Always Be Searchin'

Gatherable items near you always glow softly, so you can spot resources as you walk. Pressing Z still gives the game's full Resource Finder pulse.

Settings

Edit BepInEx/config/solrlabs.aska.alwaysbesearchin.cfg (created on first launch), section [General].

Setting	Default	What it does
`DayStrength`	`0.17`	Strength of the always-on glow in full daylight, 0 to 1.
`NightStrength`	`0.08`	Strength of the always-on glow at night, 0 to 1. The glow blends between the two with the game's day and night. Set both to 0 to turn the always-on glow off; Z then works as in the base game.
`GlowRadius`	`60`	How far from you items glow, in metres (5 to 200).
`GlowColor`	`#FFFF33`	Glow color as `#RRGGBB` (default is yellow). Leave empty to use the Resource Finder color from the game's settings.
`ExcludeVillagers`	`true`	Keeps villagers, players and live creatures, and what they carry, out of the glow, including during Z.
`ExcludeStructures`	`true`	Keeps items stored in or on buildings (storage, cooking pots, racks) out of the glow. Items on the landscape still glow.
`PlantStrength`	`0.5`	Multiplier on the glow of plants (ferns, bushes, grass and similar), which glow much brighter than rocks. 1 leaves them as the game draws them. Also applies during Z.
`PlantTypes`	`Fern,Bush,Grass,Reed,Flower,Lupin`	Comma-separated name fragments of the vegetation types that PlantStrength applies to.
`BoostTypes`	`Flax`	Comma-separated name fragments of vegetation types whose glow is multiplied by BoostStrength (never dimmed by PlantStrength).
`BoostStrength`	`3`	Multiplier on the glow of BoostTypes, for items that are hard to see (1 = as the game draws them, up to 10).

Changing ExcludeVillagers from on to off while playing takes full effect after a restart.

Mods that change night lighting (for example BrighterMoonlight) can make the night glow look stronger or weaker. Adjust NightStrength to taste.

While Z's pulse is stronger than the always-on glow, the game's own pulse shows untouched, in your finder color. As it fades, the soft glow returns.

The glow is purely visual and local. Nothing is sent over the network, other players are unaffected, and they do not need the mod.

Install through a mod manager such as Pulsar, Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman. It also installs the required BepInEx pack.