Changelog

0.4.4

Added

NPC race spawning: Configurable Human, Elf, or Random natural spawns, plus biome-specific spawn commands.

Fixed

Guard behavior: Stationary guards periodically face random directions without leaving their posts. Food consumption: Hungry patrolling NPCs seek dropped food, consume it, and resume patrolling.

0.4.3

Added

• Added naturally spawning Norsemen in the Deep North biome.
• Added DeepNorth_Norseman_RS for manual spawning.
• Added Deep North equipment sets featuring Ashlands-tier warrior and mage gear.
• Added automatic migration of missing biome equipment configurations into existing YAML files while preserving user customizations.

Fixed

• Fixed patrol behavior conflicting with NPC job execution, causing NPCs to pace in one location.
• Fixed Norsemen failing to fire crossbows due to reload handling.

Cleanup

• Removed obsolete resurrection debug logging.
• Removed temporary diagnostic logging.

0.4.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed NPC not moving when set to patrol.
• Fixed NPC health regeneration. (Eating food still gives an instant health boost)

Technical

• Adjusted call to update base.updateAI which controlled countdowns, which influences path finding for NPCs and health regeneration.

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0.4.1 - Persistence Fixes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed equipped armor and weapon appearances not persisting correctly after Norsemen unload and reload.
• Fixed resurrected Norsemen disappearing after leaving load distance and returning.
• Fixed resurrected Norsemen disappearing after logging out and reloading the world.

Technical

• Added persistent ZDO handling for Norsemen to ensure resurrected NPCs remain saved in the world.
• Added persistent equipment visual state for equipped chest, leg, helmet, and hand items.

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0.4.0 - Norsemen Continued

Valheim 1.0 Compatibility

• Updated VikingNPC / Norsemen for compatibility with Valheim 1.0.
• Updated code affected by Valheim API changes.
• Updated equipment and item handling for the current Valheim version.
• Updated NPC interaction and behavior code where required for Valheim 1.0.
• Updated version checking to use the current plugin version.

Compatibility

• Retained the original RustyMods.Norsemen plugin GUID for compatibility.
• Retained existing Norsemen prefab IDs.
• Retained the existing RustyMods.Norsemen.cfg configuration filename.
• Retained existing configuration directory and synchronization identifiers.
• Existing VikingNPC / Norsemen configurations should continue to be recognized.

Project

• Renamed the maintained plugin to Norsemen Continued.
• Continued version numbering from the original VikingNPC / Norsemen project.
• Updated project metadata for continued maintenance by SephrinMods.
• Removed obsolete development/debugging code encountered during the Valheim 1.0 update.

Credits

VikingNPC / Norsemen was originally created by RustyMods.

Norsemen Continued is maintained by SephrinMods and is published with the original author's permission.

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Previous Releases

Versions 0.3.4 and earlier were released by RustyMods as part of the original VikingNPC / Norsemen project.

See the original VikingNPC project for the historical changelog.