LoadBearing

Spot the weak beam before the roof comes down: see the support of every building piece around you at once, and repair a whole wall in one click.

At a glance

• Every piece within 30 m coloured by its support, in the game's own colours: blue on the ground, green strong, red about to fall.
• One key: Insert switches the view on, and it shows whenever the hammer is out.
• Weak spots only: turn the filter down and only the pieces close to falling stay coloured.
• Repair a whole area in one click: Shift + click with the repair tool fixes every damaged piece within 10 m, for the cost of a single repair.
• Move walls, floors and beams with ZenRedecorate, not only furniture.
• Smooth in big bases: closest pieces update first, and only pieces whose support changed are recoloured.

Client-side: install it on your own PC only. No dependencies; ZenRedecorate is optional.

Features

Support view

The game colours a piece by its support only while your hammer points at it. LoadBearing colours every building piece within 30 m at the same time, so overhangs and long spans that are about to give way stand out at a glance. Colours update live as you build or tear down, closest pieces first.

Weak spots only

Lower Support filter to hide the strong pieces: at 0.5 only pieces at half support or weaker are coloured, at 0.25 only those close to falling. Pieces resting on the ground can be hidden too (Show grounded pieces), leaving only what other pieces hold up.

Area repair

Hold Shift and click with the hammer's repair tool: every damaged piece within 10 m of the piece you aim at (or of you, if you aim at nothing) is repaired at once.

• The game's rules still apply to each piece: its crafting station must be nearby (the workbench for wood, the stonecutter for stone), and pieces in a ward you can't use are skipped. A message says how many were repaired and why any were left.
• One click costs the stamina and hammer wear of a single repair. Without Shift, the hammer repairs one piece as usual.

Moving building pieces

With ZenRedecorate installed, walls, floors, beams and anything else that holds other pieces up can be moved with ZenRedecorate's own controls, like furniture. When you pick one up, a message warns that anything resting on it may fall. Pieces around the old and new spot work out their support again, and fall if nothing else holds them up. ZenRedecorate's other rules still apply: wards, reach, its Denied Prefabs list and chests in use.

How to use

1. Take out the hammer and press Insert. Every piece around you takes its support colour.
2. Put the hammer away and the colours go (the hoe and cultivator don't count). Press Insert again to switch the view off.
3. The view starts off each time you load the game, unless On at start is set.

Key	Action
Insert	Switch the support view on or off
Shift + click	With the hammer's repair tool: repair every damaged piece in the area

Colour	Meaning
Blue	Resting on the ground (full support)
Green	Strong
Yellow / orange	Getting weak
Red	About to fall

Configuration

Settings are in BepInEx/config/anwo.LoadBearing.cfg and can be changed in game with a configuration manager.

1 - General

Setting	Default	Scope	Description
Toggle key	Insert	Client	Switches the support view on or off
On at start	false	Client	Starts the game with the support view switched on
Build mode only	true	Client	Colours pieces only while the hammer is out. Off: whenever the view is on
Show on/off message	true	Client	Shows a message in the top-left corner when the view is switched on or off

2 - View

Setting	Default	Scope	Description
Radius	30	Client	How far around you pieces are coloured, in metres (5-100)
Support filter	1	Client	Colours only pieces at or below this support: 1 = all, 0.5 = half support or weaker, 0.25 = close to falling (0.05-1). Grounded pieces follow Show grounded pieces
Show grounded pieces	true	Client	Colours pieces resting on the ground (blue). Off: only pieces held up by other pieces

3 - Performance

Setting	Default	Scope	Description
Pieces per frame	150	Client	How many pieces are recoloured each frame; lower it if a large base stutters (20-2000)
Refresh interval	1	Client	Seconds between checks for changed support; only changed pieces are recoloured (0.25-5)

4 - Moving

Setting	Default	Scope	Description
Move building pieces	true	Client	With ZenRedecorate, walls, floors, beams and other pieces that hold others up can be moved too, also where the server's ZenRedecorate setting Provides Support Is Immovable is on. Its other rules still apply. Off: ZenRedecorate moves only what it allows itself

5 - Repairing

Setting	Default	Scope	Description
Area repair	true	Client	Area repair key + click with the repair tool repairs the whole area. Off: one piece as usual
Area repair radius	10	Client	How far around the aimed piece (or you) area repair reaches, in metres (2-50)
Area repair key	LeftShift	Client	The key or key combination to hold while you click; with Left Shift, Right Shift works too
Area repair hint	true	Client	Explains area repair the first time you pick the repair tool after starting the game

Multiplayer

• Client-side. Only the players who want it install it, whether they host or join. Versions don't need to match, and players without it are not affected.
• Support values come from the game, so they are correct for pieces built by anyone.
• Area repair uses the game's own repair, so the pieces are repaired for everyone.
• Moving building pieces with ZenRedecorate needs LoadBearing only on the mover's game. Every player's game re-checks the support of the pieces it runs.

Compatibility

• Colours pieces with the game's own highlight; support itself works as usual.
• ZenRedecorate is optional; without it, Move building pieces has no effect. Load order doesn't matter.
• Infinity Hammer: its No support indicator setting hides LoadBearing's colours too.
• Patches: WearNTear.ResetHighlight, Player.Repair (only while the area repair key is held) and, when installed, ZenRedecorate's move checks.

Uninstalling

LoadBearing adds nothing to the world and saves nothing, so it can be removed at any time. Pieces moved with ZenRedecorate stay where they were placed.

About

Made with Claude (Anthropic's AI model) and tagged AI Generated, as Thunderstore's rules ask. Built for Valheim 1.0.17 (Deep North; also 1.0.16) with BepInEx 5.4.2351.

Found a bug or a clash with another mod, or have an idea? Tell us on GitHub. For a bug, attach your BepInEx/LogOutput.log from the game where it happened.