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# Custom Dev Menu Tab (UNSAFE)

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1: you start by going into `\platform\scripts\vscripts\ai\sh_dev_npc_settings.gnut`and adds in the top a new global function `Type global function <Setup<something>` (Example: global function SetupCustomThings)

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2: you then go down in the bottom and adds a new void function `Type "void function Setup<something>()"` (Example: void function SetupCustomThings())

3: under the void function do you type:

```
{
    #if UI

    SetupDevCommand( "<Name you want to have displayed>", "give <name on the .txt file>" )

    #endif
}
```

4: then you gotta go to `\platform\scripts\vscripts\ui\menu_dev.nut` and under line 271 can you type your new menu up (place it in the code = where in line you want it to be in the dev menu)

5: then you have found where you want the menu to be then type `SetupDevMenu( "<Name of the new dev menu>", SetDevMenu_<what you typed after "Setup" in your global and void function> )` (Example: SetupDevMenu( "Custom Community Things", SetDevMenu\_CustomThings ))

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6: then go down under line 392 and add a new void function:

```
void function SetDevMenu_<what you typed after "Setup" in your global and void function>( var _ )
{
    thread ChangeToThisMenu( Setup<what you typed after "Setup" in your global and void function> )
}
```

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