BetterUI

The main idea behind BetterUI is to make the interface of Valheim more pleasant and easier to understand.
I'll add slowly new additions to the mod - and fix bugs that users report.

Where to download

Thunderstore *suggesting to use their mod manager for an quick & easy install (r2modman)

Project Structure

/ - Project root
/GameClasses - HarmonyPatches under the original game classes.
/Patches - Supporting functions for specific patches.
/Package - Package for Thunderstore upload.

Developing environment

Game Directory

If your valheim game directory is not the standard windows location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim, edit GameDir.targets accordingly
Remember to not stage and commit any changes to GameDir.targets

BepInEx

Download and install BepInEx (this is an Valheim specific pack)
Follow the information under manual install

BepInEx Publicizer

To get access on games private functions, you need the publicized assembly files
Install an assembly publicizer for BepInEx from: https://github.com/MrPurple6411/Bepinex-Tools/releases/tag/1.0.0-Publicizer
The Bepinex-Publicizer folder from the .zip should be placed under <ValheimGameDirectory>\BepInEx\plugins
Run the game once, BepInEx console should pop-up. At the background, BepInEx Publicizer will create assemblies
under <ValheimGameDirectory>\valheim_Data\Managed\publicized_assemblies

You should now successfully build this project 🎉

Additional info

To view the actual game code, download dnSpy and open assembly_valheim.dll with it.
The file is located under <ValheimGameDirectory>\valheim_Data\Managed\

This mod is created using HarmonyX, info about their syntax is found here.

Goldenrevolver / BetterUI