BetterPreplacedPitons

BetterPreplacedPitons

A PEAK mod that changes how preplaced pitons and mesa pickaxes “wear out”.

By default, PEAK has:

• Preplaced rope pitons / rope anchors that slowly time out and detach after enough use.
• Mesa pickaxes (preplaced climb handles) that crack and eventually break after hanging on them.

This mod lets you:

• Make those objects unbreakable (default)
• Or scale how fast they break (slower/faster than vanilla)
• Optionally (OFF by default) ignore the host’s break/detach events locally (client-side persistence / deliberate desync)

What this mod changes

• Preplaced rope pitons (rope anchors)

In-game these are handled by BreakableRopeAnchor.

• The game maintains a timer (internally willBreakInTime) that counts down while players are rope-climbing.
• When it reaches zero, the rope detaches via a networked RPC.

What the mod does:

• If configured as unbreakable, it prevents the authoritative owner (Photon IsMine) from ever reaching zero.
• If configured with a multiplier, it scales how quickly that timer ticks down while someone is climbing.
• Mesa pickaxes (preplaced climb handles)

In-game these are handled by ShittyPiton (yep, that’s the actual name).

• The game counts “hang time”, then enters a cracking phase, then breaks via networked RPCs.

What the mod does:

• If configured as unbreakable, it prevents the authoritative owner from progressing to the breaking state.
• If configured with a multiplier, it scales both:
• the hang-time countdown, and
• the crack/break progression.

Multiplayer behavior

Multiplayer-safe by default ✅

By default, this mod is authority-respecting:

• It does not ignore networked break/detach events.
• Everyone stays consistent with what the object owner (usually the host/master client) decides.

Practical effect:

• Host/owner has mod → everyone benefits.
• Only client has mod and host/owner is vanilla → host/owner can still break/detach objects for everyone.

Optional client-side persistence (desync mode) ⚠️

There is a config option to intentionally “detach” from host authority locally:

• Your client ignores certain break/detach RPCs and keeps those objects alive on your side only.
• This is intentional desync. Others may see it broken while you don’t.
• Expect weirdness: visual inconsistency, interaction mismatch, etc.

Installation

• Install BepInEx for PEAK.
• Put BetterPreplacedPitons.dll into:
• BepInEx/plugins/
• Launch the game once to generate config.
• Edit the config in:
• BepInEx/config/

Configuration

Meaning of the speed multipliers

Both pitons and pickaxes use the same multiplier semantics:

• <= 0 → unbreakable (default is -1)
• 1.0 → vanilla behavior
• 0.5 → 50% slower breaking (lasts 2× longer)
• 2.0 → 2× faster breaking

Config entries

[General]

EnablePreplacedPitons (bool)

• Default: true
• If false, the mod will not modify preplaced rope pitons at all (fully vanilla for pitons).

PreplacedPitonBreakSpeedMultiplier (float)

• Default: -1
• Controls how fast preplaced rope pitons “wear out”.
• See Meaning of the speed multipliers above.

EnableMesaPickaxes (bool)

• Default: true
• If false, the mod will not modify mesa pickaxes at all (fully vanilla for pickaxes).

MesaPickaxeBreakSpeedMultiplier (float)

• Default: -1
• Controls how fast mesa pickaxes crack/break.
• See Meaning of the speed multipliers above.

[Multiplayer]

ClientSidePersistence (bool)

• Default: false
• When false (default): Multiplayer-safe.
• Your client respects host/owner break/detach RPCs.
• No intentional desync.

• When true: Client-side persistence / deliberate desync.
• Your client ignores certain break/detach RPCs and keeps the objects alive locally.
• Other players may still see them broken/detached.
• Use only if you explicitly want that behavior.

Quick examples

• Never break anything (default)

EnablePreplacedPitons = true

PreplacedPitonBreakSpeedMultiplier = -1

EnableMesaPickaxes = true

MesaPickaxeBreakSpeedMultiplier = -1

ClientSidePersistence = false

• Vanilla pitons, unbreak