Smooth Sailing

Smooth Sailing is a lightweight, configurable sailing quality-of-life mod for Valheim 1.0, built for BepInEx + Jotunn.

It improves sailing without changing the core ship experience, with configurable favorable wind, faster rowing, and increased map exploration while traveling by ship.

Features

Favorable Wind

• Forces favorable tailwind while controlling a ship at Half or Full sail.
• Wind direction automatically follows the direction of the ship while sailing.
• Designed to eliminate situations where unfavorable wind brings sailing to a crawl.

Improved Rowing

• Configurable forward rowing speed multiplier.
• Configurable reverse rowing speed multiplier.
• Forward and reverse speeds can be tuned independently.

Ship Exploration

• Configurable map exploration radius multiplier while aboard a ship.
• Makes ocean exploration and coastline mapping significantly more convenient.

Multiplayer Configuration

• Gameplay settings use Jotunn synchronized AdminOnly configuration.
• Server administrators control the gameplay settings.
• Changes can be synchronized to connected clients.

Requirements

• Valheim 1.0.x
• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350+
• Jotunn 2.30.0+
• Smooth Sailing must be installed on the server and all participating clients for multiplayer use.

Installation

Thunderstore

Install Smooth Sailing through a compatible Thunderstore mod manager along with its required dependencies.

Manual Installation

Place:

SmoothSailing.dll

inside:

BepInEx/plugins/SmoothSailing/

The mod will generate its configuration file after the game is launched.

Default Configuration

[General]
Enabled = true

[Tailwind]
Lock Tailwind = true
Update Wind Indicator = true

[Exploration]
Ship Exploration Radius Multiplier = 2

[Rowing]
Forward Row Speed Multiplier = 1.5
Backward Row Speed Multiplier = 2

Configuration

General

Enabled

Enables or disables Smooth Sailing.

Default: true

Tailwind

Lock Tailwind

Forces favorable tailwind while controlling a ship at Half or Full sail.

Default: true

Update Wind Indicator

Controls the wind-indicator behavior associated with Smooth Sailing.

Default: true

Exploration

Ship Exploration Radius Multiplier

Multiplies the normal map exploration radius while aboard a ship.

Default: 2

Rowing

Forward Row Speed Multiplier

Multiplier applied while rowing forward.

Default: 1.5

Backward Row Speed Multiplier

Multiplier applied while rowing in reverse.

Default: 2

Multiplayer

Smooth Sailing supports both single-player and multiplayer.

For multiplayer, install the mod on:

• The dedicated server, if one is being used.
• Every player connecting to the server.

Gameplay configuration is synchronized using Jotunn's AdminOnly configuration system, allowing the server administrator to control synchronized settings for all players.

Some Smooth Sailing functionality is necessarily performed client-side, including map exploration and local wind-related behavior.

Favorable-wind ship behavior is designed to remain consistent when different players take control of the ship, including situations where the active captain and the ship's network owner are different players. Favorable sail visuals are also applied across clients.

Multiplayer captain switching, network ownership behavior, and sail visuals are still being actively tested.

Reporting Bugs

Found a problem with Smooth Sailing?

Please report it through the Issues section of the Smooth Sailing GitHub repository:

https://github.com/P377Y/Smooth-Sailing/issues

When reporting a multiplayer or sailing issue, please include:

• Smooth Sailing version
• Valheim version
• BepInEx and Jotunn versions
• Single-player or multiplayer
• Dedicated server or locally hosted game
• Number of players
• Whether you were the ship captain when the problem occurred
• Ship type and sail setting
• Steps to reproduce the problem
• Your BepInEx LogOutput.log when possible

Building from Source

Smooth Sailing targets .NET Framework 4.7.2.

Open:

SmoothSailing.slnx

in Visual Studio and build using the Release configuration.

The compiled mod will be generated at:

bin/Release/net472/SmoothSailing.dll

The project requires references to the Valheim, BepInEx, Harmony, and Jotunn assemblies.

License

Smooth Sailing is released under the MIT License.

See License.txt for details.