QuickPing

A modern revival of the classic QuickPing mod by Atopy, fully updated for Valheim 1.0.

Original mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2033

About This Revival

This is a community revival of Atopy's original QuickPing mod, updated to work with Valheim 1.0 after the original became incompatible with newer game versions. All credit for the original concept and design goes to Atopy. This revival focuses on:

Restoring core functionality for Valheim 1.0
Fixing UI rendering issues that caused minimap freezes
Improving visibility with distance scaling and tracer beams
Cleaning up internal object names for better readability

Features

Floating World Text — Ping any object to see its name displayed in bright yellow text with a black outline. Text scales with distance and always faces you.
Smart Map Pins — Automatically adds themed pins to your minimap for useful objects:
- 🔨 Hammer icon for ore deposits (copper, tin, silver)
- • Point icon for berries, mushrooms, and thistle
- ᚱ Rune icon for dungeons, crypts, caves, and portals
- 🔥 Fire icon for campfires and bonfires
Tracer Beam — A white beam of light shoots 150m into the sky when you ping, making it easy to spot locations through forests and terrain.
Clean Names — Internal object names are automatically cleaned into readable text (e.g., rock4_copper(Clone) becomes Rock 4 Copper).
Force Pin — Hold the force-pin key to add a pin to any object, even if it's not in the smart-pin list.
Rename — Rename pins by pressing the rename key combo.
Persistence — Pins and custom names are saved per-world and reload on next login.

Default Controls

Action	Key
Ping	`Z`
Force Pin	`Y`
Rename Pin	`Y + Left Alt`

All keybinds are configurable in the mod settings.

Requirements

Configuration

Settings are located in BepInEx/config/com.atopy.plugins.quickping.cfg after first launch. You can change:

Keybinds
Ping colors
Whether to show floating text
Whether to auto-add pins
Closest-pin merge range
Pin lifetime

Known Limitations

World text is rendered locally. Other players will see the pin on the map but need this mod installed to see the floating name.
Some rare objects may display internal names if they lack a proper hover name.

Changelog

1.0.0 (Valheim 1.0 Revival)

Complete rewrite for Valheim 1.0 compatibility
Replaced Chat.AddInworldText with custom world-space TextMeshPro rendering (fixes minimap freeze bug)
Added distance-based text scaling with billboard rotation
Added tracer beam for improved visibility
Added automatic name cleaning for internal object IDs
Removed legacy chat color patching (no longer needed in 1.0)
Updated default keybinds (Z for ping, Y for force pin)

Original mod by Atopy: https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2033

This revival is released as a community update to restore compatibility with modern Valheim versions.