Spyglass

Description

Adds a craftable and functional spyglass that doubles as a weapon. Use it to bash your enemies or to see their cowardly faces up close... but from a safe distance! The spyglass has 3 zoom levels that you can cycle through. Uses custom mesh, textures, and logic. Configurable and includes gamepad support.

The spyglass can be crafted and upgraded at a workbench.
Recipe is: 2x Obsidian, 2x Bronze, 1x Crystal.

Alternatively, you can spawn the item with the console command spawn AdvizeSpyglass.

Default Keybinds

Keyboard and Mouse:

Right Mouse Click will increase zoom level by 1.
Left Shift + Right Mouse Click will decrease zoom level by 1.
An optional keybind may be set to fully zoom out.

Gamepad:

Left Trigger/L2 will increase zoom level by 1.
Left Bumper/L1 + Left Trigger/L2 will decrease zoom level by 1.
When not zoomed, holding left bumper/L1 before pressing left trigger/L2 will allow you to block with the spyglass.

All configurable keybinds support keyboard combinations (e.g. Left Ctrl + F8).

Installing

Manual Install

Extract the Advize_Spyglass.dll file into your BepinEx/plugins folder. Directory structure should look like this:

BepInEx ->
    plugins ->
        Advize_Spyglass.dll

In multiplayer environments:

This mod uses a version handshake to ensure all other connected clients have the mod. Install the mod on the server (if dedicated) as well as on all connected clients.

Contact Author

You can reach me on NexusMods to provide bug reports or feedback https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2620

For further mod or mod dev support, I can be found at the following Discord server:

Config and Other Info:

The mod is configurable. A config file will be generated after first loading the mod and can be found in BepInEx/config/advize.Spyglass.cfg

The config can be edited out of game with a text editor, or modified in game using the Configuration Manager mod.

Note: In multiplayer environments, configuration settings will sync between connected clients using ServerSync. Install the mod on the server (if dedicated) to ensure its configuration file remains authoritative.

Localization Support: A file named Advize_Spyglass.json will be generated in the config\Spyglass directory after the game is first launched while [General]EnableLocalization is set to true. In it you will find the ability to change the item name and description text. I will be improving upon this later.

Config

Default Config File:

Please see Nexus mod page for the default configuration.

Source

Github Repo: Advize_ValheimMods

Screenshots

Spyglass 3D Model

Spyglass Item Tooltip & Recipe

Zoom Level Comparison With Vignette Postprocessing Effect

Zoom Level Comparison Without Vignette Postprocessing Effect

No Zoom

1st Zoom Level

2nd Zoom Level

3rd Zoom Level

Config Options