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STOBE Kenshi Settings

STOBE does not use the old Skyrim-style settings page structure that this section used before. The current Kenshi mod has a small set of real in-game windows: the AI Panel, the Plugin Settings window, and the MOTD window.

AI Panel

The first in-game STOBE menu is the left-side panel opened by the STOBE settings key. It shows your current menu key and chat key, then gives you four buttons.

  • Menu Key / Chat Hotkey display: The panel shows the current keys at the top so you can confirm your bindings in game.
  • Stobe NPCs: Opens the in-game NPC detail browser.
  • Stobe Diaries: Opens the in-game diary browser.
  • Settings: Opens the real STOBE settings window.
  • MOTD: Opens the welcome and status window.

Plugin Settings

This is the main STOBE settings window in Kenshi. These are the actual settings the mod exposes in code.

  • STOBE Settings Key: The key that opens and closes the STOBE menu. Current choices are =, F7, F8, F11, F12, O, [, and ].
  • Chat Hotkey: The quick chat input key. Current choices are /, -, ., [, ], O, and P.
  • Default Chat Mode: The normal starting mode for STOBE chat. Current choices are chat, whisper, shout, cheat, and narrator.
  • Talk Radius: Normal conversation distance.
  • Shout Radius: Larger distance for louder speech.
  • TTS Volume: Voice playback volume from 0 to 100.
  • Bored Event Range: How far away STOBE can look for ambient bored-event chatter.
  • Bored Event Timer: How often bored events are allowed to happen, in in-game hours.
  • Dynamic Profile Timer: How often dynamic NPC profile updates can happen, in in-game hours.
  • Auto Chat: Lets STOBE keep conversations flowing more automatically.
  • Bored Events: Turns ambient idle conversations on or off.
  • Regular Dialogue: Toggles regular dialogue capture support.
  • Animal Talks: Enables animal conversation support.
  • TTS: Turns generated voice playback on or off.
  • Speed Dialogue: Uses the faster dialogue mode.
  • Speaker Mode: Chooses between Nearest to Target and First Squad Member.

The settings window also shows a range hint in game: ~10 units is about 1 meter, and whisper mode stays fixed at 20 units.

Settings Window Actions

The bottom row of the STOBE settings window has four action buttons.

  • Save Settings: Writes the current settings into StobeCustom.ini.
  • Open Mod Folder: Opens the local mods\Stobe folder.
  • Open Server Folder: Opens the current WSL StobeServer folder.
  • Open server page: Opens the StobeServer home page in your browser.

INI-Backed Mod Settings

STOBE also stores a few mod-side values in Stobe.ini and StobeCustom.ini. Some are edited through the UI, and some mainly matter for setup.

  • ServerHost: The server address STOBE talks to. Local installs normally keep this at 127.0.0.1.
  • ServerPort: The default STOBE server port is 8083.
  • EnableMOTD: Controls whether the MOTD popup is enabled.
  • GeneralHotkey, ChatHotkey, ChatMode, AutoChat, AnimalTalks, UseNearestPlayerSpeaker, TalkRadius, ShoutRadius, TTSVolume, TtsEnabled, Speed Dialogue, EnableRegularDialogueCapture, BoredEventTimerHours, DynamicProfileIntervalHours, EnableBoredEventConversations: These are the current saved gameplay settings behind the in-game UI.

What Was Removed

The old Kenshi Settings page was still describing a large CHIM and Skyrim-style settings layout with many sections that do not exist in the STOBE Kenshi mod.

The current STOBE source of truth is the small in-game window set above, plus the STOBE INI files that back those controls.