Aska Expanded Party

ASKA Expanded Party

Raise your player party NPC limit above the vanilla cap of 3.

A BepInEx 6 IL2CPP plugin for ASKA that raises the player party NPC limit above the vanilla limit of 3. The default capacity is 6 villagers.

The mod raises vanilla capacity checks and adjusts the party HUD. It does not add custom save data or directly rewrite saved party membership.

Features

• []Increases the player party NPC capacity from 3 to a configurable value.[/]

  []Default capacity is 6; configurable range is 3 to 20.[/]

  []Patches the normal party capacity check and a hardcoded recruitment gate.[/]

  []Scales the party HUD when more than 3 villagers are in the party.[/]

  []Uses vanilla recruitment, dismissal, ownership, and network-state changes.[/]

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  Screenshots

  Party HUD with expanded capacity (two-column layout)

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  Requirements

  • []ASKA[/]

    []BepInEx 6 IL2CPP for ASKA[/]

  If you use r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager, install the ASKA BepInEx IL2CPP pack in the same profile as this mod.

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  Installation

  Mod manager

  Install the mod through your mod manager and launch ASKA from that same managed profile.

  Manual

  • []Install BepInEx 6 IL2CPP for ASKA.[/]

    []Launch the game once with BepInEx installed, then close it.[/]

    []Copy AskaExpandedParty.dll into your BepInEx plugins folder.[/]

    []Launch the game.[/]

    Recommended manual layout:

    BepInEx/plugins/AskaExpandedParty/AskaExpandedParty.dll

    A flat plugin install also works:

    BepInEx/plugins/AskaExpandedParty.dll

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    Configuration

    The config file is generated after the first launch with the mod installed:

    BepInEx/config/com.community.askaexpandedparty.cfg

    Default config:

    Enabled = true

    PartyCapacity = 6

    DebugLogging = false

    ScalePartyWidget = true

    TwoColumnLeftShift = 230

    • []Enabled (default true) — Enables or disables the expanded party capacity patches.[/]

      []PartyCapacity (default 6) — Maximum NPC villagers in the player party. Vanilla is 3. Range: 3 to 20.[/]

      []DebugLogging (default false) — Writes extra diagnostics to BepInEx/LogOutput.log. Enable only while troubleshooting.[/]

      []ScalePartyWidget (default true) — Scales and repositions the party HUD when more than 3 members are in the party. At 11 or more members the HUD switches to a two-column layout with the second column forming to the left of the first.[/]

      []TwoColumnLeftShift (default 230) — Pixels to shift the party HUD container left when two-column mode activates (party > 10). Range: 0 to 600. Default 230 pulls the right-edge widget toward screen center so the second column (left of the first) is fully visible. Reduce toward 0 if the widget sits too far from the right edge; increase up to 600 if the second column still clips.[/]

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      Recommended Settings and Limitations

      The recommended starting capacity is 6. Values above that may work, but ASKA was designed around a party size of 3.

      Large parties may affect:

      • []AI behavior[/]

        []pathfinding[/]

        []combat targeting[/]

        []following/formation behavior[/]

        []settlement interactions[/]

        []HUD layout[/]

        []performance[/]

        []multiplayer consistency[/]

        If you experience strange behavior, reduce PartyCapacity and dismiss extra villagers until the active party size is at or below the new value.

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        Save Compatibility and Uninstalling

        This mod does not add custom save data, so saves remain normal ASKA saves. However, a save with more than 3 active party members is outside vanilla's expected party size.

        If you load an oversized party save without this mod, vanilla behavior is undefined. Possible