ShowContainerContents

v0.5.0·Updated 2026-01-26

v0.5.0 by aedenthorn. Shows container contents and capacity in the hover text.

About this mod Author’s original text

Introduction

My name is DrPine. I am uploading some mods that are only over so that everyone can use them Mod Manager with ease. Below is the description.

Developed by DEVELOPER

Description

This is a simple quality of life mod that lets you see the contents of a container, as well as its remaining capacity in the interact hover text.

You can configure the following:

  • Maximum entries to show - default -1, meaning unlimited
  • Sort type - Name, Value, or Weight - default Value
  • Sort ascending - default false
  • Entry text - default {0} {1} ({0} is replaced by the amount and {1} is replaced by the item name)
  • Overflow text - if more items than max entries - default...
  • Capacity text - default {0}/{1} ({0} is replaced by the slots used and {1} is replaced by total slots)

Colors are RRGGBBAA hexadecimal (Alpha doesn't seem to do anything). For example, to get the colors in the first screenshot:

EntryText = {0} {1}

Apparently if you use BetterUI, you need to set the following in the BetterUI config file:

chestHasRoomStyle = 0

Installation

  • Automated
  • Suggested to use the R2ModMan Mod Manager
  • Manual
  • Copy the ShowContainerContents.dll to your /Valheim/BepInEx/plugins directory

Source Code

Change Log

v0.4.0

  • Fix for 0.217.14

v0.3.0

  • Added capacity text
  • update for new version

v0.2.0

  • Switch to use custom class to avoid changing items

v0.1.1

  • Tweak sorting

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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.

File & checksum

Filename
ShowContainerContents-0.5.0.zip
File size
66.7 KiB