Dock Me Baby 2.0 (Multiplayer Release)

Dock Me Baby

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A Lua mod for the game Windrose (powered by UE4SS) that acts as a "Valet Parking" system for your ship.

Currently, ships often spawn at inconsistent or random points off the coast when teleporting home or calling them via 'K' or the wharf. This mod allows you to manually park your ship perfectly at your custom dock, save that exact position, and later recall the ship to that exact spot on demand.

Features

Custom Docking Location: Save the exact X, Y, Z coordinates and Yaw rotation of your ships.

Multi-Ship Support: The mod stores coordinates under your character's name per ship, separated by the server's World Seed. You can have custom docks for your Frigate, Brig, etc. all at once, without overlapping coordinates when playing on different servers (unless they happen to share the exact same map seed!).

Fleet Support: You can even save multiple ships of the exact same type (e.g., not only three Frigates, but also three -or as many as you like- Bretheren Frigates).

Since v2. 0. 0, every ship is tracked using its absolute native database GUID (ShipId). Just park them directly side-by-side, open the console, and type setdock for each one. The mod automatically assigns them to their exact parking spots upon recall without any mix-ups.

Persistent Saves: Your custom dock locations are safely saved in a .lua dictionary file and persist across game restarts.

Anti-Cheat & Immersion: To prevent players from abusing the valet parking to escape naval combat, you must be within 250 meters of a player-built camp/bonfire to use the recall command.

Safe Teleportation: The mod safely teleports the player along with the ship if they are on board during the recall. You might fall off of the ship if it's current position is too close to the position defined in the save file. In this case, your character will be close to the ship so you can climb on it safely.

Multiplayer Compatibility

Fully compatible with Singleplayer, Co-op (Host Game), and Dedicated Servers!

The mod uses a sophisticated RPC-hijacking technique to ensure that commands entered on a client's machine are securely executed on the host's or dedicated server. This allows seamless valet parking for you and your friends in any game mode.

Note on Network Latency (Ping):

The mod communicates with dedicated servers using carefully timed network pings (RPC sequences). If you have an exceptionally high ping (e.g., >200ms) or severe network jitter, the server might merge these packets (coalescing), causing the dock or setdock commands to be ignored. If nothing happens, simply try the command again.

Upgrading from v1.x

To make the transition as smooth as possible:

1. Before updating, load into your game and run the dock command one last time to ensure all your ships are perfectly parked at their old spots.

2. Close the game and completely delete your old \ue4ss\Mods\DockMeBaby\ folder to ensure a clean slate and avoid leaving obsolete "ghost" data behind.

3. Install the new v2. 0. 0 version as described below.

4. In-game, stand on your ships and use the setdock command once more to register them in the new format!

Installation

1. Install UE4SS into your Windrose Binaries\Win64 folder.

2. Open \ue4ss\UE4SS-settings.ini and make sure the engine version is overridden to 5. 6:

MajorVersion =