About this mod
Players run, jog, and walk faster and use less stamina when traversing leveled ground, paths, paved roads, wood, stone, iron, or hardwood . The movement boost and stamina drain decrease values can also be configured.
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Useful Paths
Vanilla Valheim's paths and paved roads are really only for looks. This mod aims to make them beneficial.
Configuration
You have 2 methods of configuration:
- Going to Valheim\BepInEx\config and opening Menthus.bepinex.plugins.UsefulPaths.cfg.
- Using the >>BepInEx ConfigurationManager<< plugin. Simply download it, put it in your Valheim\BepInEx\plugins folder, and press F1 when in-game.
You have 7 configuration options:
[HardWood]
movement (defaults to 1.35): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.7): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[Iron]
movement (defaults to 1.35): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.7): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[LevelGround]
movement (defaults to 1.1): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.9): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[Path]
movement (defaults to 1.25): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.83): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[PavedRoad]
movement (defaults to 1.35): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.7): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[Stone]
movement (defaults to 1.35): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.7): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
[Wood]
movement (defaults to 1.35): How much faster you move when on this type of terrain.
staminadrain (defaults to 0.7): How little stamina to drain when running on this type of terrain.
Note: The values you set are multipliers(e.g., a value of 0 means no movement/stamina drain and a value of 1 means no change will be made).
Installation
- This mod requires >>BepInExPack<< to work. Follow the BepInExPack installation instructions, then place the UsefulPaths.dll into the Valheim\BepInEx\plugins folder.
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