Rusty Heathens QoL 1.0.2

The main Rusty Heathens Valheim quality-of-life plugin.

Install

Install RustyHeathensQoL 1.0.2 on the dedicated server and on participating player PCs. For server automation and the persistent Rusty Backpack, also install RustyHeathensServerQoL 1.0.0 on the dedicated server.

Use Thunderstore Mod Manager/r2modman for player profiles, or replace the DLL while Valheim is closed. Keep only one active copy of the plugin. Existing world, character, backpack, grave, and config data are preserved.

Included

• 8-column x 6-row normal inventory with dedicated gear, utility, trinket, ammo, and food slots.
• Rusty Backpack with progression capacity, four-row scrolling view, weightless contents, recovery graves, and travel-safe opening.
• Nearby-chest crafting/building with player materials consumed first.
• Proximity auto repair, safe Quick Stack, food warning/hotkeys, and character preview.
• Red gear-grave markers and paired backpack/inventory grave handling.
• Client side of the owner-verified AutoStore/AutoProcess handoffs used by ServerQoL.
• Craft/upgrade audit reporting to ServerQoL.

Craft audit

Successful crafts and upgrades are reported to the connected server. ServerQoL resolves the connected player identity and writes the authoritative daily file at:

BepInEx/RustyHeathensLogs/CraftingAudit-YYYY-MM-DD.log

Failed craft attempts are not logged. This is an operational audit trail, not tamper-proof anti-cheat attestation.

Diagnostics

Routine diagnostic chatter is off by default. Enable Diagnostics.VerboseLogging only while troubleshooting. Warnings and errors remain visible.

Compatibility

Prepared for Valheim 1.0.27 and BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351. Keep the server and participating clients on the same Rusty Heathens QoL release.

Achievements during modded play

Version 1.0.1 introduced support for normal achievement progression while mods are loaded. Every player needs QoL 1.0.2 on their own PC; installing it only on the dedicated server cannot enable player achievements. This applies wherever the updated client plugin is loaded, including single-player.

Only the modded-flag read inside the game's achievement evaluator is ignored. The global modded flag and menu label remain unchanged. Character/devcommand history, cheated-item tags, world modifier checks, difficulty requirements, and the game's official achievement bypass retain their normal behavior. Characters or worlds blocked for those other reasons can still be ineligible.

This does not automatically award achievements, restore missed progress, reset saves, or grant cheat/admin access. Earn the requirements through normal play. A separate achievement-enabler mod is unnecessary; avoid stacking it with this feature when troubleshooting.

No new plugin GUID is added. Existing ModGuard allowance for com.rustylasergaming.rustyheathensqol still applies. No policy edit is needed when using the existing unpinned entry. ServerQoL and ServerSync stay on their current versions.

Backpack overlap fix in 1.0.2

The container panel now follows the actual bottom edge of the expanded player inventory, with clearance for Take all and Place stacks. This also applies to normal chests. No config change is required.

Validation

Compiled with zero warnings/errors against the supplied Valheim/BepInEx references. All 63 existing QoL logic checks and 28 placement checks passed. Placement checks execute the production patch using transform test doubles, covering several scales, panel resizing, repeated updates, and disabled/closed states. They do not replace an in-game Unity rendering test. Achievement support is unchanged from 1.0.1.

Live Valheim testing has not been performed. Test the backpack and a normal chest at your usual GUI scale, and confirm both buttons and all visible rows remain accessible. Existing inventory/backpack data formats remain unchanged.

Source, tests, and rebuild instructions are supplied separately in RustyHeathensQoL_1.0.2_SOURCE.zip. This Thunderstore package contains install files only.

Changelog

1.0.4 - 2026-10-15

• Add owner-side safe shrinking and withdrawal-only recovery for oversized legacy backpacks. Preserve all 1.0.3 interaction fixes and the 1.0.2 backpack layout.
• Requires the paired QoL 1.0.4 / ServerQoL 1.0.1 update.
• Offline validation passed; live game testing remains pending.

1.0.3 - 2026-10-15

• Fix the chest discovery RPC name mismatch found in Valheim 1.0.20.
• Add null/stale-reference guards to the hammer radial action.
• Correct quality-sensitive inventory capacity checks and cleanly refuse zero-capacity player additions.
• Preserve 1.0.2 backpack panel placement, existing saves/configuration, and achievement support.
• Rebuild against supplied Valheim 1.0.20 assemblies; correct the prior README game-version typo.
• Validate with offline logic, interaction, layout, achievement and metadata checks. Live game testing remains required.

1.0.2 - 2026-10-15

• Position the container window below the actual expanded player inventory.
• Include Take all, Place stacks, and the container title when calculating clearance.
• Recalculate after the UI updates so GUI scale, panel resizing, and repeated opening do not accumulate position drift.
• Apply the same spacing to normal chests using the shared container window.
• Preserve backpack capacity, scrolling, items, save formats, achievements and other existing features.

1.0.1 - 2026-10-14

• Integrate achievement support into the existing QoL plugin: ignore only the modded flag during the achievement eligibility check.
• Preserve character, item, world, difficulty, and official bypass restrictions; no direct unlocks or saved cheat-state changes.
• Retain the global modded flag and all existing QoL gameplay features.
• Keep the existing plugin GUID and network/config formats. No new dependency or ModGuard entry.
• Package source separately from the Thunderstore install ZIP.

1.0.0 - 2026-10-07

• Promote the current Rusty Heathens QoL feature set to the stable 1.0 line.
• Preserve the 6x8 inventory, dedicated equipment/food/ammo slots, Rusty Backpack, nearby-chest crafting/building, auto repair, Quick Stack, food tools, grave markers, and owner-verified automation support.
• Preserve Craft Audit R1.2 inventory-snapshot detection and delayed verification for Valheim 1.0.17.
• Quiet routine client diagnostics by default; warnings/errors remain visible and detailed diagnostics remain available through Diagnostics.VerboseLogging.
• Keep existing player, world, grave, inventory, backpack, and configuration data formats unchanged.
• Refresh Thunderstore metadata for Valheim 1.0.17 / BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351.

0.5.24

• Craft Audit R1.2 inventory-snapshot detection and delayed verification for Valheim 1.0.17.