BetterFog
Other mods remove fog, Mistlands mist and fire smoke entirely. BetterFog just tones them down, so the game keeps its atmosphere and is much nicer to play.
About this mod Author’s original text
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 Mod Manager profile.
git clone
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 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:
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: