Your survivor
God mode, one hit KO, near death, poison, infection, super strength, noodle arms, low gravity, invisible and fish-eye or tunnel vision.
Getting started Automatic mod
The Forest
Your chat takes over the island: they drop cannibals and mutants with their name on top, empty your backpack, gift you a chainsaw and change the weather, the time and gravity.
5Steps
8Effect types
5Answered questions
A GIFT'S JOURNEY
How a gift reaches the game
Four stops, in under a second.
A viewer sends a gift
From TikTok, Twitch, Kick, YouTube or Starvios: a gift, a follow, likes or a chat command.
OverInteractive
Receives the event, checks your active profile for the matching effect and sends it.
The Forest mod
A mod the app installs with BepInEx in the game folder that runs every effect inside your save.
The Forest · your save
The effect shows up in your game instantly; enemies arrive with the name of whoever sent them.
STEP BY STEP
Getting started
Everything happens from the game's status bar, at the bottom of the app.
- 1
The app finds your game
It detects The Forest on Steam. If it lives somewhere else, press «Set path» in the bar below and pick the folder.
- 2
Install the mod in one click
Press «Install mod» with the game closed. The app downloads BepInEx, the standard mod loader for Unity games, and drops the OverInteractive mod in its folder. No original file is touched.
- 3
Open The Forest
Press «Launch game» or open it from Steam as usual. BepInEx loads the mod on its own when the game starts.
- 4
Wait for «Connected»
Once the game finishes starting, the bar below switches to «Connected». Load your save and from then on every gift reaches the game.
- 5
Choose what each gift does
In «Profiles» create an example one in a click or build your own: each gift, follow or chat command fires the effect you pick.
EFFECTS
What your chat can do
Each effect is assigned to a gift, a follow, likes or a chat command.
Survival
Hunger, thirst and sanity going up or down in one go.
Cannibals and mutants
Painted, masked or dynamite cannibals, whole families, Armsy, Virginia, Cowman… or set them on fire and wipe them all out.
Wildlife
Rabbits, deer, boars, crocodiles, a random animal, «Open the Zoo» or a boar stampede.
The island
Rain, storm, instant sunrise or nightfall, slow motion, higher or lower difficulty, teleports, clear-cutting the forest or instant building.
Backpack
Give or take an item, knock the one in your hand loose, a random weapon, steal a weapon or empty the whole backpack.
Weapons
Chainsaw, katana, machete, crossbow, modern bow, molotov, dynamite, flare gun and all the rest.
Gear
Flashlight, lighter, map, walkie-talkie, rebreather, bone armor or stealth armor.
IMPORTANT
Before you go live
Effects need gameplay
You need a loaded save, the survivor alive, the inventory closed and no cutscene playing. In the menu the effect is not applied.
If you have MelonLoader
MelonLoader and BepInEx can't start together in this game. When installing, the app sets MelonLoader aside (it renames it, it doesn't delete it) so the mod loads. If it comes back, the bar below shows «Repair».
What happens, stays
An emptied backpack, a stolen weapon or a clear-cut forest stay in your save if you save afterwards, like anything that happens while playing.
New mod versions
When a new version is out, the bar below shows it next to the mod and it installs in one click, with the game closed.
FAQ
Yes. Every cannibal or mutant chat drops carries a sign with the viewer's name and photo. In «Settings» you can turn it off or change the name and photo size, even with the game open.
The mod acts on your survivor and your game. In co-op, the most reliable setup is hosting the game yourself: that way world changes (weather, enemies, animals) are applied by your game.
It adds BepInEx and the OverInteractive mod to the game folder without touching original files.
Load your save and wait a few seconds. If it still won't connect, close the game, use «Reinstall mod» from the ⋯ menu in the bar below and open it again.
From the ⋯ menu in the bar below, «Uninstall mod». The OverInteractive mod goes away; BepInEx stays in the game folder without touching original files.
Ready for your chat to play with you?
Download OverInteractive for free: this same guide is waiting inside the app, in the game's «Start» tab.
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