LoadBearing
See the structural support of every building piece around you at once while you build: blue on the ground, green strong, red about to fall. Insert switches it on. Client-side.LoadBearing
See the structural support of every building piece around you at once while you build, not just the one under your hammer.
The game already colours a piece by its support when you hover it with the hammer. LoadBearing applies the same colours to every piece within 30 m, so weak beams and overhangs stand out before they collapse.
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Blue | Resting on the ground (full support) |
| Green | Strong |
| Yellow / orange | Getting weak |
| Red | About to fall |
How to use
- Press
Insertto switch the view on. From then on the colours show whenever the hammer is out, and go when you put it away. Insertagain switches it off. It starts off each time you load the game (you can change that in the config).
Settings (anwo.LoadBearing.cfg)
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Toggle key | Insert | Turns the view on or off |
| On at start | false | Whether the view starts switched on |
| Build mode only | true | Only colour pieces while the hammer is out. Turn off to see support at any time |
| Show on/off message | true | Message in the top left when you toggle |
| Radius | 30 | How far around you pieces are coloured, in metres (5-100) |
| Only pieces weaker than | 1 | 1 = every piece. 0.5 = the weaker half, 0.25 = only pieces close to collapsing |
| Show grounded pieces | true | Turn off to hide the blue pieces |
| Pieces per frame | 150 | Lower it if a very large base stutters while the view is on |
| Refresh interval | 0.5 | Seconds between colour updates |
Multiplayer
Client-side: only the players who want it need it. The support values come from the game itself, so they're right for pieces built by anyone.
Compatibility
LoadBearing uses the game's own highlight and adds nothing to the world. It patches only WearNTear.ResetHighlight, to keep pieces coloured while the view is on.
About
Made with Claude (Anthropic's AI model) and tagged AI Generated, as Thunderstore's rules ask. Built for Valheim 1.0.16 (Deep North) with BepInEx 5.4.2351.