[RELz] [UTILITY] [F4SE] Autoload - Launch-to-game and bypass the main menu.

[registrator2000]

ABOUT

 

When creating mods, loading the game up again and again and clicking through the menu every time to test a mod can quickly get tiresome.

 

Autoload allows you to bypass the main menu and open-to-game with no additional clicks required. It also adds a couple of bells-and-whistles to aid you in multitasking, including flashing the window when the game has loaded, or automatically activating the game window.

 

Bethesda's plugin hotload feature is very useful, but the nature of the mods that I create often requires me to re-launch the game. I made this as a productivity tool to minimize iteration times.

 

FEATURES

• Bypass the main menu and go straight-to-game on launch.
• Load either a fixed save, or your most recent save matching certain criteria (non-autosaves only, named saves only, etc.)
• Automatically run a post-load console command to set up your character for testing (e.g. give items/materials, equip items, etc.)
• Flash or bring the Fallout 4 window to the front when the game has finished loading, so that you can work on other things during loads.
• Suppress the "Mods are loaded, achievements are disabled" message box when loading a custom-named save.
• Optionally suppress the missing content message box.

REQUIREMENTS

 

Fallout 4 v1.10.64

F4SE v0.3.0 or higher.

 

USAGE

 

Open Data\F4SE\autoload.ini to configure Autoload.

 

Here is a list of settings.

 

 

# Master control setting. Set to zero to disable.

bEnable=1

 

# Specify the save file to load, without the file extension.

# If no savefile is specified, the latest save matching the below criteria is loaded.

sFileToLoad=

 

# The following settings control the types of saves considered when loading the latest save.

# Default: 1, 1, 0, 0, 0

bLoadSaves=1

bLoadNamedSaves=1

bLoadAutosaves=0

bLoadQuicksaves=0

bLoadExitsaves=0

 

# The console command (if any) to run once the game is loaded.

sPostLoadCommand=

 

# If 1, hold the Shift key when starting the game to enable autoload.

# If 0, autoload happens automatically when the game is started. Hold Shift to temporarily disable autoloading.

# Default: 0

bHoldShiftToAutoload=0

 

# Controls whether the Fallout 4 window should be automatically brought to the front when the game finishes loading.

# Default: 0

bFocusOnLoad=0

 

# Controls whether the Fallout 4 window should flash in your taskbar when the game finishes loading.

# Default: 0

bFlashOnLoad=0

 

# Suppresses the "Mods are currently loaded, achievements are disabled" dialog box when loading a custom-named save game.

# Default: 1

bSuppressAchievementsWarning=1

 

# Suppresses the missing content dialog box when loading a game without having the mods that it was saved with.

# Default: 0

bSuppressMissingContentWarning=0

 

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• You can configure the action to take when holding down the Shift key when the game starts. By default, this will skip autoload. You can also set it to autoload only if you have the Shift key held down.
• Hold the Shift key when loading a save to make that save the autoloaded savegame in future loads.

CREDITS

 

The F4SE team, for F4SE.

Thanks to tim-timman for introducing the concept of instant-loading to me!

I (and possibly you) would still be clicking through menus otherwise.

 

DOWNLOAD

All releases: Github Releases

Latest automatic build: Appveyor

 

SOURCE CODE

Github

 

OLDER VERSIONS

Autoload v1.4 for game version v1.10.64.

Autoload v1.3 for game version v1.10.50.

Autoload v1.2 for game version v1.10.26.

Autoload v0.9 for game version v1.9.4.

[registrator2000]

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[WhiskeyRiver2]

Quick question - is it possible to run more than one post-load console command automatically (specifically both the "tcai" and "cl off" commands), or would I be better off adding that to my Fallout 4 Custom .ini via the "sStartingConsoleCommand" function?

[registrator2000]

sPostLoadCommand will accept the same syntax as sStartingConsoleCommand, just use semicolons to separate commands. i.e. tcai;cl off

 

You can also run a batch file with the bat <filename> command.

 

The difference is that sStartingConsoleCommand runs at the main menu (before your character loads) so you can't use it to set up gear and make character-specific changes, whereas sPostLoadCommand will run after your character is loaded.

[WhiskeyRiver2]

Oh nice, didn't think to try the syntax. Thanks for the quick answer, the utility, and all your other mods.

[SmithyPete]

Sweet! It DOES get tiring of click, wait, click, wait, click, click, click. Hehe. Thanks for sharing this!

[Attackpony]

Will this F4SE create dependencies when used to launch a mod?

[Attackpony]

And how to install it? (The autoloader part)

[scrivener07]

Ive been using this since you posted it on the discord chat and it has worked flawlessly! This mod has reduced so much of the pain associated with testing a mod ingame. This will be a main stay in my developer environment for now on. Thank you for executing and sharing such a wonderful idea!

[scrivener07]

Will this F4SE create dependencies when used to launch a mod?

No, this tool is for launching a save game. This tool does not modify existing mods and existing mods do not need to be modified to use it, in fact mods have nothing to do with this mod. This tool allows you to autoload a save game without navigating the main menu.

 

Install it like you would with any other F4SE plugin.

Data\F4SE\Plugins\autoload.dll
Data\F4SE\autoload.ini