TerraChat

Current release: 1.2.1

Chat with every TerraChat player, on any server or in single player. TerraChat replaces Valheim's chat box with its own window: your normal local chat, three global channels, a channel linked to Discord, and private messages.

The chat window

• Rune tabs: ᛊᛖᚷᛃᚨ (Local: normal Valheim chat with players on your server), ᛒᛟᚱᚦ 1, ᛒᛟᚱᚦ 2, ᛒᛟᚱᚦ 3 (global channels), ᚺᛖᛁᛗ (Heim, linked to Discord) and ᛈᛗ (private messages). A * marks tabs with new messages.
• Press Enter to open the chat (also while your inventory is open), Enter again to send and close, Tab to switch tabs, Escape to close. While the chat is open the mouse cursor is free and your inventory hotkeys are paused.
• The window sits at the bottom right and follows Valheim's GUI scale. Drag the title bar to move it; drag the dot at the right of the title bar to resize it.
• Click a player's name to start a private message to them.
• Web links can be shared in private messages: click one to copy the address (it never opens a browser by itself). In channels, links are replaced with a note.
• Settings (in the title bar): mute or unmute channels, text size, idle opacity and background opacity, reset the window. Everything is saved.
• Click Online in the title bar and choose Go offline to disconnect from TerraChat (Local chat keeps working); click Offline to go online again. Your choice is remembered.
• Local chat works exactly like Valheim's: shouts (/s), whispers (/w), emotes and other / commands, and players without TerraChat see it as usual.
• Your private messages are kept on your own PC, separately for each character, so your PM history is there when you come back.

Heim and Discord

The ᚺᛖᛁᛗ channel is linked to a Discord channel: messages from the game appear in Discord, and messages from Discord appear in the game marked [D].

Link your Discord profile once so your game messages show your Discord name and picture: in the ᚺᛖᛁᛗ tab click Link your Discord profile (or type /tc link). A code like !link K7F3QD is copied for you; paste it in the Discord channel within 10 minutes. The link is permanent until you type /tc unlink.

Players who have not linked their Discord profile can post in ᚺᛖᛁᛗ once every 5 seconds; linking removes the limit.

Commands

• /g1 text, /g2 text, /g3 text - send to a global channel; /g4 text - send to Heim (or just type in that tab)
• /pm Name text - private message (/pm "Name With Spaces" text); /r text replies to the last one
• /who - players online in TerraChat
• /discord - get our Discord invite in your PM tab (click it to copy)
• /tc mute 2, /tc unmute 2 - mute or unmute a channel
• /tc link, /tc unlink - link or unlink your Discord profile
• /tc help - list commands

Moderation

Offensive words are masked with * automatically, including disguised spellings. Repeating the same message or posting walls of symbols is refused, and messages in capitals are toned down. Repeated bad language or spam gives a short mute.

Privacy

TerraChat connects to the TerraChat server and needs the Steam version of Valheim: when you join, the mod automatically asks Steam to confirm your copy, and the server keeps only a one-way fingerprint of your Steam account (used so bans cannot be dodged with a new name). Console versions are not supported. Messages, including private messages, are only passed on live; the server never stores or logs them. The server keeps your chat name (your character name), a hash of your token, your Discord link if you made one, and moderation records (mutes and bans). Messages in the ᚺᛖᛁᛗ channel are also posted to Discord, where Discord's own rules and storage apply. Your private message history is stored only on your own PC (BepInEx/config/TerraChat/pm-history). Spam is rate-limited, and abusive players can be muted or banned.

About

I use AI to review code, assist with optimization and integrity; I manually test and review every mod, and all decisions and code remain my own.

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim

Credits

Rune tab names use Noto Sans Runic, Copyright 2022 The Noto Project Authors (https://github.com/notofonts/runic), embedded in the mod under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org).