Side Hustle - Gamemode Hub for Schedule I

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One menu entry for every gamemode. Side Hustle adds a single button to the main menu that lists every installed gamemode mod and launches it straight from the menu - no savegame required. It is the shared hub that gamemode mods plug into.

What it is

Side Hustle is a hub, not a gamemode by itself. On its own it just adds a Side Hustle button to the main menu. Install gamemode mods that build on it and they appear in the list; pick one and it launches immediately in its own self-contained session - gamemodes never load or touch a normal save.

If you installed Side Hustle as a dependency of another mod, there is nothing to do: that mod registers itself and shows up under the Side Hustle entry.

Features

One menu entry for every gamemode - name, description, author and a Singleplayer / Multiplayer badge, launched from the main menu.
No savegame - gamemodes run in their own session and never load or alter your saves.
Singleplayer, host or join - multiplayer gamemodes show a Singleplayer / Host / Join choice.
Configure before you host - a native-style setup form for the exact player count, a public or private (friends-only) lobby with an optional password, and any settings the gamemode exposes (sliders, toggles, choices, text), all passed to the gamemode at launch.
Public server browser - browse open lobbies as cards (host, player count, a lock for password-protected ones), filtered per gamemode; bigger lobbies (past the vanilla 4) come built in, no extra lobby mod needed.
Play with anyone, not just friends - Schedule I normally kicks joiners who aren't the host's Steam friends; while you host a Side Hustle gamemode that kick is lifted, so anyone can join your public or password lobbies.
World gamemodes - gamemodes that need the loaded game world get a throwaway session, outside your save slots, so your real saves are never touched.
Conflict-free mod sets (optional, the host's choice) - a gamemode can declare which mods it works with. When hosting, you keep your full set ("Current installed mods", default) or run only the gamemode's mods ("Required mods only") in a temporary, isolated profile (after a confirmation listing the changes), switching back when you leave. Nothing in your real Mods folder is ever disabled, renamed, moved or deleted (junctions/hardlinks, no admin), so your mod manager stays in sync.
Load-order independent API so gamemode mods register whether they load before or after the hub.
A single setting to hide the entry without uninstalling.

Requirements

Schedule I (IL2CPP) with MelonLoader 0.7.3+.
S1API (pulled in as a dependency).
Optional: Mod Manager & Phone App for the in-game settings UI.
One or more gamemode mods that use Side Hustle.

Settings

Enabled (default true) - show the Side Hustle menu entry. Editable in the Mod Manager & Phone App UI or UserData/MelonPreferences.cfg under SideHustle_01_Main.

License

MIT. See the included LICENSE.md.

Side Hustle - Gamemode Hub for Schedule I

🛟 Need help or found a bug? Get support at support.doodesch.de.

One menu entry for every gamemode. Side Hustle adds a single button to the main menu that lists every installed gamemode mod and launches it straight from the menu - no savegame required. It is the shared hub that gamemode mods plug into.

What it is

If you installed Side Hustle as a dependency of another mod, there is nothing to do: that mod registers itself and shows up under the Side Hustle entry.

Features

One menu entry for every gamemode - name, description, author and a Singleplayer / Multiplayer badge, launched from the main menu.

No savegame - gamemodes run in their own session and never load or alter your saves.

Singleplayer, host or join - multiplayer gamemodes show a Singleplayer / Host / Join choice.

Configure before you host - a native-style setup form for the exact player count, a public or private (friends-only) lobby with an optional password, and any settings the gamemode exposes (sliders, toggles, choices, text), all passed to the gamemode at launch.

Public server browser - browse open lobbies as cards (host, player count, a lock for password-protected ones), filtered per gamemode; bigger lobbies (past the vanilla 4) come built in, no extra lobby mod needed.

Play with anyone, not just friends - Schedule I normally kicks joiners who aren't the host's Steam friends; while you host a Side Hustle gamemode that kick is lifted, so anyone can join your public or password lobbies.

World gamemodes - gamemodes that need the loaded game world get a throwaway session, outside your save slots, so your real saves are never touched.

Conflict-free mod sets (optional, the host's choice) - a gamemode can declare which mods it works with. When hosting, you keep your full set ("Current installed mods", default) or run only the gamemode's mods ("Required mods only") in a temporary, isolated profile (after a confirmation listing the changes), switching back when you leave. Nothing in your real Mods folder is ever disabled, renamed, moved or deleted (junctions/hardlinks, no admin), so your mod manager stays in sync.

Load-order independent API so gamemode mods register whether they load before or after the hub.

A single setting to hide the entry without uninstalling.