NiceChat

v1.2.7·Updated 2024-10-22

Better text chat. Chat for dead players / spectators, infinite scrolling message history, greatly increased character limit, bigger chat area, fade/hide chat when not in use, and more.

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About this mod Author’s original text

All features work client-side unless otherwise mentioned.

  • Can now scroll through chat history (once there's enough history, just scroll with mousewheel while the chat input is active!)
  • Chat history is no longer limited to 4 messages (defaults to 15, can be increased further in config)
  • A scrollbar shows your position in history (can be disabled in config)
  • Dead, spectating players can now chat with one another.
  • NOTE: For this, the mod must be installed on the host.
  • Living players cannot hear dead players, unless the host enables it.
  • The names of dead players are color-coded grey.
  • Increases the 30 character message limit (default: 1000, configurable by host)
  • NOTE: For this, the mod also needs to be installed by the host.

Without it, the limit can only be increased to ~50.

  • Increases the size of the chat area (toggleable)
  • Changes the default font size so that more text can fit (configurable)
  • Removes the apostrophes (') around chat messages.
  • Can now use Shift+Enter to insert line breaks in your messages.
  • Chat fades away completely when not in use.
  • You can fully configure how many seconds the chat remains visible before fading, and how much the chat fades.
  • Compatible with mods like LethalLoudnessMeter that add UI elements to the bottom-left corner.
  • Messages you receive while the clock is visible will now have timestamps (can be disabled in config)
  • You can now say the same thing multiple times in a row
  • NOTE: Only players with the mod installed will be able to see repeat messages
  • Can customize the range at which players can hear eachother (configurable by host)
  • NOTE: All players must have the mod for this feature to work properly
  • Changes the chat input text to a more readable color (configurable)
  • When both you and the sender of a message are holding an active walkie-talkie, the name is color-coded green.
  • This is to clarify a vanilla feature where any players holding active walkies can hear each other's messages at any distance.

Chat history scroll demo:

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
NiceChat-1.2.7.zip
File size
110.5 KiB