Lockstep

The next boss stays sealed until every player on the server has defeated the previous one. Fast players wait for the group; nobody skips ahead.

Features

• A boss altar opens only once everyone has defeated the boss before it, and says who the group is waiting for.
• Credit per player: everyone who hit the boss, plus everyone within a set distance when it dies.
• The roster fills itself; players away for a set number of days stop holding the group back.
• New players catch up with everything the world has already cleared (configurable).
• Safe to install mid-playthrough: bosses already defeated count as cleared for everyone.
• The boss chain is a YAML file: add modded bosses or change the order.
• Admins can grant or revoke credit and ignore or forget players from the console.

Install

Needed on the server and every client; the server refuses clients without it. Install with r2modman or the Thunderstore app, or put Lockstep.dll in BepInEx/plugins. Replaces OathBound (up to 0.1.2): remove it, its config files are not read.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/com.Lockstep.cfg and LockstepChain.yml; the server keeps its roster in Lockstep.<world>.roster.yml. Every setting is described in the file and applies without a restart; the server's values bind every player (Lock Configuration). Console: lockstep status shows who the group waits for; admin commands: https://github.com/geraldjglasgow/ValheimMods/blob/main/Lockstep/PLAN.md. charter status shows whether the server binds your settings.

Links

Bugs and ideas: https://github.com/geraldjglasgow/ValheimMods/issues (name the mod and version). Licence: GPL-3.0.

Shout outs

• The BepInEx and Harmony teams, for the tools every Valheim mod stands on.
• Iron Gate Studio, for Valheim.
• Thunderstore, for hosting this page.
• The Valheim modding community, for the hard work and dedication that keeps enhancing an already great game.
• Every modder who keeps their mods open source so others can collaborate, learn and build on them.
• The co-op group that kept waiting at the Elder altar for the one player who was still at work.

Changelog

0.3.3

• Faster loading: the config file is written once instead of once per setting.

0.3.2

• Less work every frame keeping the server's settings in sync.

0.3.1

• Fixed: joining a busy server no longer refuses a correct client.
• Shorter store page.

0.3.0

• Server sync moved to Charter, our own library; config files work unchanged.
• A version mismatch refuses the join with a named reason and a code in both logs.
• New console command charter (status, diff, versions).

0.2.1

• New store icon.

0.2.0

• Renamed from OathBound to Lockstep: GUID com.Lockstep, com.Lockstep.cfg, LockstepChain.yml, Lockstep.<world>.roster.yml and console command lockstep.
• Old OathBound files are not read: rename them to keep your settings, and remove the old DLL.

0.1.4

• Store page links to the GitHub repository.

0.1.3

• The chain file is checked on load: a stage without key or boss, or an empty chain, keeps the previous chain.
• A duplicate order warns; every message names the file and path.
• Rebuilt on the rewritten shared config libraries; MIT licence added.

0.1.2

• Fixed: a frame rate loss.
• YAML files with a byte order mark are accepted.

0.1.1

• Fixed: Linux dedicated servers hung in an endless config and roster reload.
• No warning on first run when the example chain file is written.

0.1.0

• First working version: player roster, credit by attackers and radius, altar gate with spawn guard, YAML chain.
• Console commands, late joiner catch-up, inactive days and mid-playthrough backfill.