LastWords

LastWords

One final message after death. / 死亡之後，再說最後一句話。

LastWords gives each dead employee one chance to write and publish a final message. It prefers the ship's vanilla Signal Translator when the device is available, while fully modded crews can use a longer, reliable LastWords HUD broadcast.

LastWords 讓每名死亡員工獲得一次輸入並發表遺言的機會。有可用的原版信號發射器時優先使用原版廣播；全員安裝模組時，也可以使用更長、更可靠的 LastWords HUD 廣播。

• Version: 0.5.5
• Author / 公開署名: 青金石
• Team: QingJinShi
• Official page:

Features

• One send-or-skip opportunity after each death; the opportunity resets after revival.
• The prompt opens only while at least one other crewmate is alive.
• Messages can contain Chinese and other Unicode text. Line breaks are converted to spaces and rich-text brackets are escaped.
• Symmetrical last-words input window with a high-priority HUD banner for modded receivers.
• Red [DECEASED] Player: message presentation for full-message LastWords broadcasts.
• Configurable message length, opening delay, and transport mode.
• No fake Signal Translator unlock: vanilla-compatible broadcasts require the real ship upgrade.

Compatibility at a glance

The sender must have LastWords installed. What receivers see depends on the ship and the rest of the lobby:

| Situation | Result |

|---|---|

| The ship owns an available Signal Translator | Auto uses the vanilla signal broadcast. Modded and unmodded players can see it, but the game displays only the first 10 visible characters. |

| No Signal Translator is available, and the whole crew has the same LastWords version | Auto falls back to the LastWords network/HUD channel and sends the full configured message. |

| A receiver does not have LastWords and no Signal Translator is available | That receiver cannot see the LastWords fallback message. |

| The final living employee dies | No prompt opens. Last words are disabled after a full crew wipe. |

| Everyone dies while the prompt is open | The pending message is cancelled. |

Important: In Auto mode, owning an available Signal Translator takes priority even when everyone has the mod. That path intentionally keeps the vanilla 10-character display limit.

Installation

Mod Manager / r2modman

Select Install with Mod Manager. The declared BepInEx dependency will be installed automatically.

Manual installation

• Install BepInEx 5 for Lethal Company and launch the game once.
• Copy LastWords.dll to:

/BepInEx/plugins/LastWords/LastWords.dll

• Launch the game. Configuration is created at:

BepInEx/config/cn.lastwords.lethalcompany.cfg

Configuration

| Setting | Default | Meaning |

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

| BroadcastMode | Auto | Prefer the real Signal Translator; otherwise use the LastWords full-message fallback. |

| MaximumMessageLength | 50 | Input limit from 1 to 200. The vanilla Signal Translator still shows only the first 10 visible characters. |

| OpenDelaySeconds | 0.75 | Delay between local death detection and opening the prompt. |

| AllowWhenAllPlayersDeadForTesting | false | Development-only single-player override. Keep this disabled for normal play. |

BroadcastMode options:

• Auto — recommended; vanilla signal first, LastWords fallback otherwise.
• SignalTranslator — only use the real ship Signal Translator; no device means no broadcast.
• Chat — always use the full-message LastWords network/HUD channel; the whole crew must have the same mod version.

Known limitations

• Vanilla Signal Translator broadcasts are limited by the game to 10 visible characters and its normal cooldown.
• Unmodded receivers need the ship's real Signal Translator to see a last-words message.
• The full-message fallback requires the same LastWords version across the lobby, including the host.
• The one-message limit is designed for normal cooperative play and is not an anti-cheat system.
• Game updates may require a compatibility update. Version 0.5.5 targets the current v81-era Unity 2022/BepInEx 5 environment used during development and testing.

Troubleshooting

• The prompt