Immersive Build Camera

Immersive Build Camera is a lightweight Valheim mod that improves building by giving the player a closer, smoother, and more controllable camera while using build tools.

It is designed to improve building comfort and precision without turning Valheim into a freecam editor, creative-mode tool, or placement cheat mod.

Features

• Toggleable immersive build camera while using build tools.
• Smooth camera movement while immersive build camera is active.
• Slow precision movement for careful placement.
• Left and right shoulder peek controls.
• Optional shoulder peek toggle mode.
• Stronger shoulder peek defaults for better corner visibility.
• Hold-to-adjust camera distance controls.
• Dedicated camera distance keybinds that do not conflict with build-piece rotation.
• Configurable FOV, near clip, camera distance, shoulder peek, movement, and visibility settings.
• Local player model hiding while the immersive camera is active.
• Optional debug logging for troubleshooting.

Default controls

Mouse wheel is intentionally reserved for Valheim's normal build-piece rotation behavior.

Installation

Install with a mod manager, or place ImmersiveBuildCamera.dll in:

Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ImmersiveBuildCamera/

Launch the game once to generate the config file.

Updating from older versions

If the mod behaves strangely after updating, back up and delete the old config file, then launch the game once to regenerate it.

Older config files may still contain scroll-related entries. Current builds use dedicated camera distance keys and do not use mouse wheel camera distance control.

Compatibility

Potential compatibility issues may occur with mods that also patch player camera behavior, build mode input, player movement speed, or local player rendering.

Changelog

v1.1.1

• Uploaded the proper file.

v1.1.0

This update improves camera control, shoulder peek usability, and general polish while keeping the mod focused on immersive building. No freecam, no creative-mode tools, no placement cheats.

Added

• Smooth camera movement while immersive build camera is active.
• Dedicated camera distance controls:
  • PageUp moves the camera closer.
  • PageDown moves the camera farther.
• Hold-to-adjust camera distance behavior.
  • Holding PageUp or PageDown now continuously adjusts the camera distance.
  • No more repeated tapping.
• New camera distance config options:
  • CameraDistanceCloserKey
  • CameraDistanceFartherKey
  • DefaultBuildCameraDistance
  • MinBuildCameraDistance
  • MaxBuildCameraDistance
  • ScrollDistanceStep
  • RememberScrollDistance
• New camera smoothing config:
  • CameraTransitionSpeed
• Debug logging option:
  • EnableDebugLogs

Changed

• Shoulder peek defaults are stronger and more useful:
  • ShoulderOffsetX increased to 0.90
  • ShoulderDistance increased to 0.55
• Camera distance adjustment is now handled through dedicated keybinds instead of mouse wheel input.

Fixed

• Fixed camera distance adjustment conflicting with Valheim's build-piece rotation.
• Mouse wheel is now left alone for Valheim's normal building controls.
• Fixed camera distance controls requiring repeated taps by allowing held input.

v0.2.3

Added

• Added local player renderer hiding while immersive build camera is active.
• Added HideLocalPlayerWhenImmersive config option.
• Added ToggleShoulderPeek config option.
• Shoulder peek can now be used as either hold-to-peek or toggle-to-peek.

Changed

• The local player character is hidden only while immersive build camera is active and shoulder peek is not active.
• The local player character is restored while shoulder peeking so players can keep spatial awareness.

Fixed

• Reduced cases where the player's head or body blocks the immersive build camera view.

0.2.2

Initial public release.

• Added toggleable immersive build camera
• Added configurable build camera keybind
• Added left and right shoulder peek
• Added configurable shoulder peek offsets
• Added collision handling for shoulder peek
• Added toggleable precision movement
• Added configurable precision movement multiplier
• Added BepInEx config support
• Uses com.geronimo.valheim.immersivebuildcamera as plugin GUID