BetterLobby

Content Warning: BetterLobby 🌐

BetterLobby is a mod that improves the matchmaking system of _Content Warning_ by adding

a __FILL LOBBY__ button in the pause menu and modifying the behaviour of the

__INVITE FRIENDS__ button

Features

• Invite your friends in the lobby, and then fill it up with other people
• Fill the lobby back up when someone quits, even after the game has started
• Avoid the standard matchmaking experience, which makes it hard to join a session

without an error

• Invite friends to join, even when already in the underworld _(may have some glitches, for now)_

Usage

• Install BepInEx in

the Content Warning game directory

• Copy the BetterLobby.dll file in the BepInEx / plugins folder
• Launch the game, click on __PLAY WITH FRIENDS__, and host a game
• Invite the friends you want to play with, then press ESC to open the pause menu
• Click on the new __FILL LOBBY__ button to open the matchmaking to the public

When you press the __INVITE FRIENDS__ button, the matchmaking is closed to the public and

becomes friends-only. To open it up again, press __FILL LOBBY__.

Only the host needs to have BetterLobby installed. It aims to maintain 100% vanilla

compatibility!

Notes and Safety Measures

__LATE-JOIN IN THE UNDERWORLD IS DISABLED FOR RANDOMS__

Late-join for randoms is only enabled when on the surface, to avoid other players getting put

directly in the underworld mid-game.

You can use the __INVITE FRIENDS__ button even in the underworld, but the spawn points

may be messed up.

If you want to fill the lobby back up with randoms, return to the surface first.

__LATE-JOIN DISABLES ITSELF AFTER REACHING MAX LOBBY CAPACITY__

When using the late-join feature _(pressing __FILL LOBBY__ while the game has started)_,

BetterLobby will wait for the lobby to reach its maximum capacity, and then disable the

late-join.

I implemented this because I suspect that leaving the lobby open would disrupt matchmaking

even more, as players would attempt to connect to our full game. _(this happens with Virality)_

Simply put, if the game has started, you opened the lobby, all players joined and then

someone left, just press __FILL LOBBY__ again and it will fill back.

__I PRESS ON THE BUTTONS BUT NOTHING HAPPENS__

If the lobby already has the maximum number of players connected, all operations will

be ignored.

Wait for a player to leave before inviting friends or opening the lobby to the public.

Incompatible Plugins

_The following plugins may not work correctly together with BetterLobby!_

• PublicHostingFix
• Virality