storage box extension

📦 Storage box extension

A clean quality of life mod designed for Human Host. You can expand the original 5×6=30 storage boxes to 12×200=2400 configurable slots per box, supporting vertical scroll bars + full mouse wheel.

✨ Features

Larger boxes - default 10 × 10 = 100 slots (original 30). Each box is independent.

Only affects player-placed containers - world loot boxes and body bags remain vanilla

Scrollbars automatically hide when not needed, mouse wheel works on item icons

Automatic sorting/automatic storage/drag/split/stack operations all work on the expanded grid.

Archive security - uses the game's own archive format, no custom data layer

No file replacement, no DLL patching - Harmony prefix/suffix + reflection only

⚙️ Configurable - edit BepInEx\config\humanhost.storagebox.expand.cfg: columns (default 10 columns, range 5–12 - up to 12 columns to prevent overlap with backpack interface)

Number of lines (default 10 lines, range 6–200)

Visible lines (default 8 lines, range 6–10 – up to 10 lines to prevent screen overflow)

Scroll bar width (default 16, range 8–40), scroll sensitivity (default 30, range 5–100)

Tip: Maximum 2400 slots per box (12×200). Normal usage is 100–500. The first opening of a box with thousands of cells may freeze for ~1 second, but Unity will generate all cells - subsequent openings are almost instantaneous.

📦 Installation

Requires BepInEx 5 (mono x64). The workshop only ships StorageBoxExpand.dll.

Step 1 — Install BepInEx 5

Download BepInEx_win_x64_5.4.23.2.zip from

Unzip Human Host.exe into your Human Host installation folder (next to)

).You should look at winhttp.dll, doorstop_config.ini, and a BepInEx

folder

Start the game once and then exit - this will generate BepInEx\plugins\,BepInEx\config\,BepInEx LogOutput.log

Step 2 — Enable HideManagerGameObject (required)

⚠️ Without this step, the mod loads but does nothing.

Open the door BepInEx\config\BepInEx.cfg

Change HideManagerGameObject = false

to HideManagerGameObject = true

Step 3 — Install StorageBoxExpand.dll

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Steam Download StorageBoxExpand.dll

Go to...\steamapps\workshop\content\2393970\<item-id>\

Received StorageBoxExpand.dll

Enter the human host\BepInEx\plugins\

Start the game and open a placed storage box, F

⚠️ Crucial – Read before uninstalling or downsizing

Unlike some inventory mods, if you shrink the grid below the occupied slot index, the storage chest's data is permanently lost. When opening the box, the game removes any slot data outside of the current grid size. 🚨 If you:

When an item occupies more than 30 slots of the original version, uninstall the module

Reduce column × row below item slot index

Open a previously expanded box after switching to a smaller configuration

✅ Safe operation:

Before uninstalling or shrinking: clear all expanded boxes back to the first 30 slots, save and exit

It is always safe to add columns or rows

When in doubt, back up the archive folder before changing the configuration

🗑️ Uninstall

Empty each extension's box first (see warning above - not optional)

Save and exit

Unsubscribe + Delete Human Host\BepInEx\Plugins\StorageBoxExpand.dll

🔧 Troubleshooting

The box still has 30 cells / no scroll bars: Checked BepInEx LogOutput.log

Stands for "Loaded, target... slot machine". Confirm HideManagerGameObject = true

In BepInEx.cfg. window off-screen/overlapping backpack: reduce the number of columns (up to 12 columns) or the number of visible rows (up to 10 rows). Mouse wheel won't scroll: Increase scrolling sensitivity in configuration. Item disappears after shrinking: Reinstall to previously larger column × row - If the box has been opened after shrinking, the item disappears.

💾 Compatibility

Tested on Human Host Early Access (Steam, May 2026), BepInEx 5.4.23.2 LTS Mono x64. Compatible with Backpack Expand, Admin Panel and most BepInEx plugins. Single-player mode only - the game itself doesn't support multiplayer yet.