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.