FishHealthBars
Configurable overhead fish health bars with an F8 settings menu, RGB colors, display range controls, and Chinese/English UI.
About this mod Machine translation
Fish Health Bars
Displays configurable overhead health bars for fish in How to Fish.
Features
- Health bars for normal fish, piranhas, pufferfish, running fish, whales, and other Fish types.
- Always-visible, aim-only, and damage-triggered visibility modes.
- Configurable maximum display range.
- Custom high-, medium-, and low-health RGB colors.
- Adjustable bar width, height, number size, and vertical offset.
- Optional overhead boss health bars.
- Chinese and English settings interface.
- Press F8 to open or close the in-game settings window.
- Settings are saved automatically.
This is a client-side display mod. It reads health values already synchronized by the game and does not modify health, damage, saves, rewards, or network state.
Installation
Mod manager
Install Mod Manager or r2modman. The required BepInEx pack will be installed automatically.
Manual installation
- Install BepInEx 5.4.23.5 x64 for the game.
- Copy BepInEx/plugins/FishHealthBars/FishHealthBars.dll into the matching game directory.
- Start the game normally through Steam.
The game directory is the inner folder that contains How to Fish.exe.
Configuration
Press F8 in game to open the settings window.
The configuration file is generated at:
BepInEx/config/net.howtofish.fishhealthbars.cfg
Chinese description
This mod displays configurable health bars for fish in How to Fish.
Function
- Supports fish types such as ordinary fish, piranha, pufferfish, RunningFish, BowheadWhale and other fish types.
- Supports always-on display, aiming display and after-injury display.
- Adjustable maximum display range.
- RGB colors for high, medium and low health can be adjusted separately.
- Adjustable health bar width, height, number font size and vertical position.
- You can choose whether to display the health bar above the boss's head.
- The configuration page supports Chinese and English.
- Press F8 to open or close the in-game configuration page.
- All settings are saved automatically.
This Mod only reads the game's health that has been synchronized to the client and draws the UI. It does not modify health, damage, saves, rewards, or network status.
Manual installation
- Install BepInEx 5.4.23.5 x64 for the game.
- Copy BepInEx/plugins/FishHealthBars/FishHealthBars.dll to the corresponding directory of the game.
- Launch the game normally from Steam.
The configuration file is located at:
BepInEx/config/net.howtofish.fishhealthbars.cfg
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: