DeathMessage

DeathMessage

Says what killed a player, and where - in everyone's chat, on everyone's screen and in Discord.

Vanilla Valheim tells nobody when a player dies, and a Discord bridge can only say "Astrid has

died." DeathMessage says "Astrid was killed by Troll ★1 at (120, 34, -560)": fell, drowned,

burned, poisoned by a Blob, crushed by a tree, hit by another player - whatever it was.

One DLL, for the players' games and the server.

Screenshots

In the chat box of every player, with the mod or without:

In Discord, through DiscordConnector, with the cause and the place of death:

What happens when you die

• Your game works out the cause from the last hits your character took: who or what, the

damage by type, and what was left of your health.

• You see it in the middle of the screen: "Killed by Troll ★1 — last hit: 42 blunt".
• Your character shouts it, so it is an ordinary chat line for every player on the server:

"Astrid: was killed by Troll ★1 at (120, 34, -560)".

• The server shows every other player "Astrid was killed by Troll ★1 at (120, 34, -560)."

in the top-left message feed, which is also kept in the Compendium's message log.

• With DiscordConnector

on the server, Discord gets "Astrid was killed by Troll ★1. Coords: (120, 34, -560)" at

once, in place of "Astrid has died."

• The death is added to your own history: /deaths in chat lists the last 10, /deaths hits

adds the hits before each. The last 30 are kept in

BepInEx/config/liekos47.deathmessage.deaths.txt.

Also in the mod, both off until you turn them on:

• A shorter respawn. The game waits a fixed 10 seconds on the death view and then at least

8 more at your bed. Two settings in your own game shorten both.

• /grave. When the server allows it, pay coins to be taken back to where you last died.

Who installs it

| Installed in | What you get |

|---|---|

| The dying player's game and the server | Everything above |

| The dying player's game only | The on-screen cause, the history, the shout in everyone's chat, the shorter respawn |

| The server only | Nothing yet: only a player's own game knows what hit them |

Players without the mod still read other players' deaths in chat and in the top-left feed.

Their own deaths are announced by nobody and go to Discord as DiscordConnector's usual message.

Install

Needs BepInExPack Valheim.

Install it with a mod manager, or put DeathMessage.dll in BepInEx/plugins/ by hand. It goes

in the game of each player who wants it, and in BepInEx/plugins/ on the dedicated server. DiscordConnector is optional and only belongs on the server.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/liekos47.deathmessage.cfg, written on the first start. The [Client] settings

are read in a player's game, the [Server] settings on the server (or in the game of a player

hosting the world). Changes to the file are picked up within 30 seconds, without a restart.

In a player's game: [Client]

| Setting | Default | |

|---|---|---|

| LocalLog | true | Show the cause in the middle of the screen and keep the history |

| ShoutDeath | true | Shout the cause when you die, so it is in every player's chat |

| ShoutFormat | {cause} at {pos} | What is shouted. The game puts your name in front |

| SendToServer | true | Report your deaths to the server, for its announcement and Discord |

| DeathViewSeconds | 10 | Seconds on the death view before the respawn starts. The game's own is 10, the least is 1 |

| RespawnLoadSeconds | 8 | Least seconds waited at your spawn point. The game's own is 8, the least is 3 |

On the server: [Server]

| Setting | Default | |

|---|---|---|

| Announce | true | Show the other players a message when someone dies |

| AnnounceFormat | {player} {cause} at {pos}. | The message |

| AnnounceWhere | TopLeft | TopLeft = the message feed. Center = across the middle of the screen |

| Discord | true | Put the cause and the place into DiscordConnector's death message |

| DiscordMessage | %PLAYER_NAME% {cause}. Coords: {pos} | Replaces DiscordConnector's "Player