Viking Shanties

Dance and headbang on boats and around campfires while Viking shanties play for everyone nearby!

Features

• Stick to the boat — Passengers are locked to the deck while emoting, no more sliding into the ocean
• Campfire singalongs — Press H near any lit fire to dance and sing
• Dance & Headbang — Cycles between dance and headbang emotes each time you press the hotkey
• Skip songs — Press Shift+H while dancing to skip to the next track
• Viking shanties — 3D spatialized audio plays from the ship or fire, audible to all nearby players and fading with distance
• 9 included tracks — Ships with a full soundtrack out of the box
• Multiplayer synced — Other players see you dancing and hear the shanty
• Crew singing — Volume increases slightly with more dancers
• Custom music — Drop your own .mp3, .ogg, or .wav files into the Shanties folder
• F1 Config Manager support — Change settings live in-game

How to Use

On a Ship

1. Get on a ship as a passenger (works from seats too!)
2. Press H to start dancing
3. Press Shift+H to skip to the next song
4. Press H again to stop

At a Campfire

1. Stand near any lit fire
2. Press H to start singing
3. Press Shift+H to skip to the next song
4. Press H again to stop

Each press cycles to the next emote and shanty.

Configuration

Works with the F1 Configuration Manager. Settings at BepInEx/config/dickdangerjustice.VikingShanties.cfg:

Custom Music

Place .mp3, .ogg, or .wav files in:

BepInEx/plugins/VikingShanties/Shanties/

The mod loads all audio files from this folder at startup and cycles through them.

Included Music Credits

Music by Forgotten Hero Records — free to use:

• "Ancient Order"
• "Echoes of Valhalla"
• "Medieval Escape"
• "Son of a Wolf"
• "Stormborn Saga"
• "Valhalla's Call"
• "Wall of Hope"
• "Warrior's Heart"

Music by NickPanekAIAssets — free to use:

• "Viking Chant (Ancient Norse Style)"

Bug Reports

Found a bug? Email [email protected]

Installation

Thunderstore / Gale / r2modman

Install via your mod manager — it handles everything.

Manual

1. Copy the VikingShanties folder into BepInEx/plugins/
2. Make sure the folder structure looks like:

BepInEx/plugins/VikingShanties/
    VikingShanties.dll
    Shanties/
        ancient_order.mp3
        echoes_of_valhalla.mp3
        medieval_escape.mp3
        son_of_a_wolf.mp3
        stormborn_saga.mp3
        valhallas_call.mp3
        viking_chant.mp3
        wall_of_hope.mp3
        warriors_heart.mp3

Changelog

1.0.5

• Fixed hotkey triggering dance while in crafting table and other inventory UIs
• Campfire singing now syncs to other players via network (other players hear your campfire music)
• Song skip (Shift+H) now syncs to all players on both boats and campfires
• Added multiplayer note to README for custom music sync

1.0.4

• Fixed hotkey triggering dance while typing in chat, console, or sign text inputs

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Passengers can dance and headbang on ships without falling off
• Viking shanty music plays as 3D spatialized audio from the ship
• Shanties cycle each time you start dancing
• Multiplayer sync via ZRoutedRpc — all players see the dancing and hear the music
• Configurable hotkey, volume, hearing distance, and cooldown
• Drop your own .mp3/.ogg/.wav files into the Shanties folder for custom music