What is lammOS?

lammOS is a mod that reworks how the terminal commands work, changing how many of them function, and adding several new ones.

What's Reworked

The way commands are parsed and processed by the terminal have been reworked, making using and adding new content to the terminal a smoother experience.

• This has the negative side effect of command results not being 100% similar or synced with the vanilla game or other mods, especially if the game updates or mods change or add content making any drastic changes.
• This will also cause commands added or changed by other mods that use nodes and keywords, what the game normally uses, to potentially be unstable with the terminal, though some will still work with minimal issues. It is possible for other mods to add their own lammOS compatible commands with an optional or required dependency if they so choose though, minimizing all potential issues.

More specifically, for modders that are curious, what I did is pre-patch the Terminal.ParsePlayerSentence method to return my own TerminalNode that does basically nothing unless I need it to, such as to use it's displayText property. This does not run any of the code in the actual Terminal.ParsePlayerSentence method, instead I parse the text myself and run the corresponding command's Execute method to give it it's functionality, then it goes on to call the Terminal.LoadNewNode method as normal to update the terminal's on screen text. I also pre-patched the Terminal.TextPostProcess method to do nothing by default, as it's functionality is not needed with this mod. This is toggleable within the config for compatibility with other mods however.

What's Changed

• The screens that are shown upon opening the terminal have been changed to show that the terminal is powered by lammOS.
• All responses from commands will be formatted to end with a > with an empty line between the previous text and the >, to ensure command responses have some level of consistency.
• You now don't need to enter at least three characters for the terminal to understand what you were trying to buy or view, you only need to type the first character, or however many you set for the CharsToAutocomplete config option, but keep in mind it will pick the first thing it finds that matches the first couple character(s) you enter and assume that's what you wanted.
  • Setting the CharsToAutocomplete config option to a value above the character length of certain options will require you to type the full name of the option.
• The >HELP command now lists all of the available commands and the arguments they take in, and giving it the name of another command as a parameter will give you more information about it.
• Most commands now have shortcuts, for example:
  • >MOON -> >M
  • >PING -> >P
  • >TRANSMIT -> >T
• Commands like >MOON and >BESTIARY will show even more details about the moon or entity you are curious about.
• The >STORE command will hide upgrades and other decorative items that have already been purchased.
• Using commands like >ROUTE and >BUY will not ask for confirmation if you'd like to go to another moon or if you'd like to purchase something.
  • To make this less problematic, you can either type most of an items name to be sure what you're typing in, or use the ShowMinimumChars config option to see the minimum characters you need to enter for the terminal to autocomplete any of the options in commands like >MOONS and >STORE.
• The >SCAN command now shows three categories for scanned items: in the ship, inside the building, and outside, as well as what items are at these locations and their values.
  • As of v49, joining lobbies will show any scrap in the ship as being inside the building until they are picked up and dropped, this does not occur if you are the host.
• The >VIEW MONITOR command has been simplified to >MONITOR, or simply >V with the command's shortcut, and the monitor now shows up instantly rather than slowly loading after entering the command.
• The >SWITCH command will switch to the next radar target if entered with no parameters, as if you pushed the white button on the monitor, and the >PING and >FLASH commands will now act on the radar booster currently being viewed if entered with no parameters.
• Along with many other small changes to vanilla commands, such as how they work to make them easier to use, and how their responses will look to clean some of the unnecessary text.

What's Added

• The >TARGETS command, which lists all of the radar targets you can view on the monitor or terminal with >MONITOR.
• A clear command (>CLR or >C) that will clear all text from the terminal, useful if you can't see the monitor after using the >MONITOR command.
• The >CODES command, this lists all of the alphanumeric codes you can enter and what they are associated with (doors, turrets, or landmines) on the moon you are currently on.
• The >DOOR and >LIGHTS commands to toggle the ship's door open/closed and lights on/off.
• The >TP and >ITP commands to remotely activate the teleporter and inverse teleporter.
• The >SHORTCUTS command, which will list all of the shortcuts associated with every command.
• The >RELOAD command, to reload the config and fix any inconsistencies experienced with the terminal. There shouldn't be any inconsistencies unless you have mods that change certain properties while you're in game, if these changes are made beforehand, then there should be no problems.
  • A list of properties that may need reloading if altered by mods, though this list is not limited to these properties, potentially includes:
    • Purchaseable items and unlockables
    • Entity invulnerability
    • Entity power and the max that can exist
    • Ect.

What's Planned

• Showing the entity's base health when viewing one using the >BESTIARY command.
• Fixing the possibility of any desyncing or inconsistencies occuring caused by other mods, so that the >RELOAD command doesn't need to be used.
• The ability to create saveable macros and run them, which would execute a series of commands you tell it to.
• Implementing command history using the up and down arrow keys. Like Terminal_History by NotAtomicBomb
• Switching between players and radar boosters using the left and right arrow keys. Like FastSwitchPlayerViewInRadar by kRYstall9
• Being able to use a walkie talkie while on the terminal. Like TermSpeak by KodiCraft

Known Incompatibilities

• None currently.

Contact

• @lammas123 on Discord - Lethal Company Modding Discord - lammOS Thread

Changelog

1.0.1

• Switched from using the Terminal.Awake method to the Terminal.Start method, for better compatibility with other mods. Namely Lategame Upgrades by malco, as it would add information to the help node after I would change it and make the resulting node's result look strange.
• Moved appending \n\n> to the end of nodes to a post Terminal.ParsePlayerSentence method, so that the text is added to the end of other mod's nodes, making responses slightly more consistent everywhere.
• Made general improvements to the underlying code to make it more readable by adding some helper methods.
• Made command shortcuts actually change to the name of the command you type in visually upon pressing enter, fixing an incompatibility with Lategame Upgrades by malco that made the >TRANSMIT command shortcut not transmit a message.
  • This also makes the command appear rather than the shortcut if the command doesn't clear all of the text previously there, as well as for Terminal_History by NotAtomicBomb when going back through your history.
• Fixed a (potential) small bug (with the terminal itself) that occured when running multiple commands that don't clear the previous text back to back. Doing so would continuously add 2 new lines before all of the previous text creating a big block of nothing at the top of the screen.
• The current time is now shown in the top right of the terminal. Like Terminal_Clock by NotAtomicBomb

1.0.0

• Initial release