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ShipSense
Essential sailing instruments for Valheim. Displays live ship health bar and nautical speedometer beneath the compass, hover HP on rudder, and optional Moder tailwind power (wind always at your back).
By DFG
| Last updated | a week ago |
| Total downloads | 264 |
| Total rating | 1 |
| Categories | Transportation AI Generated |
| Dependency string | DFG-ShipSense-1.0.0 |
| Dependants | 0 other packages depend on this package |
This mod requires the following mods to function
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim
BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.
Preferred version: 5.4.2333
ValheimModding-Jotunn
Jötunn (/ˈjɔːtʊn/, 'giant'), the Valheim Library was created with the goal of making the lives of mod developers easier. It enables you to create mods for Valheim using an abstracted API so you can focus on the actual content creation.
Preferred version: 2.30.2README
Report a bug or buy us a coffee at dfgaming.net.
ShipSense
ShipSense brings essential nautical instruments and tailwind control to Valheim. Keep track of your ship's hull integrity, monitor true sailing speed in knots, inspect docked ships from shore, and optionally harness Moder's tailwind power so the wind is always at your back.
A Valheim BepInEx 5 plugin built on Jotunn.
Features
1. Ship Health (Hull Durability)
- Visual Health Bar: A clean Norse health bar anchored directly below the vanilla circular sailing compass in the bottom-right corner.
- Dynamic Color-Coding:
- > 60% HP: Vibrant Sea Green
- 30% – 60% HP: Warning Amber
- < 30% HP: Pulsing Crimson Red alert
- Customizable Format: Show
Current / Max (Percentage),Current / Max HP, orPercentage only. - Low Health Warning: Center-screen alert banner when your hull takes critical damage below 30% (configurable).
- Dock / Hover Tooltip: Hovering your crosshair over a ship's rudder or helm displays its current HP and percentage so you never set sail in a damaged vessel.
2. Live Nautical Speedometer
- Engine Physics Speed: Measures real-time forward and total velocity calculated directly from the ship's physics Rigidbody.
- Selectable Units:
- Knots (
kts) (default) — Authentic maritime speed ($1\text{ m/s} \approx 1.94\text{ kts}$) - Kilometers per hour (
km/h) - Meters per second (
m/s) - Miles per hour (
mph)
- Knots (
- Acceleration Tendency: Real-time tendency indicator (
▲Accelerating,●Cruising,▼Decelerating) plus a[Reverse]badge when paddling backwards.
3. Always Tailwind (Moder Power)
- Never Tack Again: Hooks Valheim's native
Ship.IsWindControllActiveandEnvMansystem to steer the wind forward into your sails. - On-the-Fly Hotkey: Press
F8(configurable) anytime while sailing to toggle tailwind ON or OFF with an on-screen prompt. - Optional Wind Force Boost: Choose between preserving natural weather wind force or boosting to maximum gale intensity ($1.0$) for brisk travel.
- Steering vs. Aboard: Configure whether tailwind requires actively holding the rudder or applies anytime players are aboard.
4. Passenger Friendly
- Stats remain active while riding on deck as a passenger.
- Option to keep the vanilla wind compass visible for passengers aboard the ship.
Controls
- F8: Toggle Tailwind ON / OFF (customizable in config).
Requirements
- BepInExPack Valheim (5.4.2333+)
- Jotunn (2.30.x)
- Valheim 1.0.16+
Installation
- Mod Manager (Recommended): Click Install with Mod Manager via Thunderstore.
- Manual: Place
ShipSense.dllinto yourBepInEx\plugins\ShipSense\folder.
Configuration (com.dfg.shipsense.cfg)
| Section | Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 - General |
Enabled |
true |
Master toggle for the mod. |
1 - General |
ShowWhenPassenger |
true |
Show ship instruments when aboard as a passenger. |
1 - General |
ShowCompassForPassengers |
true |
Keep vanilla wind compass visible for passengers. |
1 - General |
ShowHoverHealth |
true |
Show hull HP on the rudder hover tooltip. |
2 - Speedometer |
ShowSpeed |
true |
Show live speedometer. |
2 - Speedometer |
SpeedUnit |
Knots |
Knots, KilometersPerHour, MetersPerSecond, or MilesPerHour. |
2 - Speedometer |
ShowTrendIndicator |
true |
Show ▲, ●, ▼ acceleration arrows. |
3 - Health |
ShowHealth |
true |
Show ship health on HUD. |
3 - Health |
HealthFormat |
Both |
Both, CurrentAndMax, or PercentageOnly. |
3 - Health |
ShowHealthBar |
true |
Render visual health bar. |
3 - Health |
LowHealthWarning |
true |
Warning banner and bar pulsing below threshold. |
3 - Health |
LowHealthThreshold |
0.30 |
Hull health percentage considered critical. |
4 - Tailwind |
AlwaysTailwind |
true |
Enable Moder tailwind power. |
4 - Tailwind |
TailwindHotkey |
F8 |
In-game hotkey to toggle tailwind. |
4 - Tailwind |
RequireRudder |
false |
Require holding the rudder vs just being aboard. |
4 - Tailwind |
BoostWindForce |
false |
Boost wind force to full gale intensity ($1.0$). |
4 - Tailwind |
ShowTailwindBadge |
true |
Show [Tailwind: ON/OFF] badge on the panel. |
5 - UI |
Anchor |
BelowCompass |
BelowCompass, LeftOfCompass, AboveCompass, BottomRight, BottomCenter, or Custom. |
5 - UI |
OffsetX / OffsetY |
0 / 0 |
Fine-tune pixel positioning. |
5 - UI |
UiScale |
1.0 |
Scale of the HUD panel ($0.5$ to $2.0$). |
Support
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