Server Manager
Client mod compatibility, inventory administration, server-owned characters, and proximity voice for Valheim Server Manager.
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Server Manager client
This package contains the Valheim Server Manager client plugin. The server agent is installed by the Docker deployment; it is not part of this package.
The client provides server-owned characters, privacy-controlled inventory inspection, and a read-only mod allowlist check. It checks package metadata already present in the active BepInEx profile. Missing required packages, unlisted packages, or installed optional packages at unlisted versions disconnect the client with a persistent notice.
Proximity voice
The client and Docker-installed server agent include proximity voice. The default mode is push-to-talk: hold Left Alt to talk, and the microphone opens only while that key is held. Nearby players who have voice enabled hear you through spatial game audio. Press F8 in the game world to open voice settings. Choose a microphone, click the talk key to rebind it, switch to VoiceActivation or OpenMic, adjust playback volume and microphone gain, or disable voice. The choices persist in BepInEx/config/dev.creaton.valheim-server-manager.client.cfg. Voice activation and open mic keep the microphone open during play. The server owner controls the voice range and can disable voice under Settings → Server. No separate voice mod or port is needed.
When the server owner configures a Discord Application ID, the client automatically shows that server's activity while connected; there is no client opt-in setting. Discord desktop must be running with activity sharing enabled. The server owner controls the image and text layout under Settings → Discord in the dashboard. Available variables include the current biome ({region}), server and world names, online player count, capacity, and free slots. The activity clears when you disconnect or the server disables it.
The client does not download, install, update, or remove mods. No installer, preloader, or mod manager is included. Manage the profile through your external mod manager and restart Valheim after changing packages.
The BepInEx plugin ID is dev.creaton.valheim-server-manager.client.
Privacy
Inventory inspection is enabled by default for new installs and required to join Server Manager realms. An existing disabled setting remains a refusal, and the server rejects that client after the handshake grace period. Authenticated server administrators can also give items through the inventory page; the client validates the item and delivers it into the local character inventory. Detailed telemetry remains opt-in.
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: