Workaround for first bow shoot menu open

main.lua

--BowReleaseAnimationCancel
-- CONFIG
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--if you dont like that the animation is canceled the moment the arrow is shot, you can change this value to something > 0:
local DelayInMillisecondsForAnimationCancel = 10

-- set to true if you want to disable the insta draw feature.
local DisableInstaDraw = false 

-- this is the custom starting duration, it will only be used if DisableInstaDraw is set to false
local starting_draw_duration = 10

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-- END CONFIG

local UEHelpers = require("UEHelpers")
local shot_bow = false


local function logMessage(message)
	print("BowReleaseAnimationCancel - ".. message)
end

---@param Context RemoteUnrealParam
local function PeformBowAttack(Context)
	local base = Context:get() ---@type UAST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot_C
	if not base.bIsPlayer then
		return 
	end
	local ptr_pawn = base.PairedPawn
	if not ptr_pawn then
		logMessage("ptr_Pawn not found")
	end
	local pawn = base.PairedPawn:Get() ---@cast pawn AVPairedPawn
	local playerController = UEHelpers.GetPlayerController()
	if not playerController or not playerController:IsValid() then
	    logMessage("PlayerController not found or invalid")
	    return
	end
	
	--local pawn = playerController.Pawn ---@cast pawn AVPairedPawn
	if not pawn or not pawn:IsValid() then
	    logMessage("Pawn not found or invalid")
	    return
	end
	shot_bow = true
	if DelayInMillisecondsForAnimationCancel >0 then
		ExecuteWithDelay(DelayInMillisecondsForAnimationCancel,function()
			playerController:QuickMenuInput_Pressed()
		end)
	else
		playerController:QuickMenuInput_Pressed()
	end
			
end
local function OnEntered(Context)
	local base = Context:get() ---@type UAST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot_C
	if not base.bIsPlayer then
		return 
	end
	if DisableInstaDraw then
		return
	end
	base.BowDrawInputHeldTime = starting_draw_duration
	base.DrawDuration = starting_draw_duration
end

local playerController = UEHelpers.GetPlayerController()

---@param Context RemoteUnrealParam
local function CloseShortcutOnOpen(Context)	
	if not playerController or not playerController:IsValid() then
	    logMessage("PlayerController not found or invalid")
	    return
	end
	if shot_bow then
			playerController:QuickMenuInput_Released()
			shot_bow = false
	end
end

local mod_name = "BowReleaseAnimationCancel"
local function create_hook(name,hook,fn)
	return{
		name= name,
		hook= hook,
		fn=fn,
		maxAttempts = 50,
		currentAttempt = 0,
		run= function(self)
			local success = pcall(RegisterHook,
				self.hook,
				self.fn)
			if success then
				print(mod_name.."["..self.name.."]: Initialized.")
			else
				print(mod_name.."["..self.name.."]: Failed to initialize.")
			end
			self.currentAttempt = self.currentAttempt + 1
			if self.currentAttempt >= self.maxAttempts then
				return true
			end

			return success
		end
	}
	
end
local hooks = {
	create_hook("PerformBowAttack","/Game/Dev/StateMachine/AST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot.AST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot_C:PerformBowAttack",PeformBowAttack),
	create_hook("InstaDraw","/Game/Dev/StateMachine/AST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot.AST_CharacterActionBowDrawShoot_C:OnEntered",OnEntered),
	create_hook("CloseShortcutOnOpen","Function /Game/UI/Modern/GameMenuLayer/WBP_ModernMenu_QuickKeys.WBP_ModernMenu_QuickKeys_C:PlayOpenAnimation",CloseShortcutOnOpen)
}

RegisterHook("/Script/Altar.VEnhancedAltarPlayerController:OnLoadFinished", function(ctx)
	playerController:QuickMenuInput_Pressed()

	ExecuteWithDelay(50, function()
		playerController:QuickMenuInput_Released()
	end)
end)

for i,hook in ipairs(hooks) do
	LoopAsync(1000, function() return hook:run() end)
end