Smelter Grate Fire 0.1.1

Adds matching animated flames to the rear grate of the regular Valheim smelter. Uses a copy of the game's existing flame particle effect and follows the smelter's normal burning state. Color chooser is not included.

Requirements

Tested on Windows with Valheim 1.0.20 (Steam build 25909357), BepInEx 5.4.23.5 / BepInExPack_Valheim 5.4.2351. Requires a working BepInEx 5 installation only; Harmony is supplied by that loader.

Installation

With Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman, use the local-mod import feature for this ZIP in a Valheim profile. The manifest declares BepInExPack_Valheim as its only dependency. If replacing a manually installed copy, remove that old DLL first so there is only one installed copy.

For manual installation:

1. Close Valheim.
2. For a mod-manager profile, open that profile's folder. For a direct BepInEx installation, open the Valheim folder containing BepInEx.
3. Copy the archive's BepInEx folder into that folder, resulting in BepInEx/plugins/SmelterGrateFire/SmelterGrateFire.dll. Install only one copy of this DLL.
4. Launch normally and load a regular smelter. With coal and ore available and normal burning conditions met, flames should appear at the rear grate. Exhausting fuel or ore should turn them off with the existing fire.

Rollback: close the game, then uninstall the package in the mod manager. If installed manually, remove only SmelterGrateFire.dll from its plugin folder. Restart the game afterward. The mod writes no world data or configuration. No server installation is proposed; each client wanting to see the flames needs the mod. Multiplayer compatibility has not yet been tested.

Scope

Regular smelter only. No changes to speed, fuel, recipes, output, damage, heat, colliders, smoke logic, audio or lights. No config UI, color changes or network settings. Game assets are reused from the installed game and are not included in this archive. The blast furnace is excluded by the target checks.

Validation and limits

Private single-player tests confirmed rear and side views, fuel-off with ore remaining, empty-ore shutdown, refueling, save/reload, and duplicate prevention. Repeated setup and reload retained exactly one added effect. Collider/light/audio counts remained 8/2/1, with fuelPerProduct 2 and secondsPerProduct 30 unchanged. The loaded/tested DLL matches this archive's DLL.

Untested: multiplayer/non-owner clients, dedicated servers, broad modpack compatibility, other game versions, a physical blocked-smoke fixture, destruction/rebuild and multiple simultaneous smelters. The code follows the existing enabled object and fails closed if its expected safe particle source is absent. Please report any rear flame that floats, remains visible while idle, duplicates or differs unexpectedly from the existing flames.

Package notes

Package 0.1.1 is a documentation-only update; the included DLL remains version 0.1.0.

This package contains the exact tested 0.1.0 DLL; only packaging metadata and an original icon were added. Its archive structure, manifest, PNG dimensions and DLL hash were checked offline. This new ZIP has not yet been imported into a mod manager or uploaded to Thunderstore. No game assets, dependencies, diagnostic plugins or private test files are bundled.

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