Chalky

A BepInEx mod for On Together that enhances the chalkboard drawing experience with configurable brush sizes and in-game chat commands.

Features

• Configurable chalk brush size - Paint a larger area on the chalkboard in a single stroke. The default game brush covers a 2×2 grid cell block; Chalky lets you scale this up to any integer size.
• Chalkboard save & load - Save any board's full drawing state to a local file and restore it later. Saved files are portable JSON and include an optional PNG preview.
• Broadcast on load - When loading a board, all currently connected players receive the restored drawing instantly. If you're the host, the update is sent directly. If you're a non-host client, the board state is relayed through the host (requires the host to also have Chalky installed). Late-joiners get it automatically through the game's existing sync flow.
• In-game chat commands - Control all mod behavior on the fly without leaving the game. Commands are typed into the chat box and are never sent to other players.
• Toggle on/off at runtime - Enable or disable the mod's drawing enhancements instantly without restarting.
• Show/hide command echo - Optionally suppress commands from appearing in your chat history.

Warning

• Chalk size can only be enlarged. Smaller than the default 2×2 is not supported.
• Non-host board loading requires the host to also have Chalky installed for other players to see the changes. Without Chalky on the host, only your own view will update.

In-Game Commands

Type any command into the in-game chat. Commands start with / and are not sent to other players. Each command has a short alias for convenience.

• /chalkyhelp (/ch) - List all available Chalky commands
• /chalkytoggle (/ct) - Toggle the mod on or off
• /chalkysetsize [size] (/css [size]) - Set the chalk brush size. Omit to reset to default (2)
• /chalkygetboards (/cgb) - List all saved chalkboards
• /chalkysaveboard [name] [index] (/csb [name] [index]) - Save a board to disk. Omit [index] to use the active board
• /chalkyloadboard [name] [index] (/clb [name] [index]) - Load a board from disk and sync to all players. Works for both host and non-host clients (non-host relay requires Chalky on the host)
• /chalkyhostRelay (/chr) - Toggle host relay on or off

Note: Size changes are not persistent and reset to the default of 2 on game restart.

Examples

# Set brush to paint a 5x5 block per stroke
/css 5

# Reset brush size back to default (2x2)
/css

# Save the currently active board as "lobby_art"
/csb lobby_art

# Save board index 2 specifically as "backup"
/csb backup 2

# Load "lobby_art" onto the currently active board
/clb lobby_art

# Load "backup" onto board index 0
/clb backup 0

# List all saved boards
/cgb

# Turn off Chalky's drawing enhancements entirely
/ct

# Check which commands are available
/ch

Configuration

Settings are saved to the BepInEx config file and can also be changed at runtime via chat commands.

Location: BepInEx/config/com.andrewlin.ontogether.chalky.cfg

• General
  • EnableFeature (default: true) - Enable or disable all mod features
  • ShowCommand (default: false) - Show commands in chat when typed (config file only)
  • EnableHostRelay (default: true) - When enabled, the host relays board state received from a non-host client to all other connected players. Disable if you don't want the host to relay
• Boards
  • BoardSaveDirectory (default: ~/on-together/chalkboard) - Directory where board saves are stored. ~ expands to your home folder

Saved boards are stored as <name>.chalkboard.json (full drawing data) and <name>.png (preview image) in the configured directory.

Installation

Use r2modman for simpler installation.

1. Install BepInEx into your On Together game folder
2. Copy AndrewLin.Chalky.dll into BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch the game - the mod will load automatically and generate a config file at BepInEx/config/com.andrewlin.ontogether.chalky.cfg

Building from Source

Requires .NET SDK and the game's managed DLLs referenced in the project.

dotnet build

Output DLL will be in Chalky/bin/.