BetterCreative

An improved creative mode experience.

Installation

1. Install dependencies - Jotunn.
2. Copy the contents of plugins to your Valheim/BepInEx/plugins directory or use your favourite mod manager.

Note: The mod must be installed on both client and server if playing multiplayer.

Github

To get issues addressed, you must submit them directly to github.

• Changelog
• 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.
• No over encumberance.
• No unlock messages.
• Undo/Redo (Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y by default, note you will need to change it to avoid conflicts).
• Area deletion (Delete key, select the object type you want to delete and move the placement ghost near the objects before pressing Delete)
• Configurable.

Config Options

You can change the configuration options through a separate configuration mod. Note that a game restart may be required for some changes to take effect.

Command States

See Console Commands for context.

• debugmode - Enables fly mode and debug hotkeys.
• decommands - Enable devcommands automatically. Required for other commands to function.
• ghost - Prevents mobs from seeing you.
• god - Makes it so you don't take damage from monsters.
• nocost - No build cost, unlocks everything.

Improvements

• All Prefabs - Allow placement of all functional prefabs.
• Delete Range - Range to delete objects with the delete key. This is the radius from the placement ghost's center. Default: 5
• No Durability Drain - Tools don't lose durability.
• No Encumbered - No effect when surpassing maximum carry weight.
• No Piece Drops - Don't drop materials when pieces are destroyed.
• No Placement Delay - No cooldowns for the hammer, cultivator, or hoe.
• No Unlock Messages - No popup message when unlocking a recipe.
• Unlimited Stamina - Can always perform stamina actions regardless of stamina amount.
• Unrestricted Placement - Allow unrestricted placements (no collision, campfire on wood, etc).

Hotkeys

• Delete - Destroys all prefabs that match the currently selected piece in the area. Default: Delete
• Delete (alt)
• Redo - Default: Ctrl+Shift+Z
• Redo (alt) - Default: Ctrl+Y
• Undo - Default: Ctrl+Z
• Undo (alt)

Known Issues

• Sometimes the icon colours are messed up, usually restarting the game fixes it.

If your issue is not listed, submit a new issue here.

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.