Gadget Quick Use

Gadget Quick Use

OpenRAC mod that allows you to use the Swingshot, Trespasser, and Hydrodisplacer without equipping them first, like in later Ratchet & Clank games.

How it works

In Ratchet & Clank, Trespasser pads, Hydrodisplacer faucets and Swingshot Versa-Targets are only usable when the respective gadget is already equipped. Later games fixed this inconvenience. This mod does what later games do: if you own the gadget and the pad or the node can be used, you can just use it! For Trespasser pads and Hydrodisplacer faucets, the launcher setting Use button chooses which button to use. You'll see a native button prompt when you stand on a pad or faucet, provided you own the gadget and can use it in that situation.

The green glow on a pad or faucet is the game's own. Every other retail condition still applies, so a Hydrodisplacer faucet stays red when the tank is full on a fill-only pad or empty on an drain-only pad. A Swingshot node still has to pass the game's own grapple checks. Already holding the gadget leaves the button alone. Not owning it, and a solved Trespasser pad, stay as they were.

There's also a Skip Hydrodisplacer camera setting. Turn it on, and the Hydrodisplacer sequence that pans the camera across the body of water is skipped. The tank still fills or empties as normal.

Building

Building the mod requires Python 3 and some common build tools: CMake, Ninja, and a compiler (Xcode's command-line tools on macOS, build-essential on Linux, Visual Studio with "Desktop development with C++" on Windows).

Once you've installed the required dependencies, clone this repository to get started:

git clone https://github.com/ParadoxEpoch/rac1-gadget-quick-use.git
cd rac1-gadget-quick-use

Then, download the pinned OpenRAC SDK:

python3 tools/fetch_sdk.py

Finally, build and package the mod:

cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja
cmake --build build --target gadget_quick_use
python3 .sdk/openrac-mod-sdk-*/tools/package_mod.py build/package/gadget_quick_use

The compiled mod will be in dist/gadget-quick-use-<version>-<platform>.zip.

You can then install the packaged mod in the OpenRAC Launcher by dragging the zip file onto the Add a mod field in the Mods tab.