BetterLadders

v1.5.0·Updated 2026-01-14

[v73] Configurable climbing speed, extension ladder time, climbing with two-handed items, and more

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BetterLadders

Features

  • Change climbing speed and sprint-climbing speed
  • The climbing animation speed can be scaled accordingly
  • Change the speed of the animation to enter/exit a ladder
  • Use ladders while holding a two-handed item
  • Hide the held item while climbing a ladder
  • Visibility is synced with other clients, as long as the host has this mod
  • Change how long extension ladders stay extended (or make them permanent)
  • Require holding the interact button to pick up an extended extension ladder
  • Hold time can be adjusted or disabled

Config

General

| entry | default | description | synced with host |

|-------------------------------|:-------:|-------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------------:|

| ClimbSpeedMultiplier | 1.0 | Ladder climb speed multiplier | ✓ |

| SprintingClimbSpeedMultiplier | 1.5 | Additional climb speed multiplier while sprinting | ✓ |

| TransitionSpeedMultiplier | 1.0 | Ladder enter/exit animation speed multiplier | ✓ |

| AllowTwoHanded | true | Whether ladders can be climbed while carrying a two-handed object | ✓ |

| ScaleAnimationSpeed | true | Whether the climbing animation is scaled to the climbing speed | ✓ |

| HideOneHanded | true | Whether one-handed items should be hidden while climbing a ladder | ✗ |

| HideTwoHanded | true | Whether two-handed items should be hidden while climbing a ladder | ✗ |

Extension Ladders

| entry | default | description | synced with host |

|--------------------------|:-------:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------------:|

| ExtensionTime | 0.0 | How long extension ladders should stay extended, in seconds (0 for permanent) (20 in vanilla) | ✓ |

| ExtensionSpeedMultiplier | 1.0 | Multiplies how fast the ladder extends once activated | ✓ |

| ExtensionDelay | 1.0 | How long before the ladder begins to extend once activated, in seconds (1 in vanilla) | ✓ |

| FallSpeedMultiplier | 1.0 | Multiplies how fast the ladder falls once fully extended | ✓ |

| FallDelay | 0.4 | How long before the ladder begins to fall once fully extended, in seconds (0.4 in vanilla) | ✓ |

| EnableKillTrigger | true | Whether extension ladders should kill players they land on | ✓ |

| HoldToPickup | true | Whether the interact key needs to be held to pick up an activated extension ladder | ✗ |

| HoldTime | 0.5 | How long the interact key must be held if holdToPickup is true, in seconds | ✗ |

Debug

| entry | default | description |

|-----------|:-------:|----------------------------------------------------------|

| DebugMode | false | Whether to display debug messages in the BepInEx console |

Building

NetcodePatcher must be installed with dotnet tool install -g Evaisa.NetcodePatcher.Cli

To create a release zip in BetterLadders/artifacts, run dotnet publish -c Release

This also generates a.toml file to allow publishing from tcli

Publishing can be done automatically via GitHub Actions:

  • Set Namespace, Product, Version, and RepositoryUrl in BetterLadders.csproj
  • Set TS_API_KEY in the repository's secrets
  • Run the Build and Publish workflow from the Actions page in GitHub

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.

Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

BepInEx-BepInExPack

File & checksum

Filename
BetterLadders-1.5.0.zip
File size
28.8 KiB