RustyHeathensMessenger

Rusty Heathens Messenger

Rusty Heathens Messenger is a lightweight Valheim messaging mod for the Rusty Heathens server.

It adds server flavor, reminders, event messages, raid warnings, boss kill announcements, and funny death counter messages for community servers.

Features

• Welcome message when joining the world
• Server reminder message
• Raid warning messages
• Boss kill messages
• Death counter
• Funny death messages

Configuration

Server owners can customize the mod by editing the config file:

BepInEx/config/com.rustylasergaming.heathensmessenger.cfg

Config options include:

• Enable or disable welcome messages
• Enable or disable server reminders
• Enable or disable raid warnings
• Enable or disable boss kill messages
• Enable or disable death messages
• Enable or disable chat commands
• Customize welcome message text
• Customize server reminder text
• Customize chat command messages
• Control who can use chat commands

Message Styles

Chat command messages can use different styles.

Available styles:

• Normal
• Epic
• Funny
• Emergency

Each command has its own style config option:

StreamStyle = Normal

BossStartStyle = Epic

BaseStyle = Normal

DiscordStyle = Normal

EndingStyle = Normal

BodyStyle = Epic

RaidStyle = Emergency

Funny Style Lines

Funny style adds Rusty Heathens-style joke lines to chat command messages.

Funny lines can include crew-flavored messages featuring:

• Panda the Chaos Bringer
• Witchy
• Seppy
• Rusty Heathens chaos

When a command uses Funny style, the mod can show different funny lines for commands like:

-!stream

-!boss

-!base

-!discord

-!ending

-!body

-!raid

Server Broadcast Messages

Chat command messages are now broadcast to all connected players who have the mod installed.

When an allowed player uses commands like:

-!stream

-!boss

-!base

-!discord

-!ending

-!body

-!raid

The center-screen message will show for every modded player on the server.

Important: every player who should see the center-screen broadcast must have Rusty Heathens Messenger installed.

Player Join Messages

Player-specific join messages can show when selected players join the server.

Join messages support Steam ID matching first, with player name fallback.

Config section:

[08 - Player Join Messages]

EnablePlayerJoinMessages = true

PlayerJoinMessageDelaySeconds = 3

PlayerJoinMessages = SteamID|DisplayName|Title|Message

Death Ledger

The Death Ledger tracks player deaths by Steam ID.

Death messages are private to the player who died, but the ledger can be shown to everyone with:

-!deaths

• /rhm deaths

Players can privately check their own death count with:

-!mydeaths

• /rhm mydeaths

Allowed command users can clear the death ledger with:

-!deathclear confirm

• /rhm deathclear confirm

Config section:

[09 - Death Ledger]

EnableDeathLedger = true

DeathLedgerTopCount = 10

DeathLedgerTitle = DEATH LEDGER

DeathLedgerNoDeathsMessage = No deaths recorded yet.

DeathLedgerFileName = RustyHeathensMessenger_DeathLedger.txt

Death counts are saved in the BepInEx config folder.

Stream Mode

Stream Mode adds extra live-stream flavor to broadcast command messages.

Commands:

-!streammode - Show current Stream Mode status

-!streammode on - Enable Stream Mode

-!streammode off - Disable Stream Mode

• /rhm streammode - Show current Stream Mode status
• /rhm streammode on - Enable Stream Mode
• /rhm streammode off - Disable Stream Mode

When Stream Mode is active, broadcast messages can include a footer like:

LIVE STREAM MODE: Chat is watching.

Server Reliability Commands

-!testbroadcast - Sends a broadcast test message to all modded players.

-!whoami - Shows your player name, Steam ID, version, and server permission source.

-!rhmdiag - Shows Rusty Heathens Messenger diagnostics.!whoami can be used by anyone.!testbroadcast and!rhmdiag are permission-controlled.

Command Permissions

Rusty Heathens Messenger uses server-side permission checks for protected commands.

For dedicated servers such