Loitering Leyak

Description

Makes the Leyak much more persistent, following the player across loading zones and barriers, and re-starting the hunt if the player has not put enough distance between them. Adds a few new twists to the Leyak's behavior that should surprise your players.

The default config will not activate these new behaviors until players have collected 4 essence and repaired the X-RAY machine in labs, to ensure the players have had a chance to build the hand-held X-RAY lamps. However this is configurable as well, and hosts and server admins can enable this right out of the gate if they prefer.

And just for fun, there is a [leyak_use_random_voice] setting where hosts can specify a list of dialog sound files from base game to be spoken by the Leyak at random intervals.

See the file named [config_leyak.lua] inside the mod folder for a full explanation of each new setting.

This mod is intended to be installed by the Host Player running UE4SS, or on a Dedicated Server install running UE4SS.

Note that I have not tested cross-play functionality, but I hope it will work for all players.

Requirements

- UE4SS for AbioticFactor: https://www.nexusmods.com/abioticfactor/mods/35

Installation instructions

Be sure to install UE4SS first! (UE4SS: https://www.nexusmods.com/abioticfactor/mods/35)

The entire AbioticFactor-Player-Difficulty-Sliders mod folder should be placed into the players /ue4ss/Mods folder of your AbioticFactor installation.

i.e Windows:

`C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\AbioticFactor\AbioticFactor\Binaries\Win64\ue4ss\Mods`

Dedicated Server:

`/AbioticFactor/Binaries/Win64/ue4ss/Mods`

Linux example:

`/home/sp/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/AbioticFactor/AbioticFactor/Binaries/Win64/ue4ss/Mods`

Main features

Features implemented so far:

• []Movement Settings[/]

  []Viewed by Player Behavior Tweaks[/]

  []XRAY Settings[/]

  []Sensory Companion Trinket Settings[/]

  []Distance-to-Despawn[/]

  []Essence Settings[/]

  []Player Evasion Logic / Follow Across Loading/Area-Transition[/]

  []Drop Rate Settings for Leyak Essence[/]

  [][/]

  []New behaviors can be gated until players reach a certain world event[/]

Chat Commands

Text Chat Commands to allow admins to adjust some settings in-game to their liking using the game's built-in text chat on-the-fly.

This mod provides a small number of commands via in-game chat box that can configure some settings in real time

without having to edit the config_leyak.lua and reboot the game server.

To use any of these text chat commands, the hosts/server-admin will need to modify the config_admin.lua file

that comes with this mod and add in their own display name (as it would appear in-game) and their SteamID/GameTag/etc.

The mod uses name/id to differentiate from regular players sending messages over chat.

Additionally, if admin_messages_enabled is true in the config_leyak.lua file, the mod will send Leyak status messages back

to the valid admin using the text chat box. i.e when a new Leyak is spawned, what behavior mode the Leyak is in, who it is stalking, etc.

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help                   - Remind the user about the "lleyak_help" command

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lleyak_help            - Print a list of text commands for this mod to the in-game chat box

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ToggleLeyakVoice       - Toggle Leyak Random Voice On/Off

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tlv                    - Toggle Leyak Random Voice On/Off (shorthand)

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SetLeyakCooldown #     - Override the default Leyak cooldown to the new number specified,

i.e SetLeyakCooldown 30 to set it to 30 secs

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slc #                  - Shorthand command for SetLeyakCooldown,

i.e slc 400 to set Leyak default cooldown to 400 secs

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