Multiplayer crew manager

Link to the sources on GitHub for anyone interested: link

Thinking about adding MCM to your ongoing campaign? Read the thread below

Adding MCM to an ongoing campaign

Features

• For the mod to work, the server must use the Lua executable file
• All game clients, without exception, must be patched with client-side Lua files
• The mod accepts commands from the chat (not from the F3 console). Mod commands start with the word 'mcm'
• Mod works ONLY in multiplayer campaign
• In order for players to appear in the game in the middle of a round, the administrator must enable autospawn of players: mcm client autospawn true, or spawn them manually: mcm spawn <id>. To get the player's id, type: mcm list
• If secure mode is enabled, only administrators can freely switch between characters
• Crew reserve feature allow you to load/unload characters at any time during the campaign. Check the details on the update notes.

Description

Got only a few friends that you want to play Barotrauma with, but the Bots make game less tolerable? Well worry no more! Kinda ...

Multiplayer crew manager is a modification that makes Multiplayer Campaign play something more similar to the Singleplayer one, in terms that:

• Directly controllable bot crew-mates (all crew members are AI controlled bots, that can be possessed by client player)
• Crew information panel now also used to switch between crew characters by clicking on them (Full installation needed, see Client-side lua installation)
• Server CHAT commands that allows more in-depth control of campaign (especially for server admins), just type in chat mcm or mcm help
• Can user mcm release to spectate, or for admins mcm release <client_id> to free characters from AFK players
• Enable secure mode if you playing with unfamiliar players to prevent them to gain control between the characters and ruin the game

To keep in mind

• To run this mod, as every other LuaCs mod, you must select LuaForBarotrauma server executable in 'Host Server' menu.
• ALWAYS keep your campaign files backed up
• Be careful with new respawning mechanic, when doing a level transition. Dead bots don't respawn. Character killed count as bots if you play another character whilst your main is dead! To avoid that, look for other mods
• Campaign most probably cannot be converted back, without manual editing (xml file), or in-game shenanigans
• Every bot, new hire and player is saved into _CharacterData.xml
• Respawns are turned off by default, to turn them on use: mcm respawn set true
• Respawn interval and maxtransporttime refers to timeout on first person dead and time to arrive to main sub on respawn shuttle.
• Secure mode is disabled by default. Use mcm secure and mcm secure true/false to check and toggle it.

Client-side lua installation

• Install Lua For Barotrauma mod
• In the settings mod menu enable LuaForBarotrauma.
• In multiplayer select 'Host Server', select LuaForBarotrauma executable.
• While in the hosting menu open the console window (most commonly F3)
• Type in or copy, then execute the console command: install_cl_lua
• Restart the game

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