ImmersiveBuildCamera
A survival-friendly building camera for Valheim with toggleable immersive view, shoulder peek, collision handling, and precision movement.
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Immersive Build Camera
Immersive Build Camera is a lightweight Valheim mod that improves building by giving the player a closer, smoother, and more controllable camera while using build tools.
It is designed to improve building comfort and precision without turning Valheim into a freecam editor, creative-mode tool, or placement cheat mod.
Features
- Toggleable immersive build camera while using build tools.
- Smooth camera movement while immersive build camera is active.
- Slow precision movement for careful placement.
- Left and right shoulder peek controls.
- Optional shoulder peek toggle mode.
- Stronger shoulder peek defaults for better corner visibility.
- Hold-to-adjust camera distance controls.
- Dedicated camera distance keybinds that do not conflict with build-piece rotation.
- Configurable FOV, near clip, camera distance, shoulder peek, movement, and visibility settings.
- Local player model hiding while the immersive camera is active.
- Optional debug logging for troubleshooting.
Default controls
| Action | Default key |
| --- | --- |
| Toggle immersive build camera | LeftAlt |
| Toggle precision movement | LeftControl |
| Peek left | Q |
| Peek right | E |
| Move camera closer | PageUp |
| Move camera farther | PageDown |
Mouse wheel is intentionally reserved for Valheim's normal build-piece rotation behavior.
Installation
Install with a mod manager, or place ImmersiveBuildCamera.dll in:
Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ImmersiveBuildCamera/
Launch the game once to generate the config file.
Updating from older versions
If the mod behaves strangely after updating, back up and delete the old config file, then launch the game once to regenerate it.
Older config files may still contain scroll-related entries. Current builds use dedicated camera distance keys and do not use mouse wheel camera distance control.
Compatibility
Potential compatibility issues may occur with mods that also patch player camera behavior, build mode input, player movement speed, or local player rendering.
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: