Sailwind Fast Forward

Spend less time waiting on long voyages. Fast-forward at 2x, 4x or 8x while your ship, weather and survival needs keep running.

Install

Mod managers

Install Sailwind Fast Forward through r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager, then launch the game modded through your manager. Dependencies are installed automatically.

Manual installation

1. Install BepInExPack in your Sailwind game folder, following its installation instructions.
2. Download and extract the mod ZIP. Copy its plugins/SailwindFastForward folder into BepInEx/plugins in your Sailwind folder.
3. Launch Sailwind normally.

Controls

Press F7 to cycle 1x → 2x → 4x → 1x. Press F8 to turn fast-forward off and return directly to 1x from any FF speed. A small indicator shows the active speed.

Hold F9 for fast-forward at HoldSpeed (default 4x), up to MaxSpeed. Walking, inventory and ordinary menus do not step the held speed down. Releasing it returns to 1x, even if you were using cycle mode before holding it. It does not cycle speeds or return to an earlier toggled speed.

All three shortcuts are configurable and support modifiers. Reset takes priority over hold, and hold takes priority over cycling. Hotkeys work while holding sailing controls. New shortcuts require game focus. An active hold follows the key state reported by the game until release. Reset does not override the game's pause, sleep speed or a speed changed externally. After a reset or cancellation while holding F9, release it and press again to start a new hold.

If your existing cycle shortcut already uses F8 (including with modifiers), the new reset shortcut starts unassigned to preserve it. Choose another reset key in the config.

Likewise, if your existing cycle or reset shortcut uses F9, the new hold shortcut starts disabled. An explicitly saved binding is always retained.

Configuration

After the first launch, close the game and edit BepInEx/config/local.sailwind.fastforward.cfg. This is inside your mod manager profile, or your Sailwind folder for a manual installation.

Settings are grouped into Controls, Display and Simulation. Existing section names and setting names are retained so your custom values carry over.

Section	Setting	Default	Options
Controls	Hotkey	F7	Cycle speed. Supports modifiers, such as F7 + LeftControl. Leave blank to disable.
Controls	ResetHotkey	F8*	Return directly to 1x. Supports the same modifier format. Leave blank to disable.
Controls	HoldHotkey	F9*	Fast-forward only while held. Supports modifiers. Leave blank to disable.
Display	ShowIndicator	true	Show or hide the speed indicator.
Simulation	MaxSpeed	4	Highest fast-forward speed: 2, 4 or 8.
Simulation	HoldSpeed	4	Requested hold speed: 2, 4 or 8, bounded by MaxSpeed.
Simulation	MovementInventoryMaxSpeed	2	Cycle-mode speed limit while moving or viewing inventory/stats: 1, 2, 4 or 8. Does not limit hold mode.
Simulation	CancelOnAutosave	false	Turn off fast-forward when an autosave starts.

*Reset starts unassigned when the existing cycle shortcut uses F8. Hold starts unassigned when cycle or reset uses F9. Explicitly saved bindings are retained.

To disable a shortcut, remove everything after = on its config line. Existing None values also remain disabled.

All three shortcuts use the same format. Key names ignore capitalization, so o works. LeftShift + Mouse4 and left shift + mouse 4 both require holding left Shift while pressing Mouse4. Mouse4 + LeftShift works too. For hold-to-FF, keep both the main key and its modifiers held. Sharing Shift with a sailing control does not block the shortcut.

Use explicit modifier names such as LeftShift, RightShift, LeftControl or LeftAlt. Unsupported values stay in the file and produce a warning in the log. Only that shortcut is disabled until corrected. A value already erased by an earlier version must be entered again. Close the game before editing the file so its running configuration cannot overwrite your edits.

Set MaxSpeed to 8 for 1x → 2x → 4x → 8x → 1x.

Movement and inventory

In cycle mode, walking or opening inventory at 4x or 8x reduces speed to 2x by default. Set MovementInventoryMaxSpeed to 1 to turn cycle-mode fast-forward off during those activities, or 8 to allow all speeds up to MaxSpeed. Stopping movement or closing inventory keeps the reduced speed. Press F7 to increase it again. While moving or viewing inventory, F7 cycles only through the allowed speeds. Hold mode ignores this activity limit. Looking around, steering, adjusting sails and being carried along by your boat do not trigger the movement limit unless you also press a movement control.

During play

• Cycle mode continues while alt-tabbed. Hold mode ends when the game reports its shortcut released, including when focus loss causes that release. Normal island loading does not cancel either mode.
• Opening the pause menu cancels fast-forward. Inventory/stats limits cycle mode only.
• Autosaves keep your current speed unless CancelOnAutosave is enabled.
• Loading a save cancels both modes. Manual saves and entering bed cancel cycle mode. An active hold can continue through manual saves, bed entry, recovery and ordinary menus while FF still owns the speed.
• If the game or another mod changes the speed, FF releases control. It does not override native sleep speed or automatically restart after pause, loading or another cancellation. Reset, plugin errors and changes to hold settings also end the hold.
• Pause and sleep work as usual. Food, water and rest continue to drain during accelerated sailing.

Higher speeds require more performance from your system. Lower MaxSpeed if the game struggles.

Version 1.1.1 checks compatibility against the inspected Sailwind Steam build 24324368. If a game update changes the inspected binary, FF disables itself and logs a compatibility error until the save path is reviewed again.

AI Use

AI was used to write all of the code in this project. The original concept, design direction, testing, debugging, and release decisions are my own. I spent many hours personally testing Fast Forward and working through issues to make sure it behaves as intended. If you prefer not to use mods developed with AI assistance, I understand and respect that choice.

Issues and links

Report an issue with your settings and BepInEx/LogOutput.log.

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