No Battle Partner

BIG WARNING TEXT WALL: READ FIRST

THE GAME IS VERY LIKELY TO SOFTLOCK DURING BATTLES THAT HAVE A SCRIPTED INTERACTION WITH YOUR BATTLE PARTNER (IF YOU HAVE NO BATTLE PARTNER)

In other words, if a battle expects you to have a battle partner due to a scripted interaction (with said battle partner) AND you currently do not have a battle partner selected, the game is likely to softlock

Make frequent saves to avoid potentially losing progress

By using the mod, you fully acknowledge the aforementioned risk(s)

The mod is mainly intended to be used while just exploring, gathering eggs, etc. I am currently not looking into fixing any of the softlocks. Be sure to have a battle partner selected if you are progressing the story.

If you want to explore a map without a battle partner visible in the overworld, leave any city/town with no battle partner selected OR enter and exit any campsite.

(Potential) Softlocks

Story progression is mostly untested. Side stories are entirely untested. Currently only few very early-game battles have actually been tested:

• []First tutorial battle against Velociprey: Immediate head-to-head with Thea and Velociprey, confirmed softlock

  []Second tutorial battle against Paolumu: Forced double kinship, likely to softlock

  []Third tutorial battle against Feral Chatacabra: Thea immediately attacks, likely to softlock

  Usage

  Select the currently selected battle partner again to deselect your battle partner (i.e., if Thea is currently your battle partner, then select Thea again)

  Installation

  Use Fluffy Mod Manager, or install manually:

  • []Install REFramework

    []Download the mod

    []Extract reframework/autorun/no_battle_partner.lua to (MHST3 installation folder)/reframework/autorun

    Known Issues

    • []The start menu does not immediately reflect the changes of deselecting your partner: the previous battle partner('s model) will be visible until you re-open the start menu
      • []Source code / GitHub