BetterCommunication

BetterCommunication is a BepInEx 5 plugin for Super Battle Golf focused on communication and quality-of-life UI fixes.

It adds:

• clickable Steam profile links on supported player names;
• clickable Steam profile links on supported player avatars;
• clickable URLs in in-game text chat;
• session chat history restore when the chat UI is recreated;
• optional chat history persistence across full game restarts.

This project is UI-only. It does not unlock content, alter progression, or modify gameplay state.

Features

• Match Setup: click a player name or avatar to open that player's Steam profile.
• Pause Menu: click a player name or avatar to open that player's Steam profile.
• Text Chat: click a URL in chat to open it in your default browser.
• Chat History: by default, recent messages are kept in memory for the current launch and restored if the chat UI resets after a round.
• Optional Persistence: if you want chat history to survive a full restart, enable PersistChatHistoryAcrossLaunches in the config.

Project Layout

• src/BetterCommunication.csproj
• src/Plugin.cs
• src/ChatLinkTextHandler.cs
• src/ChatHistoryManager.cs
• src/SteamProfileClickTarget.cs
• src/SteamProfileLinkInjector.cs

Prerequisites

You need:

• Super Battle Golf
• BepInExPack for the game
• a .NET SDK installed locally

This workspace currently uses the system C# compiler through build-local.bat.

Build Setup

Set an environment variable pointing to the game root:

set SUPER_BATTLE_GOLF_PATH=C:\Games\Super Battle Golf

Then build the project with your preferred IDE or CLI after installing a .NET SDK.

The project references the game's managed assemblies from:

%SUPER_BATTLE_GOLF_PATH%\Super Battle Golf_Data\Managed

Install

Copy the built DLL into:

<Super Battle Golf>\BepInEx\plugins\marki-BetterCommunication\

Config

The generated config file is:

<profile>\BepInEx\config\local.marki.superbattlegolf.bettercommunication.cfg

Recommended defaults:

• EnableChatLinks = true
• EnableChatHistory = true
• PersistChatHistoryAcrossLaunches = false
• EnableSteamProfileLinks = true
• EnableAvatarLinks = true

GitHub

Current repository name:

betterCommunication

Suggested short repository description:

UI-only communication improvements for Super Battle Golf: clickable Steam profiles, clickable chat URLs, and chat history restore.

Suggested topics:

super-battle-golf bepinex unity modding thunderstore csharp

Use

1. Start the game with BepInEx.
2. Open a supported player list UI such as match setup or the pause menu.
3. Click a player's nickname or avatar.
4. The player's Steam profile should open.
5. Paste a URL into text chat or click an existing URL in chat.
6. The link should open in the default browser.
7. Finish a round or otherwise force the chat UI to reset.
8. Recent chat messages from the current launch should be restored automatically.