BotanicOwnerDebug

See which player or server owns nearby objects in Valheim. BotanicOwnerDebug adds local ownership colours and a live player legend to help inspect multiplayer ownership and configure ownership mods.

Client-side only. BepInEx is required. TooManyLags and EasySpawner are optional; neither is required for normal ownership colours.

Quick start

1. Install BepInEx and copy BotanicOwnerDebug.dll into BepInEx/plugins/BotanicOwnerDebug/.
2. Join a world and press F10 with game menus closed.
3. Enable the categories you want and adjust Radius.
4. Close the window with F10, Escape, or Close. The selected colours remain active.

Opening the menu does not enable colouring. All category switches start off and are saved independently. Use All categories off to clear them. If TML mob debug is enabled, switch it off too to stop that mode.

Choose what to show

Category	Objects shown
Truly interactive	Networked objects with interactions, such as doors, containers and workstations.
Static: no destruction physics	Fixed buildings and world objects without a supported physical destruction successor, such as rocks and ore.
Static: destruction physics	Supported physical objects and their fixed precursors, such as standing trees and fallen logs.
Tamed mobs	Tamed NPC creatures; changes update live.
Hostile / wild mobs	Untamed NPC creatures, including wild animals.
Loose items	Dropped items with their own network object.

Categories follow TooManyLags' policy when a compatible version is installed; standalone classification is also included. Players, projectiles, world markers, effects, transparent surfaces and PUP FPS clusters are excluded. Existing renderer and LOD visibility still apply.

Radius accepts 10–1000 metres from the camera. Type a value or use the slider; valid changes apply immediately. The default is 200 metres.

Colours and legend

• White: server.
• Purple, green, blue, yellow: the first four assigned players, in random order without repetition.
• Additional colours: later player assignments; twelve distinct colours are available before reuse.
• Dark grey: unowned. Blue-grey: unknown owner.

Player assignments remain fixed for the connection and may differ between clients or after reconnecting. The legend shows the current assignments and refreshes every second. Colours describe the current network owner, not the player who built an object.

Optional TooManyLags mob test

When TooManyLags is installed, the menu also offers TML mob debug. This mode requires a compatible TML development build exposing phase diagnostics and its ai_test command. Normal ownership colours work without it. An older version without diagnostics shows the switch disabled.

While enabled, this mode overrides category switches and colours only the mob selected by ai_test:

Phase	Colour
Old owner preparing the handoff	Its usual assigned owner colour.
New owner / ordinary post-handoff presentation	Its usual assigned owner colour; server is white.
Stretched fake playback, including endpoint waits	Red
Final smoothing	Orange

The radius still applies. Turning this mode off restores your category selection. Red and orange are excluded from the first four player assignments. No additional network messages or simulation steps are created.

Configuration and upgrades

Use the F10 menu for live changes. Settings are saved in BepInEx/config/botanic.owner.debug.cfg.

Setting	Default / purpose
ToggleKey	F10; opens or closes settings.
Categories	Six independent switches, all off initially.
MaximumDistance	200 metres; adjustable from 10 to 1000.
ShowLegend	On.
ColourStrength	1.
ColourSeed	1337; mixed into the connection-local player-colour shuffle. Changing it resets assignments.
TmlMobTestPhases	Off; requires compatible TooManyLags diagnostics.
EnableLogs	Off; logs optional overlay errors.

Upgrading from 1.0.11: F10 now opens settings instead of cycling display modes. The old ShowOwnerColours, InteractiveObjectsOnly and MobsOnly settings are no longer used. Select categories in the new menu; no config deletion is needed.

The mod changes local rendering only, leaving ownership, gameplay and colliders unchanged. Original material assets are preserved. Colouring adds rendering work; turn it off when finished inspecting. No server installation is needed.

Ownership in action

These earlier recordings show the ownership overlay alongside TooManyLags. White objects belong to the server; purple objects belong to the player in these examples. The recordings predate the F10 settings menu.

Ownership from above

Ownership while moving