PingMaker v1.2.0 — Tactical Lock-On Reticle, Laser Marker & Colored Nameplates

⚔️ What's New in PingMaker v1.2.0

🎯 Tactical Lock-On Reticle (Circle + Diagonal Arrow)

• Dynamic Lock-On: Hovering over creatures displays an animated tactical targeting reticle with a diagonal arrow (↘ ⭕ by default, pointing into the circle) and the creature's name with star rating (★).
• 3 Reticle Modes: Choose between Both on hover and on ping (Default), Only on ping, or Only on hover.
• Style Selector: Toggle between Diagonal Arrow and Top Arrow in settings.
• Friendly Player Filtering: The targeting reticle strictly ignores players and teammates so it never locks onto friends or distracts during co-op combat.
• Auto-Cleanup on Death: Markers and highlights instantly disappear when the target creature dies.

🔴 Laser Designator 3D Ping Markers

• Markers now render as a crisp laser designator with an ambient glowing laser haze bloom that softly breathes.
• Skull Icon Removed: The opaque pink skull icon has been completely eliminated — creatures remain 100% visible inside the sleek targeting circle.

🏷️ Colored Player Overhead Nameplates & Crosshair Names

• 3D floating player nameplates above vikings' heads in the world are now rendered in each player's distinctive personal color instead of the vanilla yellow.
• Crosshair hover names in the HUD center are also tinted to match the player's personal color.

🗺️ Real-Time Directional Player Map Trackers & Pure White Radar Ping

• Real-Time Map Arrows: Player markers on both the minimap and large world map rotate in real-time according to look/movement direction and glow in each player's personal color.
• True-Color Minimap Radar: Replaced Valheim's cyan-tinted base ping texture with a pure white procedural radar ping sprite, eliminating color-multiplication distortion (pink is vibrant pink, yellow is pure yellow, orange is bright orange).

🛡️ Viking In-Game Settings GUI (Key: ' / Russian э)

• Authentic Nordic plaque design with gold borders, runic accents, and native font.
• Interactive key rebinding supporting keyboard and mouse buttons (e.g. Mouse 4, Mouse 3).
• One-click personal color palette with instant preview.
• Seamless mouse cursor unlocking (no Esc menu required).

⚙️ Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Accidental Color Switch Prevention: AlternativePingKey default changed to None to avoid conflicts with emote keys (T / G).
• Radial Menu Disabled by Default: The hold-to-open color wheel is now disabled by default to prevent accidental color changes during combat.
• Fixed Greydwarf Shaman Crash: Resolved Character.GetHeadPoint() NullReferenceException by implementing safe multi-level position resolution.

PingMaker v1.1.0 — Viking GUI & Multiplayer Map Trackers

PingMaker v1.1.0

• Viking-Themed In-Game GUI: Authentic Nordic oak plaque styling with Valheim gold borders (#E5B85C), runic banners, and native Valheim font.
• Custom Player Map Direction Trackers: Player arrows on minimap and large map now rotate in real-time according to look/move direction and glow in each player's personal color.
• Multiplayer Color Sync: Automatic RPC broadcasting of personal colors across the network.
• Fixed Cursor Unlocking: Immediate mouse interaction when opening menu on Quote / ' (no ESC needed).
• Auto-Cleaning Pins: Expired minimap ping pins are now cleaned up automatically.

PingMaker v1.0.0

PingMaker v1.0.0 for Valheim

✨ Features

• Personal Player Color Palette: Choose your own distinctive personal color (Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Cyan, Lime). Every ping, marker, distance counter, and creature highlight you create will be in YOUR unique color so your clan instantly knows who placed it!
• 3D World Space Pinging: Aim directly at terrain, rocks, trees, or structures with your crosshair and ping with a quick press of T.
• Creature Silhouette Highlighting: Pinging any creature (troll, greydwarf, wolf, boss) outlines and pulses its 3D silhouette in your personal color for 18 seconds, visible through trees, mountains, and darkness.
• Dynamic Distance Counter & Billboard UI: Real-time distance in meters ([142m]) and your nickname above the marker.
• Off-Screen Edge Indicators: Off-screen pings clamp smoothly to your screen border with a directional pointer arrow.
• Radial Color Palette: Hold T for 0.2s to open an in-game radial color wheel and pick your personal color on the fly.
• Minimap Integration: Automatically mirrors your ping onto the mini-map and world map with your personal color.
• Zero-Lag Multiplayer: Synchronized across clients via Valheim's ZRoutedRpc with zero input lag for the sender.

📦 Installation

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim.
2. Download PingMaker_v1.0.0.zip below.
3. Extract PingMaker.dll into your Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ directory (or use r2modman / Thunderstore Mod Manager).