The Gold Mod

Added

• PrevCreatureKey and NextCreatureKey settings in settings.txt (default [ and ]) for cycling between creature forms in test mode
• Dynamic keybind system in main.lua with a VK lookup table (_VK) for punctuation keys that UE4SS cannot resolve by name, covering `[ ] ; ' , . / \ - = ``
• ResolveKey(name) helper that checks _VK before falling back to Key[name], used for all six configurable keybinds
• Prev Creature and Next Creature rows in the TheGoldModSettings ImGui overlay panel, matching the new settings keys
• Corresponding fields (prevCreatureKey, nextCreatureKey) and char buffers in the GMSettings struct, LoadSettings, SaveSettings, RenderContent, and SyncCustomBufs in dllmain.cpp

Changed

• Settings file renamed from settings.ini to settings.txt across all locations (mod requirement)
• LoadSettings() in main.lua now trims trailing whitespace and carriage returns from values using (.-)%s*$, preventing parse failures on Windows line endings
• SaveSettings() in dllmain.cpp now writes to settings.txt instead of settings.ini
• [ ] creature cycle keybinds changed from hardcoded VK codes 219/221 to ResolveKey(_PREV_KEY) / ResolveKey(_NEXT_KEY), making them fully configurable via settings

Fixed

• Crash occurring 2-10 seconds after transforming into a creature (UWEAnimNotify_AbilityNotify / SN2AnimNotify_ShapeOverlap native access violation on the game thread)
  • AI controller is now destroyed after UnPossess() instead of left alive, removing it from the UWEAIControllerTicker registry
  • SetAnimationMode(0) (AnimationSingleNode) is called on the puppet mesh via GetMesh() immediately after spawn, disabling AnimBlueprint evaluation so no AnimNotifies can fire
  • Fixed mesh access: puppet:GetMesh() (UFUNCTION call) is used instead of puppet.Mesh (property access), which returned nil for spawned creature Blueprint actors in UE4SS