BetterCreative

An improved creative mode experience.

Installation

Copy the contents of plugins to your Valheim/BepInEx/plugins directory or use your favourite mod manager.

Github

To get issues addressed, please submit them directly to github.

• Bug Report
• Feature Request
• Source Code

Features

• Console access without needing the command line argument.
• Automatically set commonly used creative console commands (devcommands, god, ghost, etc.).
• Unlimited stamina.
• Allow placing most prefabs.
• No deconstruction drops to get in your way.
• No durability drain.
• No placement delay.
• Configurable.

Config Options

Note that a game restart may be required for some changes to take effect.

Command States

See Console Commands for context.

• nocost - No build cost, unlocks everything.
• god - Makes it so you don't take damage from monsters.
• ghost - Prevents mobs from seeing you.
• debugmode - Enables fly mode and debug hotkeys.

Improvements

• Unlimited Stamina - Can always perform stamina actions regardless of stamina amount.
• All Prefabs - Allow placement of all functional prefabs.
• Unrestricted Placement - Allow unrestricted placements (no collision, campfire on wood, etc).
• No Piece Drops - Don't drop materials when pieces are destroyed.
• No Placement Delay - No cooldowns for the hammer, cultivator, or hoe.
• No Durability Drain - Tools don't lose durability.

Known Issues

• Some prefabs can log errors when selected in the hammer menu, but will still otherwise work.
• Sometimes the icon colours are messed up, usually restarting the game fixes it.

Other Creative Mods

Here are some additional recommended mods which allow you to do more in a creative mode scenario.

• BuildShare (Nexus) - Create, use, and share .vbuild files. Not sure how this one works but appears to be popular.
• PlanBuild (Nexus, Thunderstore) - Create, use, and share .blueprint files.
• Plant Everything (Nexus, Thunderstore) - Allows planting regrowable berry bushes, mushrooms, thistle, etc among other things. It will move some things from the build menu of this mod to the cultivator.
• Easy Spawner (Nexus) - A separate UI for spawning any prefab with parameters.
• Hoe Radius (Nexus) - Allows changing the radius of the hoe.
• My Favorite Hoe (Nexus) - A different hoe with various terrain manipulation functions.

1.5.0

• Update for Ashlands PTB

1.4.1

• Work around an issue that caused categories to disappear.
• Fix issue where the last piece on a category page could be cut off.

1.4.0

• Update for latest Valheim version.
• Removed ice pillar murderer (I think this has been long fixed)
• Fixed an issue that would reset devcommands in a new game

1.3.0

• Changed some rules for the Mistlands update.
• Added the ability to ignore max carry weight.
• Added the ability to suppress unlock messages.
• Fix MountainGraveStone01 and Rock_7 from floating.
• Fixed Fish under NPCs.
• Fixed beehives.
• tolroko_flyer is now persistent.

1.2.3

• Fix issues with cultivator and hoe.
• No longer modifies existing pieces.

1.2.2

• Remove the extended tab and the mod's attempt to appropriate other mods' gameobjects which caused BuildShare, PlanBuild, Gizmo, and others to malfunction.
• When constructing pieces, aggressively remove ZNetViews if there are multiple attached to an object.
• More aggressively delete the entire object if one is found to have multiple ZNetViews.
• Objects that would have had multiple ZNetViews by default (and would still break vanilla players) are removed from the hammer menu.
• Added option to aggressively murder all objects which ever had multiple ZNetViews.
• Added multiple pages when there are too many build pieces.

1.2.1

• Fixed major compatibility issues with other mods such as PlanBuild
• Fixed issues with some pieces like signs not working correctly

1.2.0

• Fixed some prefabs for the caves update.
• Now requires server to have the mod.
• No longer using MMHooks as a dependency.
• Can now remove pieces from inside no build zones.
• Removes ZNetViews when the "Double ZNetview" error is hit (note: this is a workaround).
• No longer creates a bunch of duplicated prefabs for the placement ghosts
• Build categories have been reorganized
• Software license updated
• Rulesets are now more permissive, so some additional prefabs are now available (birds, fish, and others)

1.1.0

• Piece descriptions will now include the names of the object in the user's language.
• Added undo/redo (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y by default, configurable)
• Added area delete (Del, configurable)

1.0.2

• Fixed issues where some vanilla objects clipped through floors.
• Fixed issues where many objects couldn't be placed on structures.
• Fixed an issue where workstation extensions couldn't be placed even when unrestricted placement was enabled.
• Added a note next to config items that may need a restart.
• Put the actual name of the objects in the piece descriptions (should show up in your native language).

1.0.1

• Fixed an issue where BeeHive placement ghosts could poison things in the world.
• Fixed an issue where many objects were unplaceable when Unrestricted Placement was disabled.
• Now enables all config options by default to avoid any confusion.