ComfortMagicBubbles
Adjust opacity, colour and distortion of magic bubbles (Staff of Shield, Staff of Frost Orbs, Goblin Shaman shield), separately for yourself, other players and tames. Client-side only.ComfortMagicBubbles
Makes the magic bubbles of Valheim readable and pretty: change the opacity, colour, pattern and distortion of the Staff of Shield, Staff of Frost Orbs and Goblin Shaman shield bubbles, separately for yourself, other players and tames. Client-side: it only changes what you see.
Features
- Opacity 0-100 % per weapon (Staff of Shield, Staff of Frost Orbs, Goblin Shaman shield). The bubble's light and the Goblin smoke follow it.
- Colour per weapon and per wearer (you, other players, tames): the game's colour or your own RGB colour.
- Distortion-free switch: removes the see-through warping so you can look through the bubble without a blur.
- Reflection slider: how much the bubble mirrors the sky (100 % = the game's look). Below 100 % the game's bubble is drawn as clear glass in its colour: no light highlights.
- Patterns: the game's own look, three Stardust variants (blue, gold, violet), Clear Sky, Hex, Comb, Cage, Outline only (just the rim, nothing on the surface) and Invisible - no bubble (removes everything). Strength, speed and density can be tuned. All patterns work with colour, opacity, reflection and auto-fade.
- Auto-fade: bubbles dim by themselves (blended over half a second) when
- Crowd: 3 or more bubbled characters (players or tames, you included when you wear one) are within 20 m,
- Interior: you are inside a building or dungeon,
- Camera close: the camera is near or inside a bubble,
- Mounted: you ride a mount,
- Aiming: you draw a bow or channel a staff,
- Building: the hammer is out,
- Night: the bubble's light only, at night. Every rule has its own switch and a "fade to" percentage (default 30 %).
Shield generators and Forsaken power shields are not touched.
How to use
- Requires KydlCore (installed automatically by the mod manager).
- Open the KY hub with F6 and choose the Bubbles tab: every option above is a row there and changes apply live.
Configuration
Everything is in the Bubbles tab; the same values live in BepInEx/config/com.kydldev.ComfortMagicBubbles.cfg (or the in-game config manager):
| Section | Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | EnableAll | true | Switches the whole mod on / off while playing |
| DebugLog | Enable | false | Detailed lines in the BepInEx log for bug reports |
<Weapon> - Look |
Opacity | 100 | Bubble opacity in percent (one section per weapon) |
<Weapon> - Look |
Distortion-free | false | Removes the distortion of the game's bubble |
<Weapon> - Look |
Reflection | 100 | Sky reflection, 100 = the game's look |
<Weapon> - Look |
Pattern, Pattern strength / speed / density | Game's default | Surface pattern and how it looks |
<Weapon> - ... colour rows |
Use game colour, Red, Green, Blue | game colour | Colour for you, other players and tames |
| Auto-fade | Enable, Blend, <Rule> - Enabled, <Rule> - Fade to |
on, 30 % | The auto-fade rules above (Crowd also has Characters and Radius, Camera close has Start distance) |
Edits to the file are picked up while the game runs.
Multiplayer
Client-side only: nobody else needs the mod, and other players see the game's normal bubbles. Other players' and tames' bubbles are recoloured on your screen only.
Credits
The hologram-style bubble patterns are based on the Shield Shader FREE pack by SR Studios Kerala (Unity Asset Store, Extension Asset licence). The pack's source is not part of this repository; the mod ships only the compiled result.
Bug reports
Turn on [DebugLog] Enable, reproduce the problem, and attach BepInEx/LogOutput.log.
Get help and stay in touch
Questions, bug reports, ideas or mod requests? Come say hi in the KydlDev Discord: https://discord.gg/tX2CcTNC4W Everyone is welcome, and it is the quickest way to reach me. Source code and issues: https://github.com/kydlDev