ColorfulWards

• You can color the glow effect of any ward using RGB and HTML color codes!
• Those without the mod installed will still see the default yellow glow.

Installation

Manual

• Un-zip ColorfulWards.dll to your /Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ folder.

Thunderstore (manual install)

• Uninstall any older versions of ColorfulWards.
• Go to Settings > Import local mod > Select ColorfulWards_v1.4.0.zip.
• Click "OK/Import local mod" on the pop-up for information.

Instructions

Changing ward glow effect color

• In-game, press F1 to bring up the ConfigurationManager and navigate to the ColorfulWards section.
  • Change the target color using the RGB sliders or using an HTML color code.

• Hover over any ward that you are the owner of and a prompt to change its color will appear.
  • This prompt can be hidden by disabling the showChangeColorHoverText setting.

• Hit LeftShift + E (configurable) to change the color of the ward glow effect.

Ward vertical radius

• Wards will now only extend/cover its default radius (30m) on the vertical/Y axis.
• In the vanilla game, the range is infinite on the Y axis and the default radius on the XZ axis.

Notes

• See source at: GitHub.
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Changelog

1.4.0

• Moved change color code from PrivateArea.Interact() prefix to Player.TakeInput() transpiler with coroutine.
  • Can now configure the hot-key to change ward color.
• Removed configuration option for colorPromptFontSize (UI overhaul coming later).
• Extracted configuration options into new PluginConfig class.
• Added manifest.json, icon.png and updated this README.md.
• Modified the project file to automatically create a versioned Thunderstore package.

1.3.0

• Updated for Hearth & Home.
• Added WardLastColoredBy ZDO tag that is set to the last Player that modifies the Ward color.
• Added an option to change the font-size for the text prompt on hover.

1.2.0

• Fixed a memory-leak when caching PrivateArea/Wards.

1.1.0

• Adding configuration setting to hide the 'change color' prompt over a ward.
• Now saves the target color's alpha value to the ZDO and reads/uses this alpha value if present in the ZDO.
  • However, there isn't any apparent effect/use for color alpha for ward lights and particle systems.'

1.0.0

• Initial release.