RowingTakesWork
A simple mod which drains your stamina slowly when rowing any ship forward or in reverse.
About this mod Author’s original text
Rowing Takes Work
A simple mod which drains your stamina slowly when rowing any ship forward or in reverse.
But Why?
I love the depth that was put into the sailing mechanics in this game. However, because rowing is so fast - and can be sustained infinitly - there's absolutely no reason to tack when heading into the wind, and no danger of winding up in irons.
Rowing Takes Work implements a small (or large, it's got configuration!) stamina drain on your Viking whenever they row their boat. This means you can't row straight into the wind forever anymore, and also means eating food before sailing _actually_ has a benefit.
Specifics
- When using the rudder of ship (e.g. no sails are open) your Viking will lose 2.5 stamina per second until they are no longer able to row, at which point your ship will come to a stop.
- If you try to row without stamina, you will immediately open the sails instead.
- The stamina drain can be configured, and the mod comes with ServerSync.
Compatibility
There are no known incompatabilities. It should be able to function properly with custom ships as well (though I have not tested this, feedback would be appreciated).
Installation
Manual
Manual installation is only recommended for configuring servers:
- Download the latest release of BepInEx.
- Extract the contents of the zip file to your game's root folder.
- Download the latest release of Rowing Takes Work.
- Extract the contents of the zip file to the BepInEx/plugins folder you created in step 2.
- Row Row Row Your Karve...
r2modman or Mod Manager
- Search for Rowing Takes Work in the Online section under the Mods header.
- Click Download
- Row Row Row Your Raft...
Support
The easiest way to reach me is to join my Discord.
Credits
Huge thank you to Lloyd Goldsprocket, gnomish photoshop wizard, for the icon.
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: