Changelog

1.0.4 - 2026-09-17

Refresh current window focus each frame so a missed startup focus callback cannot leave activation disabled.
Show and log activation, exit and blocked-toggle reasons instead of silently ignoring the shortcut.
Log camera-update exceptions when restoring the normal camera.
Verified the existing camera and placement contracts against Valheim 1.0.14; all 86 automated checks passed.
Author-confirmed in-game operation on September 17, 2026. The tested plugin DLL is unchanged in this release package.

Fixed the detached camera blocking the hammer's hotbar unequip action and switching items.
Fixed intermittent missed put-away input by releasing the camera before Valheim processes the same keypress.
Controller hotbar use now exits the detached camera before using the selected item.
Preserved Valheim's menu, chat, and controller radial input rules on Valheim 1.0.12.

Re-audited every camera, placement, pickup, and input contract against the installed Valheim 1.0.7 assemblies.
Updated version-type handling for Valheim 1.0 and the BepInEx dependency to 5.4.2350.

Reworked the Thunderstore description and README opening to lead with the player problem, the mod's core benefit, major features, in-game feel, and then safety and compatibility details.
Description-only package update. The plugin DLL and gameplay behavior are byte-for-byte unchanged from 1.0.0.

Promote the completed standalone Runic Build Camera feature set to its first stable release.
Preserve the bounded detached-camera, remote-action, loose-item pickup, and Wisplight behavior established in the initial preview without adding a Runic foundation dependency.

Establish the standalone chazman.RunicBuildCamera plugin identity with no dependency on Runic Precision Build Tool or the Runic foundation packages.
Add a detached camera for Valheim's normal building workflow, with configurable movement speed, fast movement, world-relative movement, and independent mouse and controller look inversion.
Bound camera travel to 60 metres by default and 100 metres at the hard maximum.
Support placement and removal targeting through the camera with a separate 100-metre default and hard maximum.
Keep only build inputs live during a camera session so camera look/movement cannot trigger avatar use, hotbar, walk-toggle, auto-pickup-toggle, or body-look actions.
Raise effective crafting-station range only inside the scoped remote call without changing any station field, while exact player reach is restored through success, exception, and unload.
Add optional, interval-limited pickup checks for loose world items around the detached camera; chests and other containers are outside the feature.
Add optional follow behavior for the player's existing Wisplight demister with a configurable range multiplier.
Add concise diagnostics with opt-in verbose state-transition logging.
Document that the avatar remains vulnerable, client-side limits are not server enforcement, and the implementation has an explicit clean-room boundary.