separately uploaded audio file. Following the takeover, the ships monitors will display whatever that quota's rewards are. Right now rewards can unlock contracts, ship upgrades, constellations, moons, suits, and store items, or grant credits, ship fuel, and Y4NGZUpgrades tokens. Progression and rewards run on the host and persist with the save. Unconfigured this mod has nothing set for quota rewards and will just display the default Y4NGZ monitor takeover. I wouldn't recommend installing this if you are not going to customize it to your liking.

The Takeover

When the ship reaches orbit after a fulfilled quota, the lights dim, the HUD hides, and every ship monitor switches to the takeover feed for a configurable number of seconds. The feed shows that quota's typed dialogue over the built-in Y4NGZ video, or over media you supply. Quotas 1 through 9 each have their own Quota N section in BepInEx/config/com.y4ngz.company.monitortakeover.cfg with their own dialogue, media, and rewards.

Monitor takeover

Media

Drop a PNG, JPG, or MP4 into BepInEx/config/Y4NGZCompany/MonitorTakeovers and name it in a quota's section, or paste a full YouTube link instead. One file or link can cover every quota, or a pool of files and links can be spread across the monitors so each screen plays something different. Local files need an identical copy on every player's machine, and a player without one sees the built-in video. YouTube links are downloaded and cached by each player in the background, so the first takeover after adding one may still show the built-in video.

For audio you can keep the built-in mix, let the video's own audio track play, or supply your own sound files or a soundtrack link. When the takeover ends, the large ship monitors list everything that quota unlocked and granted.

Quota rewards on the ship monitors

Compatibility

With GeneralImprovements Better Monitors installed, the takeover and per-monitor media cover the Better Monitors wall as well.

Required dependencies

BepInEx-BepInExPack-5.4.2305
TeamXiaolan-DawnLib-0.9.25
Y4NGZ313-Y4NGZCore-1.0.6

Source code

The plugin source is public on GitHub: https://github.com/y4ngz313/MonitorTakeover

Report bugs and feedback there as well. Include BepInEx/LogOutput.log and the quota number.