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About this mod
Please switch to BLSE if possible!
Heavily extends the native launcher.
Adds support for community used metadata that fixes sorting issues with mod load order! It will sort correctly Harmony, UIExtender, ButterLib and MCM.
Also automatically unblocks .dll files if enabled.
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- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
We will maintain BUTRLoader as long as it's possible. We do encourage to switch to BLSE!
Sources available at GitHub!
Features
BUTRLoader consists of two parts- BUTRLoader itself and LauncherEx.
BUTRLoader expands the game launch with the following features:
LauncherEx is the UI module. It expands the native launcher with the following features:
Installation
Download the file and extract it's contents into the game's root folder (e.g.
Uninstallation
Remove Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.dll, Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.pdb and TaleWorlds.MountAndBlade.Launcher.exe.config
Troubleshooting
Unblocking DLL's
You may need to right click on Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.dll file, click Properties, and click Unblock if you extracted the zip file with Windows Explorer or other programs that try to secure extracted files.
For Translators
The translation files are hardcoded into BUTRLoader! We use Crowdin, so you can contribute there!
For Modders
BUTRLoader adds support for a new tag
Sources available at GitHub!
Features
BUTRLoader consists of two parts- BUTRLoader itself and LauncherEx.
BUTRLoader expands the game launch with the following features:
- Interceptor - BUTRLoader checks if the is a class with a custom attribute named BUTRLoaderInterceptorAttribute. If it's found it checks if there are the following signatures:
- void OnInitializeSubModulesPrefix() - will execute just before the game starts to initialize the SubModules. This gives us the ability to add SubModules declared in other programming languages like Python and Lua
- void OnLoadSubModulesPostfix() - will execute just after all SubModules were initialized
LauncherEx is the UI module. It expands the native launcher with the following features:
- Option Tab - provides Game and Engine options, plus the following Launcher options:
- Extended Sorting - the launcher now respects the community metadata when sorting. Enabled by default.
- Compact Module List - allows a more compact display of the Module List. Disabled by default.
- Fix Common Issues - the launcher checks if 0Harmony.dll is present in the main /bin folder. If there is one, will prompt the user whether to delete it.
- File Unblocking - the launcher will unblock the .dll's if they are locked itself. Enabled by default.
- Beta Sorting - uses the new algoritm for sorting modules. Tries to respect existing load order when applying a new load order.
- Big Mode - extends the height of the Native Launcher window.
- Save Sub Tab - shows all available saves, some metadata, plus their load order. Allows to continue a specific save and to import/export a save's load order.
- Scrollbar - the launcher before e1.7.2 didn't had a way to scroll without the mouse wheel. We added a scrollbar to fix this.
- Enable/Disable All Mods Checkbox - added the ability to enable and disable all mods with one click.
- Resort Modules Button - will forcefully reset the module list and force the raw loaded list to be sorted.
- Expanded Dependencies Hint - added our community metadata to be displayed in the Hints added in e1.7.0.
- Issue Hint System - the launcher displays an arrow that when expanded, will display why a mod can't be enabled. The issue can be a wrong dependency module version, binary incompatibility with the current game version
Binary Compatibility Check - the launcher will check whether the are ABI issues in the module with the current game version. ABI issues mean the module won't work in the game and will need a new updated version.- Import/Export Mod List - provides a way to export and import Mod Lists with the correct load order and module versions. If a module version is incorrect, with highlight that.
- Supports Mod Organizer 2 - full support for MO2 with its virtual FS
Installation
Download the file and extract it's contents into the game's root folder (e.g.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mount & Blade II Bannerlord).Uninstallation
Remove Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.dll, Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.pdb and TaleWorlds.MountAndBlade.Launcher.exe.config
Troubleshooting
Unblocking DLL's
You may need to right click on Bannerlord.BUTRLoader.dll file, click Properties, and click Unblock if you extracted the zip file with Windows Explorer or other programs that try to secure extracted files.
For Translators
The translation files are hardcoded into BUTRLoader! We use Crowdin, so you can contribute there!
For Modders
BUTRLoader adds support for a new tag
DependedModuleMetadatas that allows you to better define your load order, see the example below<DependedModuleMetadatas>
<!-- order: [ "LoadBeforeThis", "LoadAfterThis" ] -->
<!-- optional: [ "true", "false" ] -->
<!-- version: [ "e1.0.0.0", "e1.*", "e1.0.*", "e1.0.0.*" ] -->
<!-- incompatible: [ "true", "false" ] -->
<DependedModuleMetadata id="Bannerlord.Harmony" order="LoadBeforeThis" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="Native" order="LoadAfterThis" version="e1.4.3.*" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="SandBoxCore" order="LoadAfterThis" version="e1.5.*" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="Sandbox" order="LoadAfterThis" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="StoryMode" order="LoadAfterThis" version="e1.*" optional="true" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="CustomBattle" order="LoadAfterThis" optional="true" />
<DependedModuleMetadata id="MyCustomMod" incompatible="true" />
</DependedModuleMetadatas>