LethalTV

Play your own videos on the ship TV in place of the vanilla clips.

• Only the host needs the videos. Everyone needs the mod. Players who don't have a video download it from the host automatically, over the game's own connection. Downloads are cached, so the next session starts right away.
• Synced for everyone. The host decides what's on and everyone sees the same video at the same point. It works like live TV: videos keep playing while the TV is off, then move on to the next one.
• Vanilla controls still work. Press E on the TV to turn it on or off, like normal.
• TV remote (new). Use the keybinds below anywhere in the ship, or within 20 m of the TV:

To rebind these, go to Settings → Change Keybinds.

Host setup

1. Put your videos in Videos\LethalTV (for example C:\Users\<you>\Videos\LethalTV). The folder is created the first time you launch with the mod. To use a different folder, set VideoFolder in BepInEx/config/brant.LethalTV.cfg.
2. Use H.264 video with AAC audio in an .mp4 for best results. .webm, .mov, .m4v, .wmv, .avi, .mpg and .ogv might also work. The log tells you if a file can't be played.
3. Host a lobby. Videos play in file name order. Set Shuffle = true to shuffle them instead.

Smaller files reach your friends faster. 720p at a few Mbps works well. Files you add while the game is running show up the next time you host.

Config (brant.LethalTV.cfg)

Downloaded videos are stored in BepInEx/LethalTV/Cache.

Notes

• If the host has no videos, the TV plays the vanilla clips. The volume remote still works.
• While a video is still downloading, your TV screen stays dark. Look at the TV to see progress in its tooltip.
• The LAN mode transport is much slower at sending files than Steam lobbies.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Videos now stream live from the host instead of downloading.
  • Players only hold a few seconds of video in memory. Nothing is saved to the drive.
  • Players only receive video while their TV is on and they're not inside the facility, so the host uploads much less than before.
  • The picture shows up a few seconds after you turn the TV on, even partway through a video.
• Everyone (host and players) must update. 1.1.0 doesn't work with 1.0.x.
• Only .mp4, .m4v and .mov files are supported now. Other formats are skipped, and the log tells you to convert them.
• The old download cache (BepInEx/LethalTV/Cache) is deleted automatically.
• Config changes:
  • New: StreamUploadCapKBps (host, default no cap) and BufferSeconds (player, default 10).
  • Removed: UploadLimitKBps, UploadLimitDuringRoundKBps, DownloadWholePlaylist, MaxCacheMB and MaxVideoMB.
• Added an AI disclosure to the README.

1.0.1

• Fixed lag and delayed voice chat while videos are being sent to other players.
  • Transfers now slow down by themselves as soon as they start adding delay to the connection.
  • Removed the Steam networking changes that let large amounts of video data queue up.
  • The default upload limit is now 512 KB/s in orbit and 160 KB/s while landed. These replace the old MaxUploadKBps setting.
• Players now download only the current and next video by default. Set DownloadWholePlaylist to download everything.
• Works with players still on 1.0.0. Only the host needs 1.0.1 for the lag fix.

1.0.0

• First release.
• The host's own videos play on the ship TV in place of the vanilla clips.
• Players without a video download it from the host automatically. Downloads are checked and cached.
• Playback is synced: everyone sees the same video at the same point.
• New TV remote keybinds: power, next/previous video, and per-player volume and mute.