VanillaPlus

Patch for Northstar.Client to enable client-side mods on official servers.

Troubleshooting

A page explaining how to solve most of the common issues with Vanilla+: https://github.com/NachosChipeados/NP.VanillaPlus/blob/main/FAQ.md

Installation

THIS MOD HAS A NON-STANDARD INSTALL PROCESS!

If you installed an older version of the mod, delete it before installing the new one! If you still have a version with Northstar.Client installed in the mods directory, or a version thats called NanohmProtogen-VanillaPlus, delete those too!

Video tutorial, in case you prefer that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlADmc46tMQ (though i still recommend reading the rest of the steps mentioned here, just in case!)

1.) Install Northstar if you don't already have it

2.) Create a folder in your Titanfall2 Directory called R2Titanfall

3.) Inside of that folder, create a folder called packages

4.) Place the unzipped Thunderstore download of Vanilla+ in the packages folder, and extract it

5.) The file structure should look like this:

Titanfall2
  R2Titanfall
    packages
      NachosChipeados-VanillaPlus-2.5.1
        mods
          NP.VanillaPlus

(Titanfall2/R2Titanfall/packages/NachosChipeados-VanillaPlus-2.5.1/mods/NP.VanillaPlus)

Note that the folder in packages is NOT a .zip file. If the file path looks like this: R2Titanfall/packages/NP.VanillaPlus, then you didn't install Vanilla+ correctly.

Launching

There are multiple ways you can launch this profile. You only need to do one of these, and it's recommended you do A.

A.) Add -northstar -vanilla -profile=R2Titanfall as launch options to Titanfall 2 on Steam or EA, then launch Titanfall 2 from either launcher (recommended, as this will count hours and achievements, where as a .bat won't)

B.)

• On steam, on the bottom left of your library click Add a Game -> Add a Non-Steam Game -> Browse, and locate your Titanfall2 Directory.

• After you do this, select Titanfall2.exe and click Add selected Programs. This will create an extra Titanfall2 entry in your library.

• Right click on this new entry, and rename it to Titanfall 2: Vanilla+. Then, add -northstar -vanilla -profile=R2Titanfall as launch options for it. This will allow you to launch regular Titanfall 2, and Vanilla+ separately, as well as count hours and achievements.

Do note that there's a chance the game won't launch, without giving you any signs or errors, because the EA app is hot garbage. If this happens, keep trying to launch until it finally lets you in.

C.)

• Create a file called R2Titanfall.txt in your Titanfall2 folder, then put the following text in it:

NorthstarLauncher.exe -northstar -vanilla -profile=R2Titanfall

• Now save it and rename it to R2Titanfall.bat

• Double click R2Titanfall.bat to launch the Vanilla+ profile we just made. Open the EA App first if you use this method, otherwise it most likely won't work.

Installing additional mods

An easy way to install mods can be done by simply downloading a mod off of Thunderstore, unzipping the downloaded file, then placing that folder (usually named something like NachosChipeados-VanillaPlus-2.5.1, for example) inside the R2Titanfall/packages directory. Create it if it doesn't exist.

Alternatively, you can follow the guide for installing mods in the mods directory.

DO NOT install mods into R2Titanfall/packages/NachosChipeados-VanillaPlus-2.5.1/mods. That's NOT the right folder.

For both ways, remember to also download dependencies listed in the mod page (ignore Mod Settings if it's listed)

2.5.0

• Use tabs for indentation
• Add Spectre rodeo, in-game server browser and better server browser warning
• Hide a few Vanilla+ convars that are only used internally
• Update Discord RPC stuff

2.4.4

• Removed "Easier Alternative Install Method" from README.md
• (Hopefully) better clarified Thunderstore install instructions

2.4.3

• Added chatroom.nut from Northstar
• Moved fontfiletable.txt to keyvalues
• Added NSGetModDownloadLinkByName error to FAQ.md
• Added extra launch option to README.md
• Updated links in README.md to point to the new wiki
• Updated github links to point to this repo

2.4.2

• Updated to handle Northstar`s mod info refactor

2.4.1

• Add warning to migrate to -vanilla if the user is still on -norestrictservercommands

2.4

• Update VanillaPlus to use -vanilla as -norestrictservercommands is deprecated
• Remove DT fov mod warning
• Clean up some unused code
• Fix core mod warning not going away

2.3

• Re-add files to make mods such as Khalmee's Speech Bubbles work
• Fix error introduced by plugins v3 in Northstar

2.2

• Fix Mod Settings not showing up in the in game menu
• Re-add slightly modified _items.nut from Northstar.CustomServers for some mods that use its functions (the one brought to my attention being Blue Fire)
• Make Vanilla+ convars save to profile.cfg (so they don't need to be set every time... I should've done this originally...)

2.1

• Fix infinite connecting bug introduced in 2.0
• Allow user to disable main menu promos (in mod settings)
• Allow user to change Vanilla+ logo transparency (in mod settings)

2.0

• Rework/rewrite of VanillaPlus
• Restore FD functionality
• Add safeio support
• Fix most auth errors
• Check for incompatible mods and warn the user if they have one
• Independent of Northstar.Client (~35 unused files for Vanilla no longer load)

1.1

• Include rich presence in the VanillaPlus GitHub release

1.0

• First version of the mod, using Northstar.Client alongside the mod to load