BetterGrapplingHook
Tired of your grappling hook pulling you halfway through or not pulling at all? Tired of slipping off the surface every time you reach it or having to manually retrieve the anchor? This mod is for you
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BetterGrapplingHook
Tired of your grappling hook pulling you halfway through or not pulling at all? Tired of slipping off the surface every time you reach it or having to manually retrieve the anchor? This mod is for you! Heavily inspired by Just Cause game series.
Features
- Small lift-off at launch.
- Pulling no longer stops early.
- Hangs on any surface and holds you in place.
- Stamina stops auto-regenerating while attached, and detaches when it runs out.
Configuration
The settings are in BepInEx/config/JevMods.BetterGrapplingHook.cfg, created on first launch.
- LaunchLift: extra upward speed at launch, in m/s (default 6).
- LiftDuration: how long that extra speed lasts, in seconds (default 0.75).
- OnArrival: Hang keeps you attached, AutoRetract releases the hook (default Hang).
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 BetterGrapplingHook
dotnet build src/BetterGrapplingHook -c Release
Then copy src/BetterGrapplingHook/bin/Release/BetterGrapplingHook.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/BetterGrapplingHook -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: