SSyl

I take things apart to see how they work.
Sometimes I put them back together better.

About

I'm a Canadian-American with a habit of taking things apart to see how they work. I've been at it since I was sneaking Doom onto my grandparents' DOS machine they used for accounting. They didn't know. It ran great.

Professionally (if you can call me that), I started out in web development and QA, worked as a system administrator managing servers and databases, and have been building PCs since I was a kid. These days I mostly write game mods - digging into game engines, writing tools, and occasionally patching the modding frameworks themselves when something breaks.

I also run a homelab and a couple of VPSs. I tell myself it's to save money, but usually it costs more in time spent and often in dollars too, but where's the fun if you don't make it your own at least a little bit? Jack of all trades, master of null (or nil?).

Projects

Game Modding

Abiotic Factor

active

Multiple mods built on the UE4SS scripting framework. The main one, Rebiotic Recalibration, bundles 15+ configurable QoL tweaks, visual enhancements, and bug fixes into a single package - things like ammo counters, distribution pad indicators, teleporter labels, and vehicle headlight toggles. Also maintain several standalone mods and contribute bug reproductions and stability patches back to the UE4SS framework itself.

  • Lua
  • UE4SS
  • Unreal Engine 5

Skyrim Special Edition

maintained

Armor Rating Redux SE - an SKSE64 DLL plugin that replaces Skyrim's armor rating system with a Morrowind-inspired formula. Removes the vanilla armor cap and provides better scaling at all levels. I took over as maintainer, porting it to Special Edition and keeping it updated.

  • C++
  • Papyrus
  • SKSE64

Oblivion Remastered

Defogger lets you customize fog density separately for outdoors, interiors, caves, and Oblivion realms. Also published an optimized WindowsEngine.ini with tuned settings for better performance without sacrificing visual quality.

  • Lua
  • UE4SS
  • INI Tweaks

Valheim

2021

4 mods: Whetstone, FishFood, ToastyTorches, CustomDoF

  • C#
  • BepInEx

7 Days to Die

2020

6 mods: Meaningful Death, Weapon Balance, Better Horns, Amplified Magnum, Helmet Lights, Toolbelt Patch

  • XML

Don't Starve Together

2016

3 mods: Beefalo Horns Without Harm, Unburnable Beefalo, Willow's Infinite Lighter

  • Lua

Tools & Utilities

Rainmeter HWiNFO Skin

Custom Rainmeter skin that pulls real-time CPU, GPU, RAM, and network data from HWiNFO sensors. Frosted-glass UI designed to sit on the desktop without getting in the way.

  • Rainmeter
  • HWiNFO

UESP Wiki Redirector

fork

Browser extension that automatically redirects Elder Scrolls Fandom/Wikia links to the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) - the community-preferred wiki with better information and fewer ads.

  • JavaScript
  • Browser Extension

Brogrammer Theme

fork

Fork of the Brogrammer color scheme, a flat dark theme. Ported and maintained for Sublime Text 4 and VS Code.

  • Sublime Text
  • VS Code