Runic Build Camera

Move your view around a project while your Viking stays put. Place, repair, and remove building pieces from the angle you need, using Valheim's familiar building controls.

Features

• Detached building camera with adjustable movement speed and range.
• Remote placement, repair, and removal using normal building requirements and costs.
• Optional pickup of loose materials near the camera, including underwater drops.
• Player ward protection for camera pickups.
• Optional Wisplight mist clearing that follows the camera.
• Mouse and controller support with separate look-inversion settings.

Controls

Equip a hammer or another building tool and press B to toggle the camera. Close the piece-selection menu to move freely.

• Movement and look: your normal Valheim inputs.
• Up and down: jump and crouch.
• Faster movement: hold run.
• Exit: press B, put away your hammer, or select a hotbar item.

Your character stays in place and remains vulnerable to damage while you use the camera.

Picking up items

Enable your character's auto-pickup toggle and leave PickupEnabled on. Eligible loose items are collected within PickupRange of the camera. Distance includes depth; move the camera closer to submerged items if needed.

Inventory space, carry weight, item eligibility, and other mods' normal pickup restrictions still apply. Fish are excluded, including anglerfish and pufferfish. The camera does not collect from chests or other containers, pick up placed objects, or free items trapped in tar.

Player wards: enabled player-built wards block camera pickup unless you own the ward or have permission. Every overlapping player ward must allow access. Disabled wards do not block pickup.

Game-created wards: do not block camera pickup. Building actions continue to follow their normal ward restrictions.

Wisplight

When you have an active Wisplight, its mist-clearing effect can follow the detached camera. Adjust DemisterRangeMultiplier to change its range. The effect returns to your character when the camera closes.

Installation

Install with a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager, or install BepInExPack for Valheim and copy RunicBuildCamera.dll and the Translations folder into BepInEx/plugins/RunicBuildCamera.

Close Valheim before updating. Replace the previous version instead of keeping duplicate copies. Launch once to generate BepInEx/config/chazman.RunicBuildCamera.cfg.

Client-only: each player who wants the camera installs it locally. The dedicated server does not need this mod. Runic Build Camera is standalone and requires only BepInEx; no other Runic mods are required.

Compatibility

Do not use Runic Build Camera alongside Build Camera Custom Hammers Edition. Disable or remove that mod first. Runic Precision Build Tool can be used alongside this mod.

Configuration

Edit BepInEx/config/chazman.RunicBuildCamera.cfg while the game is closed. A commented example configuration is included.

Languages

The mod follows Valheim's selected language, with English fallback. Language files are in Translations/RunicBuildCamera beside the DLL. To add a translation, copy English.json, name the copy for the selected language, and translate its values.

Version 1.0.8

Camera pickups respect player-built wards while allowing collection near game-created wards. Owners and permitted players retain access. Fish remain excluded.

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Changelog

1.0.8

• Camera pickups now respect enabled player-built wards. Owners and permitted players retain access.
• Game-created wards do not block camera pickups.
• Overlapping player wards each require permission.

1.0.7

• Excluded fish, including pufferfish and anglerfish, from camera pickups.
• Removed the building-only restriction that prevented collection of ordinary loose items.
• Added a notice when the player's auto-pickup toggle is off.

1.0.6

• Improved collection of underwater loose items.
• Improved pickup reliability in crowded areas.

1.0.5

• Added language files with English fallback.
• Kept control bindings consistent across languages.

1.0.4

• Fixed camera activation after changing window focus.
• Added feedback when toggling the camera or when activation is unavailable.

1.0.3

• Fixed putting away the hammer and switching hotbar items while using the camera.
• Improved keyboard and controller exit controls.

1.0.2

• Updated compatibility for Valheim 1.0 and BepInExPack 5.4.2350.

1.0.1

• Updated the mod description and feature guide.

1.0.0

• Released the standalone building camera with remote building, optional loose-item pickup, and Wisplight support.

0.1.0

• Added the detached camera, configurable movement and look controls, remote building actions, loose-item pickup, and Wisplight support.