LocalChatRange

LocalChatRange

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A BepInEx mod for On Together that shows how far your local text chat reaches.

Local messages are only delivered to players within 5 m of you. This mod draws that area on the ground around your character and puts a ring under every player who will receive your local messages, so you know who can read you before you hit Enter.

Features

• The area is drawn on the surface around your character: it follows slopes, stairs, terraces and drops.
• The shape matches the game's own check exactly. The game measures a straight 3D distance, so the area shrinks on hills and in front of drops, and continues through walls (players behind a thin wall still receive local messages).
• Green rings under the players in range (the same distance test the game runs on their side).
• The radius is read from the game code at startup, so the mod stays correct if a game update changes it.
• Three visibility modes: always, only on the Local chat tab, or only while you type in the Local tab.
• Purely client-side: nothing is sent to other players and nothing about the game rules changes.

Usage

| Action | How |

|---|---|

| Show / hide the area | F8 (configurable), or type /chatrange |

| Turn on / off | /chatrange on, /chatrange off |

| Choose when it is drawn | /chatrange mode always \| local \| typing |

| Rings under players in range | /chatrange players on \| off |

| Current state | /chatrange status |

| Command list | /chatrange help |

/lcr is a short alias for /chatrange. Commands are handled on your side and are never posted to the chat. If CommandAPI is installed, the command is also listed by its /help and suggested by CommandTypeahead.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/ontogether.localchatrange.cfg (created on first launch; editable from the mod manager's Config editor).

| Section | Key | Default | Description |

|---|---|---|---|

| General | Enabled | true | Show the area. |

| General | ToggleKey | F8 | Show/hide hotkey (ignored while typing). |

| General | VisibilityMode | Always | Always, LocalTabOnly, WhileTypingLocal. |

| General | HighlightPlayersInRange | true | Rings under players who receive your local messages. |

| Range | AutoDetectRadius | true | Read the distance from the game code. |

| Range | Radius | 5 | Distance used if auto-detection is off or fails. |

| Appearance | FillColor | 8CD9FF1F | Area colour, RRGGBBAA. |

| Appearance | OutlineColor | 8CD9FFE6 | Edge colour, RRGGBBAA. |

| Appearance | OutlineWidth | 0.08 | Edge width in metres. |

| Appearance | OutlineOnTop | false | Draw the edge over walls and furniture. |

| Appearance | PlayerMarkerColor | 8CFF8CE6 | Ring colour for players in range. |

| Quality | Segments | 64 | Points around the circle. |

| Quality | Rings | 8 | Surface samples from the centre to the edge; raise it to follow stairs more closely. |

| Quality | EdgeRefineSteps | 4 | Extra samples that place the edge precisely. |

| Quality | UpdateInterval | 0.05 | Seconds between surface re-samples while moving. |

| Quality | MaxStepUp | 2 | Surfaces higher than this above your feet (ceilings, upper floors) are ignored. |

| Quality | SurfaceOffset | 0.03 | Lift above the surface to avoid flickering. |

How the range works

When a local message arrives, the game drops it if the distance between the sender's position (at the moment of sending) and the receiver's position is greater than 5 m. Both the chat panel and the speech bubble use this check. The mod draws every surface point a standing player could occupy within that distance of you, and checks other players with the very same test.

Only the floor you are on is drawn: a player on a balcony right above you may also be within 5 m, but surfaces more than MaxStepUp above your feet are not drawn.

Installation

Mod Manager / r2modman: install from the mod list, or use Settings -> Import local mod with the package zip.

Manual: install BepInExPack and copy LocalChatRange.dll into BepInEx/p