CinematicControl
Configure, play once, or bypass Valheim 1.0 cinematics, startup splash logos, maiden Valkyrie flights, and dream sleep videos.
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CinematicControl
Take full control of cinematics, intro sequences, and splash logos in Valheim 1.0.
Whether you've played for 3,700 hours and want an instant-launch experience straight to the main menu, or you want to experience each new cutscene once on your characters and never sit through them again, CinematicControl gives you granular, 3-way configuration for every cutscene in the game.
Features
- Three-Way Control Mode (AlwaysPlay, PlayOnce, Disabled):
- AlwaysPlay (0): Vanilla behavior. Every cinematic plays normally every time.
- PlayOnce (1): Plays once (first time game launches, or maiden playthrough for character), then automatically bypassed on future sessions. Cleanly reverts if you switch modes later!
- Disabled (2): Never plays. Bypassed immediately.
- Fast Game Launch:
- Studio Splash Logos: Skip the Iron Gate and Coffee Stain loading sequence to jump straight to the title screen.
- 1.0 Launch Cinematic: Skip or play once the animated launch movie played before the main menu.
- Valkyrie Intro Sequence:
- Maiden Flight (PlayOnce): Watch the iconic Valkyrie flight on a new character's very first world entry. Subsequent world entries and joins skip straight to the spawn stones!
- Smooth World Loading (No Object Pop-in): When skipping the Valkyrie flight, the mod cleanly holds the loading screen until the sacrificial stones, Vegvisir, and flora are fully generated, delivering a seamless transition into the world.
- Full Flight Corridor Map Exploration (RevealFlightMapPathOnSkip): When the Valkyrie flight is bypassed, the mod automatically reveals the entire flight corridor on your world map fog-of-war, preserving map discovery progress without the tedious wait!
- New World Intro Movie:
- Control the animated 1.0 introductory lore movie played when generating or entering a new world.
- Dream Sleep Cinematics:
- Choose whether the new 1.0 dream videos play during sleep.
- When bypassed or disabled, the game seamlessly falls back to classic Valheim dream lore text.
- Ending Cutscene & Credits:
- Control the post-boss outro cutscene and game ending credits sequence.
- Multiplayer & Server Safe:
- 100% client-side mod. Safe to use in singleplayer and on dedicated multiplayer servers.
Configuration
The configuration file is generated at BepInEx/config/com.drakosdj.cinematiccontrol.cfg after launching Valheim with the mod installed. You can also configure it live in-game using the BepInEx Configuration Manager (F1).
| Section | Key | Default | Description |
|:--- |:--- |:--- |:--- |
| General | ModEnabled | true | Master toggle to enable or disable all mod functionality. |
| Launch | StartupLogos | Disabled | Startup splash logos (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). |
| Launch | LaunchCinematic | PlayOnce | 1.0 Game launch movie before main menu (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). |
| World | NewWorldMovie | PlayOnce | Introductory lore movie on new world creation (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). |
| Valkyrie | ValkyrieFlight | PlayOnce | Valkyrie intro flight (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). In PlayOnce, maiden flight plays once per character. |
| Valkyrie | RevealFlightMapPathOnSkip| true | Automatically uncovers the flight corridor fog-of-war on the map when skipping Valkyrie flight. |
| Dreams | DreamCinematics | PlayOnce | Sleep dream cinematics (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). Suppressed dreams fall back to classic dream text. |
| Ending | EndingCinematics | AlwaysPlay | Outro cutscene and credits sequence (AlwaysPlay = 0, PlayOnce = 1, Disabled = 2). |
| Reset | ResetSeenHistory | false | Setting to true resets all 'Seen' playback history back to unplayed. Automatically reverts to false. |
Resetting Seen Cinematics
If you ever want to re-watch cutscenes or maiden flights on existing characters:
- Cinematics Sub-Menu: In the main menu, click Cinematics, then click RESET SEEN CINEMATICS right above the Back button.
- Configuration Ma
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: