Community Patch - Bootstrap and Utilities

Community Patch - Bootstrap & Utils

Utility mod which provides a standardized autostartup capability for other mods, support for custom area hubs handling, some utilities and a reusable list menu.

Features for mod users

• []Simple, standardized way to install (simple) mods which support the bootstrap mod without modifying vanilla scripts. Please note this does NOT include any big overhaul mods!

  []Support for custom area hubs provided in other mods without any further installation/merging

  []includes the engine/telemetryKeyword.ws (once and for all) which is not available in vanilla scripts

  Features for mod authors

  • []provides a standardized way of automatically starting (simple) mods without modifying any vanilla scripts

    []provides a standardized way to integrate new custom hubs in mod user installations without any further patching (completely transparent to mod users)

    []provides a standard template (and example) for using custom timers without modifying any vanilla scripts

    []provides a reusable UI List Menu (and example) which can be used in mods (see screenshots)

    []provides default mounting directories for w2ents (no need for custom reddlc)

  • provides utility function to convert between Int and Uint8

    Compatibility

    The mod is compatible with all 1. 30+ game versions. While the main functionality is independent of any vanilla scripts the support for custom hubs requires a patch to vanilla scripts. This patch has to be installed independently of bootstrap mod (bootstrap mod depends on it) and is provided in the files section for a vanilla game installation. However authors of the most popular overhaul mods kindly agreed to incorporate this patch into their mods. In this case the bootstrap vanilla-patch is NOT required to be installed! Check the top sticky forum post to see a compatibility list.

    Compatibility - How it works

    The mods starts automatically by leveraging a minimal, hidden quest every time a game is opened/loaded. No scripthook, piggybacking of entities or hub layer entities is required thus making the mod future-proof for usage with additional custom hubs.

    To add the new menu the mod changes the file

    gameplay/gui_new/guirsrc/r4default.guiconfig

    To add the worldmap support for custom area hubs the mod changes the files

    gameplay/gui_new/guirsrc/r4map.menu

    gameplay/gui_new/swf/worldmap/panel_worldmap.redswf  (only in Classic version)

    All mods which change this file are not compatible with this mod.

    How to upgrade from previous versions

    If you do NOT have a mods/