ETHICAL Auras
Ethical WeakAuras for dog tamers
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ETHICALAuras
ETHICAL Auras is a Valheim mod that helps players track essential buffs. It provides configurable visual and audio alerts when monitored buffs are missing.
Features
Buff Tracking
- Visual Alerts: Flashing icons for missing buffs
- Audio Alerts: Customizable sound notifications
- Smart Zone Awareness: Track buffs only in biomes where they matter (because who needs frost resistance in the Meadows?)
- Interactive Selection Menu: Browse and select buffs with a user-friendly interface
- Search Functionality: Quickly find specific buffs in the selection menu
- Grid View: Visual grid display of all available buffs with icons
- Real-time Updates: Instant feedback when buffs are gained or lost
Configuration Options
General Settings
- Tracked Buffs: Select which buffs to monitor through the in-game menu
- Icon Display: Customize size, position, and spacing of buff icons
- Zone Awareness: Enable/disable tracking in specific biomes:
- Meadows
- Black Forest
- Swamp
- Mountain
- Plains
- Mistlands
- Ocean
- Ashlands
- Deep North
Audio Settings
- Enable Audio Alerts: Toggle sound notifications
- Loop Audio: Choose whether the alert should loop (if you really need the reminder)
- Alert Sound: Select from available audio clips:
- Scream: double wraith death wail (for maximum panic)
- Creatine: creatine does nothing (surprised?)
Display Settings
- Icon Size: Adjust the size of buff icons (20-200 pixels)
- Icon Position: Choose from 9 different screen positions:
- Top Left
- Top Center
- Top Right
- Middle Left
- Middle Center
- Middle Right
- Bottom Left
- Bottom Center
- Bottom Right
- Icon Spacing: Customize the gap between icons (0-50 pixels)
- Flash Effect: Configurable flashing animation for missing buffs
Usage
- Click the checkbox (because buttons suck) to open buff menu
- Use the search box to find specific buffs
- Browse through the grid of available buffs
- Check/uncheck buffs to track/untrack them
- Click "Apply Changes" to save your selection
- Watch as squinnyBoi still forgets
Configuration
The mod's settings are managed through BepInEx's ConfigurationManager, and through buff selection menu (F6). All changes can be made either through the in-game menu or by editing the configuration file directly.
Menu Features
- Search Filter: Quickly find specific buffs
- Visual Grid: Browse buffs with their icons
- Apply/Cancel: Save or discard your changes
- Real-time Preview: See your changes immediately
Technical Details
- Asset Bundle Integration: Custom audio clips and resources
- Performance Optimized: Efficient buff checking and rendering
- Error Handling: Graceful fallbacks for missing resources
- Debug Logging: Comprehensive logging for troubleshooting
Contributing
Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request. Just remember to be ethical about it.
License
This mod is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use it, modify it, and share it - just don't forget to credit the original author.
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: