BetterFog

Vanilla fog, Mistlands mist and fire smoke can hide the whole scene, and most mods that fix this just switch them off. This mod keeps all three and reduces them to make the game more enjoyable.

Features

• Reduces the density of the distance fog in every biome and weather.
• Reduces the opacity of the Mistlands mist, the fog banks and the weather fog.
• Reduces the opacity of fire smoke.
• Each reduction has its own setting, from none to vanilla.

Configuration

The settings are in BepInEx/config/JevMods.BetterFog.cfg, created on first launch. Each value goes from 0 to 1, where 1 is vanilla.

• Fog.Density: reduces the distance fog density to this fraction of vanilla (default 0.5).
• Fog.MistOpacity: reduces the opacity of the mist and fog particles to this fraction of vanilla. Restart the game after changing it (default 0.2).
• Smoke.Opacity: reduces the opacity of fire smoke to this fraction of vanilla (default 0.5).

Feedback

Found a bug or have an idea for a change? Open an issue on the GitHub issues page. Refactoring suggestions are welcome too. I'll go through everything as fast as I can.

Building from source

To build you need Windows, the .NET SDK 8 or newer (with the .NET Framework 4.8 developer pack), Valheim and BepInEx. The easiest way to get BepInEx is to install BepInExPack_Valheim in a Thunderstore Mod Manager profile.

git clone https://github.com/JevMods/BetterFog.git
cd BetterFog
dotnet build src/BetterFog -c Release

Then copy src/BetterFog/bin/Release/BetterFog.dll into BepInEx/plugins.

The build looks for Valheim through Steam and for BepInEx in the Default profile of the Thunderstore Mod Manager. If yours live elsewhere, pass the paths:

dotnet build src/BetterFog -c Release -p:ValheimDir="D:\Games\Valheim" -p:BepInExDir="D:\Games\Valheim\BepInEx"

You can also set the VALHEIM_INSTALL environment variable. With no Valheim install at all, point ManagedDir at the valheim_server_Data/Managed folder of the free Valheim Dedicated Server (Steam app 896660). The GitHub workflow does exactly that.

Notes

• Client-side: only the player who wants the effect needs to install it.
• Source: https://github.com/JevMods/BetterFog

Changelog

1.0.3

• New icon: a Mistlands tower from the game, vanilla fog on one half and BetterFog on the other.
• Added before and after screenshots: Mistlands, Black Forest, a campfire and a storm.
• Shorter description that says what the mod does.

1.0.2

• Synced the Thunderstore description with the README.

1.0.1

• Reworded the README description and added a feedback section.

1.0.0

• First release.