WindstridesBowAnimations
Animated bowstring and charge-synchronized bow draw animations with vertical aiming poses.
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Windstride's Bow Animations 1.1.1
Adds a bowstring that follows the drawing hand, a visible nocked arrow during the pull, and custom bow-pull animations synchronized with the bow's actual charge progress.
Five directional draw poses blend from 90 degrees down to 90 degrees up. The mod also includes subtle breathing, movement sway, and client-side multiplayer pose synchronization while preserving Valheim's native bow sounds.
Install with a profile or r2modman. Each player should use the same version for matching multiplayer visuals.
Created by Windstride. Original animated bowstring system and initial bow integration by Wakigawa.
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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: