No Message HUD Toggle

A client-side Valheim mod that hides selected HUD notifications and prevents the chat panel from appearing automatically. Press F8 to temporarily switch the mod on or off.

Features

• Separate filters for pickups, skill increases, new discoveries, recipes, crafting stations, and station upgrades.
• Independent controls for raid/event messages and regular center-screen notifications.
• Optional filtering of uncategorized HUD messages.
• Automatic chat popup suppression, with manual chat access through Enter.
• Configuration changes apply during gameplay without restarting the game.
• The runtime toggle leaves your saved settings unchanged.

By default, the mod hides common notifications and automatic chat popups. Raid/event messages and uncategorized notifications remain visible.

Installation

Install with Thunderstore Mod Manager, r2modman, or another compatible mod manager. The package requires BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351, as specified in manifest.json.

For manual installation:

1. Install the required BepInExPack for Valheim.
2. Close the game.
3. Place NoMessageHudToggle.dll in BepInEx/plugins/ within your game or mod-manager profile.
4. Launch the game once to generate the configuration file.

The mod runs on the client. It does not need to be installed on a dedicated server.

Configuration

Configuration file:

BepInEx/config/com.xtasy.NoMessageHudToggle.cfg

Default settings:

[General]
Enabled = true
Toggle Hotkey = F8

[Messages]
Hide Item Pickup = true
Hide Inventory Notifications = true
Hide Skill Up = true
Hide New Items = true
Hide New Materials = true
Hide New Recipes = true
Hide New Stations = true
Hide Station Level Up = true
Hide Events = false
Hide Center Messages = true
Hide Other = false

[Chat]
Disable Automatic Chat Popup = true

General settings

Enabled sets the initial state when the game starts. Editing it during gameplay changes the saved startup preference; it does not switch the current runtime state.

Toggle Hotkey defaults to F8. Press it to enable or disable the mod for the current session. The toggle does not modify Enabled or save the configuration. On the next launch, the mod uses the saved startup preference again.

The toggle is ignored while typing in chat, the developer console, portal or sign text, or a map pin name.

Message filters

Set a filter to true to hide its notifications, or false to allow them.

Setting	Notifications controlled
Hide Item Pickup	Item pickup messages, including loot picked up from creatures.
Hide Inventory Notifications	The summary reporting the number of new discoveries after unlock notifications, using $inventory_logs_new. This setting does not specifically filter items taken from chests.
Hide Skill Up	Skill level increases.
Hide New Items	General unlock notifications, including new items, trophies, and other $msg_new* unlock categories without a dedicated filter.
Hide New Materials	Newly discovered materials.
Hide New Recipes	Newly discovered recipes.
Hide New Stations	Newly discovered crafting stations.
Hide Station Level Up	Crafting station upgrades.
Hide Events	Raid and event messages beginning with $event_.
Hide Center Messages	Regular center-screen HUD messages, such as resting and rested notifications.
Hide Other	HUD and unlock notifications that do not match a dedicated category.

Dedicated unlock filters take priority over Hide New Items. For example, setting Hide New Materials = false allows material discoveries even when Hide New Items = true.

Raid/event messages are checked separately before center-screen messages. Setting Hide Center Messages = true leaves $event_* messages visible when Hide Events = false.

Hide Other does not override a recognized category that you have allowed.

Chat visibility

Disable Automatic Chat Popup = true suppresses automatic chat panel popups while the mod is active, including those caused by incoming messages and player join/leave notifications.

Press Enter to open chat manually. Incoming messages remain in chat history. Set this option to false, or temporarily disable the mod, to use normal chat visibility behavior.

Automatic configuration reload

Save changes to the configuration file while the game is running. The mod detects the change and reloads the settings after a short delay. If the file changes again during loading, the mod schedules another reload.

Filters apply to new notifications. Notifications already displayed or queued may finish displaying; suppressed HUD notifications are not replayed when the mod is disabled.

Compatibility and validation

Version 1.3.1 compiles against the locally installed Valheim and BepInEx libraries and passes automated logic checks. Its behavior in a running game, including the revised chat handling, has not yet been verified.

Valheim updates or other mods that change the same HUD/chat behavior may require a compatibility update.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.