REPOPingSystem

R.E.P.O. Ping System

Adds a team communication ping system to R.E.P.O., inspired by Fortnite and PEAK.

Features

• Quick Ping: Middle click to place a marker where you're looking
• Smart Detection: Automatically detects what you're pinging:
• Walls/floors/cart = Go Here (blue)
• Items/valuables = Loot (green)
• Enemies = Enemy (orange)
• Radial Wheel: Hold middle click to choose from 4 ping types manually (Go Here, Danger, Enemy, Loot)
• 3D Preview: When pinging items, enemies, or the cart, a lit 3D preview appears inside the ping marker
• Object Tracking: Pings follow moving objects (enemies walking, items being carried, cart moving)
• Arm Pointing: Other players see your right arm point at the ping location for 1 second
• Multiplayer Sync: All players see pings, previews, tracking, and arm pointing in real time
• Audio Feedback: Each ping type has a distinct sound (only heard within 20m)
• Auto-fade: Pings last 4 seconds with a smooth fade out
• Screen-Space Rendering: Pings render as screen indicators, visible within 15m
• Distance Display: Shows how far you are from each ping
• Fully Configurable: All settings adjustable via BepInEx config (F1 with ConfigurationManager)

Controls

• Middle click (quick): Place a ping (type auto-detected)
• Middle click (hold): Open radial wheel to select ping type manually
• Right click: Cancel radial wheel
• Release on center: Cancel selection

How It Works

• Aim at any surface, item, or enemy
• Quick click middle mouse for an auto-detected ping
• Hold middle mouse to open the selection wheel for manual type selection
• Move your mouse to the desired ping type and release
• The ping appears where you were aiming when you first pressed the button
• Pings follow moving objects and are visible within 15m
• All players with the mod see the ping, including 3D preview, tracking, and arm pointing

Installation

Install via Gale, r2modman, or Mod Manager. Manual: copy REPOPingMod.dll to BepInEx/plugins.

Requires: BepInEx 5.x, REPOLib 3.x

Changelog

0.3.0

• Improved item/enemy/cart detection: now uses GetComponentInParent (same as the game) instead of limited depth search
• Fixes items not being detected as Loot on modded valuables with deep prefab hierarchies
• Verified against 801 objects: ~697 valuables, ~75 items, 29 enemy types, 2 carts, 0 false positives

0.2.1

• Async preview rendering: preview capture spread across 5 frames (no more freezing)
• Uses RenderTexture directly (no ReadPixels GPU stall)
• Previews now work on received pings without freezing
• Rate limiter: max 1 ping per player per 0.5 seconds
• Disable instead of destroy components on clone (no dependency errors)

0.2.0

• Arm pointing: other players see your right arm point at the ping for 1 second
• Uses the game's spring physics system for smooth arm animation
• Harmony patch on PlayerAvatarRightArm for multiplayer sync

0.1.1

• Object tracking: pings follow moving items, enemies, and cart
• Audio range limit: ping sounds only heard within 20m
• Cart preview: full cart rendered even when pinging the handle
• Improved clone cleanup: 10-pass loop with try/catch eliminates dependency errors
• Ping duration reduced to 4 seconds

0.1.0

• Multiplayer preview sync: other players see the 3D preview via object name matching
• Object name sent over network for exact identification

0.0.3

• Smart auto-detection: items = Loot, enemies = Enemy, walls = Go Here
• Cart detected as Go Here with 3D preview
• Enemy pinging with 3D preview (safe cloning)
• Fixed clone crash with enemy scripts
• Fixed player grab colliders being pinged when crouching

0.0.2

• Screen-space rendering (no distance limit)
• Only visible within 15m range
• Distance display on pings
• Lit item preview with studio lighting
• Doors are now pingeable

0.0.1

• Initial release