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Bifrost Gateway

A quick-connect gateway for Valheim's main menu. Your private servers get a left-docked panel with one-click join, saved passwords, and live player counts — so a friend lands in your world without ever typing a password or an IP.

Selecting a joining character still happens: Bifrost Gateway dials through the game's own connect bridge, so the vanilla character-select screen appears and who actually steps onto the bridge is up to you.

A Valheim BepInEx 5 plugin, Harmony only — no Jotunn dependency.

Features

• One-click join — every server you configure appears on the main menu; clicking one starts the join immediately.
• Passwords supplied for you — the vanilla FejdStartup.ServerPassword path is fed automatically, so the prompt never appears. The last password is wiped after join or on backing out, so a stale one can't leak into the public-server box.
• Vanilla character-select flow — joins run through FejdStartup.ProceedJoinRequest, the game's own private bridge, so the real "pick your character" screen appears and the panel steps aside the moment loading starts.
• Live player counts — 0/10 shown when the backend knows; unknown displayed honestly for direct-IP servers the matchmaker can't see, never a misleading 0/0.
• Version mismatch badge — a server on a different Valheim version shows a red ⚠ vX.Y.Z warning, because a mismatched join fails after connect with ErrorVersion.
• Left-docked panel — drawn from the plugin's own OnGUI, no Harmony patch, no backdrop (so main-menu buttons stay clickable), gate on main menu and character-select only.

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Valheim 1.0.16+

Installation

1. Install through your mod manager (recommended).
2. Manual: place BifrostGateway.dll and bifrost_config.json into BepInEx\plugins\BifrostGateway\.

Configuration

Servers live in bifrost_config.json beside the DLL (the plugin creates it on first run):

[
  {
    "name": "Lanfangels Nest",
    "host": "10.0.0.5",
    "port": "2456",
    "password": "raveaks"
  }
]

Each entry may omit password. The list is read on load; restart to pick up changes.

Support

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Changelog

All notable changes to Bifrost Gateway.

1.0.1

• New package icon: a swirling rainbow portal in a gold gateway ring.

1.0.0

• First release.
• Left-docked quick-connect panel on the main menu listing configured private servers.
• One-click join through the game's own connect bridge (FejdStartup.ProceedJoinRequest), so the vanilla character-select screen still appears before joining.
• Automatic server-password supply via the game's native ServerPassword path; password wiped after join or on backing out of character select.
• Live player counts where the backend provides them; honest "unknown" for direct-IP servers.
• Red version-mismatch badge (⚠ vX.Y.Z) for servers running a different Valheim version.
• Panel drawn from the plugin's own OnGUI, no backdrop, gated to the main-menu and character-select screens.
• Servers configured in bifrost_config.json beside the DLL.