The Problem
Building game mods means restarting the game every time you want to test a change. For games with long load times, this adds up fast. Each iteration becomes a minutes-long loop: change → restart → load → test → repeat.
PluginReloader breaks that cycle.
What It Does
Press a hotkey. Your plugin reloads instantly. No restart, no lost progress, no waiting.
It works for both client mods and dedicated servers, making it useful whether you're developing locally or testing on a remote server.
Key Features
- Hot-reload plugins: Press the configured hotkey (
F6by default) to reload all client plugins instantly - Server reload: Drop a file named
reloadintoBepInEx/PluginReloader/to trigger a server-side plugin reload, no terminal access required - Hot-reload configs: Reload configuration files at runtime with a separate hotkey
- Works across games: Any BepInEx-compatible game benefits from this
Installation
- Install BepInEx Bleeding Edge
- Extract
PluginReloader.zipinto(GameFolder)/BepInEx/plugins/PluginReloader/ - Launch the game once to generate the config file
Configuration
Two hotkeys, both configurable:
- Reload plugins: default
F6 - Reload configs: configurable in
PluginReloader.cfg
If you develop BepInEx mods and you're not using PluginReloader, you're losing time with every single change you test.
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