Hold To Command

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A small quality-of-life mod that separates petting and commanding tamed creatures.

In vanilla Valheim, interacting with a commandable tameable will immediately issue a command instead of allowing you to pet it.

This mod changes that behavior to:

• Tap → Pet creature
• Hold → Command creature
• Shift + Use → Rename (unchanged vanilla behavior)

Features

• Restores the ability to pet commandable creatures
• Adds intentional hold-to-command interaction
• Adjusted hover text to reflect new controls
• Fully localized (community language support)
• Uses external translation file (editable)
• Lightweight and fully standalone (no dependencies)

Configuration

HoldToCommand provides the configurable option HoldThreshold
to define how long the Use key must be held before a command is issued.
Adjust the value to match your preferred hold duration.

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim
2. Place the contents of the zip into:

Valheim/

This will install:

BepInEx/plugins/HoldToCommand/HoldToCommand.dll
BepInEx/plugins/HoldToCommand/HoldToCommand.Translations.txt

1. Launch the game

Translations

HoldToCommand uses an external file:

HoldToCommand.Translations.txt

You can edit or extend this file to customize translations.

Format:

Language|Hold $1|Command

Example:

English|Hold $1|Command
German|$1 halten|Befehlen

• $1 will automatically be replaced with the Use key (e.g. E).
• If a language is missing, English is used as fallback.

Community translations are welcome.

Compatibility

• Client-side only
• Works on vanilla servers
• Safe to install or remove at any time
• No impact on servers without the mod

License

MIT License

Created with ♥️ — and AI-assisted tools as a supporting tool

Changelog

v0.1.0

• Initial public release

v0.2.0

• Added translations File

v0.3.0

• Added config option "HoldThreshold"

v1.0.0

• Improved compatibility with other mods by checking __runOriginal in the Tameable.Interact() patch

v1.0.1

• Updated README
• Added AI-assisted development note for transparency

v1.0.2

• Added config option ShowInNewLine
• Adjusted plugin initialization order
• Improved localization registration to avoid missing translation keys

v1.0.3

• Translation strings are now handled internally instead of being registered in Valheim's Localization system

v1.0.4

• Fixed wrong version beeing published