BetterSigns

BetterSigns

Bring your Valheim settlement to life. BetterSigns adds rich text formatting, glowing signs, animated rainbow text, background tints, and five craftable sign sizes — all typed directly into the sign's text field, no commands required.

Features

• Colored text — any hex code or named preset
• Board glow — sign mesh emits colored light, tunable per-sign
• Background tint — paint the sign board any color
• Rainbow animation — per-character animated hue cycling
• 5 sign sizes — Small, Standard, Large, Huge, Colossal, all craftable at the Hammer
• Named color presets — type gold instead of #FFD700
• Server-side config — admins cap glow intensity and toggle features; no client mod required for basic signs

Sign Sizes

All sizes are craftable under the Furniture tab of the Hammer.

| Sign | Scale | Max Text | Cost |

|------|-------|----------|------|

| Small Sign | 0.5× | 40 chars | Wood ×1 |

| Sign (vanilla) | 1× | 50 chars | Wood ×2 |

| Large Sign | 2× | 120 chars | Wood ×4 + Fine Wood ×1 |

| Huge Sign | 3× | 200 chars | Wood ×6 + Fine Wood ×2 |

| Colossal Sign | 5× | 300 chars | Wood ×10 + Fine Wood ×4 |

Tag Reference

Type these directly into the sign's text field. Tags can be freely combined.

Text & Style

golden text

golden text ← named preset

bold

italic

Board Glow

text ← default intensity (0.3×)

text ← full server intensity

text ← 2.5× server intensity (very bright)

text ← named preset + custom multiplier

The number after the comma multiplies the server's MaxGlowIntensity. Omitting it uses 0.3 (subtle ambient). Go above 1.0 for dramatic effect.

Background Tint

text ← dark wood tint

text ← named preset

Rainbow

WELCOME

SHOP

Examples

Tavern entrance:

THE BURNED MEAD

Ale · Food · Lodging

Open every night

Storage label (small sign):

IRON

Grand hall banner (colossal sign):

GRAND BAZAAR

Weapons · Armor · Supplies

Open Dawn to Dusk

Danger warning:

KEEP OUT

Trespassers will be fed to the drakes.

Named Color Presets

A config file (BetterSigns.colors.cfg) is generated on first run with 40+ ready-to-use presets. Use any preset name wherever you'd normally type a hex code.

Built-in presets include:

| Name | Color | | Name | Color |

|------|---------|-|---------|---------|

| red | #FF0000 | | gold | #FFD700 |

| fire | #FF4400 | | ice | #88CCFF |

| poison | #44FF44 | | blood | #880000 |

| meadows | #7CFC00 | | plains | #C8A850 |

| ashlands | #CC4400 | | mistlands | #7788AA |

| danger | #FF3300 | | safe | #00CC44 |

Add your own by editing the file — changes take effect on next load.

Installation

Via r2modman Mod Manager (recommended)

• Search for BetterSigns and click Install.
• Launch Valheim through the mod manager.

Manual

• Install BepInExPack for Valheim.
• Drop BetterSigns.dll into Valheim/BepInEx/plugins.
• Launch Valheim. Config files are generated automatically on first run.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/com.yourname.bettersigns.cfg

[Text]

Override font size for all signs. 0 = leave TMP default.

DefaultFontSize = 0

Default text color (hex or named preset). Empty = TMP default.

DefaultTextColor =

[Glow]

Server-wide intensity ceiling. 0 disables glow entirely.

MaxGlowIntensity = 1.5

Sine-wave pulsing glow effect.

GlowPulsate = false

GlowPulsateSpeed = 1.0

GlowPulsateMinMultiplier = 0.1

[Rainbow]

EnableRainbow = true

RainbowSpeed = 1.0

RainbowSaturation = 1.0

RainbowBrightness = 1.0

BepInEx/config/BetterSigns.colors.cfg

Add your own named colors here — use them in any tag.

Format: name = #RRGGBB or name = #RRGGBBAA

campfire = #FF6622

royalblue = #4169E1

All settings reload without a server restart.

Compatibility

| Dependency | Version |

|------------|---------|

| BepInExPack for Valheim | 5.4.x |

| Valheim | Current (Unity 2020.3) |

| Harmony | 2.x (bundled with BepInEx) |

• Works in multiplayer — signs sync normally via ZDO.
• Clients do not need the mod installed to see placed signs (effects render on their machine if they have the mod; otherwise the raw text is shown).
• Server ad