BugFixesAndQoL Plugin

This plugin introduces several bug fixes and quality of life improvements for the game Etherium. It patches issues related to the multiplayer NAT facilitator, movie handling, game state machines, and more, while also allowing configuration changes.

Features

• Automatically deletes AVProWindowsMedia-x64.dll to prevent tutorial crashes.
• Provides patches to prevent the game from double-destroying movies, avoiding related crashes.
• Adds configuration options to modify NAT Facilitator IP and Port for multiplayer.
• Patches several in-game state machines to avoid crashes related to uninitialized states.
• Option to end the player's turn automatically after an invasion is completed.

Latest Version

• Currently the latest publicly available version is 1.4.0
• The version currently being developed is 1.5.0

Installation

1. Download and install BepInEx for Etherium.
2. Place the plugin's .dll file in the BepInEx/plugins folder.

Configuration

Once the plugin is installed, a configuration file will be generated in the BepInEx/config folder. You can adjust the following settings:

Config Key	Default Value	Description
General.EndTurnOnInvade	true	Automatically end the player's turn after completing an invasion.
Multiplayer.NatFacilitatorIP	"127.0.0.1"	The IP address for the NAT Facilitator server.
Multiplayer.NatFacilitatorPort	50005	The port for the NAT Facilitator server.

Patches

Movie Handling

The plugin patches the Scaleform.Movie.Destroy and Scaleform.Movie.Finalize methods to prevent double-destroy issues that can cause crashes.

State Machines

Patches the StateFSM_Deploy, HFSMState, and FiniteStateMachine classes to prevent crashes when certain game states are uninitialized.

Score Screen

The GUIScaleformScoreScreen class is patched to avoid crashes related to uninitialized InitParams or improper state flags.

Singleplayer Campaign

If the EndTurnOnInvade configuration is enabled, the player's turn will automatically end after a successful invasion during a campaign.

How It Works

• The plugin uses the Harmony library to patch existing methods in the game's code.
• Upon launch, the plugin checks for and removes AVProWindowsMedia-x64.dll, which is known to cause crashes during the tutorial.
• It also modifies the NAT Facilitator server address and port according to the user-defined configuration.

Compatibility

• Game: Etherium
• Requires: BepInEx 5.x

Known Issues

• None at the moment.

Logging

The plugin logs important information to the BepInEx log file, You can find the logs in the BepInEx/LogOutput.log file. The game logs are located in the Etherium_Data/output_log.txt file.

Credits

• Developer: LostGameDev
• Frameworks Used: BepInEx, Harmony

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.