HoverCompare

HoverCompare

Hover an item in Valheim and see it side by side with what you already have.

The axe against the mace in your hand and the other axes in your bag. The

helmet against the one on your head. Every stat in its own row, the old value,

the new one and the difference, green when it gets better and red when it gets

worse.

Works in the inventory, in chests, on the crafting and upgrade tabs of any

station, and at the trader.

What you see

• The hovered item and the ones it would replace, as cards of the same

size and style. The first card to compare with is always what you wear in

that slot, whatever kind it is. Next come items of the same kind from your

inventory, up to three.

• Aligned columns: stat, was, becomes, difference. Equal values are

marked =, so an empty row never leaves you guessing. Effects that differ

but are neither better nor worse are marked ~.

• Set bonuses counted: how many pieces of the set you would wear with this

item on, and + or − when the swap turns the bonus on or breaks it.

• Notes that matter: your shield comes off for a two-handed weapon, and

the other way round.

• At a crafting station the game puts your weapons away. HoverCompare still

finds them and compares with them.

• Upgrades are compared with the same item at its current level.

Two keys

• Hold Ctrl to compare a weapon with every weapon you carry, not only

those of its kind. Handy when you wonder whether that new sword beats your

mace.

• Hold Alt to read set bonuses and item effects in full, for the hovered

item and for the ones it is compared with. A hint on the card shows when

there is something to read.

Building and farming tools stay out of it: the hammer, hoe, cultivator, scythe

and fishing rod. Pickaxes are compared like weapons.

The game's tooltip

For items you can wear, the cards take the place of the game's tooltip. The

tooltip is not removed, only made transparent while the cards are shown, so

nothing breaks for mods that add text to it. If you play with such mods and

want to see their text, set ReplaceGameTooltip = false: the game's tooltip

comes back and the cards sit beside it.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/dev.biozip.hovercompare.cfg, written on first run.

| Section | Key | Default | Meaning |

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

| General | Enabled | true | Show the comparison |

| General | Mode | Always | Always, Hold (while the key is held) or Toggle |

| General | Key | BackQuote | Key for Hold and Toggle |

| General | DetailsKey | LeftAlt | Hold to read set bonuses and effects in full |

| General | WidenKey | LeftControl | Hold to compare with every weapon you carry |

| Panel | View | Full | Full lists every stat, Compact only those that differ |

| Panel | MaxCompared | 3 | Items compared at once, the worn one first |

| Panel | TextScale | 1.2 | Text size relative to the game's recipe text |

| Panel | ReplaceGameTooltip | true | Off keeps the game's tooltip and puts the cards beside it |

| Panel | Language | Auto | Labels in English or Russian; Auto follows the game |

Good to know

• Screenshots are page.
• Early version. It has been played with Equipment and Quick Slots,

Smart Containers, Quick Stack and MultiUserChest. EpicLoot, Jewelcrafting

and extra-slot mods have not been tried yet. If something looks wrong,

a screenshot and BepInEx/LogOutput.log help the most.

• Client-side only. It reads what you carry and never changes it. Nothing

to install on a server, safe to add to an existing world and safe to

remove.

• No Valheim assets bundled. The font and panel graphics come from your

own copy of the game.

From the same author

• ForgePlanner:

plan what to craft and see everything it takes, down to ore and coal.

• RoutePlanner:

an arrow to your map pins, and routes through several of them.

MIT licence. Not affiliated with Iron Gate Studio.