RustyHeathensMessenger

Rusty Heathens Messenger

1.0.0 - Boss announcement fix

Boss defeat detection now requires an actual boss and an exact supported boss prefab. Fader's summoned melee and archer adds no longer count as Fader, and partial-name matches are removed for all seven previously supported bosses.

Update Messenger on the server and every participating client together. An older client can still send a false boss report to an updated server. Back up your current DLL and configuration, stop the server/game, and replace the old Messenger DLL. Remove duplicate Messenger DLL copies and keep existing configuration files.

Validation: This build compiled against the supplied Valheim/BepInEx assemblies with no warnings or errors, and passed 82 isolated boss-handler regression assertions. Live Valheim and multiplayer gameplay have not been tested for this build. Test on a non-production world before public rollout.

Settings, message wording, other features, and the existing duplicate suppression and eight-second same-boss cooldown are unchanged.

For manual installation, copy plugins/RustyHeathensMessenger/RustyHeathensMessenger.dll from this ZIP into BepInEx/plugins/RustyHeathensMessenger/. With Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman, install/update through the manager.

Rusty Heathens Messenger is a lightweight Valheim messaging mod for the Rusty Heathens server.

It adds server flavor, reminders, event messages, raid warnings, boss kill announcements, and funny death counter messages for community servers.

Features

• Welcome message when joining the world
• Server reminder message
• Raid warning messages
• Boss kill messages
• Death counter
• Funny death messages

Configuration

Server owners can customize the mod by editing the config file:

BepInEx/config/com.rustylasergaming.heathensmessenger.cfg

Config options include:

• Enable or disable welcome messages
• Enable or disable server reminders
• Enable or disable raid warnings
• Enable or disable boss kill messages
• Enable or disable death messages
• Enable or disable chat commands
• Customize welcome message text
• Customize server reminder text
• Customize chat command messages
• Control who can use chat commands

Message Styles

Chat command messages can use different styles.

Available styles:

• Normal
• Epic
• Funny
• Emergency

Each command has its own style config option:

StreamStyle = Normal
BossStartStyle = Epic
BaseStyle = Normal
DiscordStyle = Normal
EndingStyle = Normal
BodyStyle = Epic
RaidStyle = Emergency

Funny Style Lines

Funny style adds Rusty Heathens-style joke lines to chat command messages.

Funny lines can include crew-flavored messages featuring:

• Panda the Chaos Bringer
• Witchy
• Seppy
• Rusty Heathens chaos

When a command uses Funny style, the mod can show different funny lines for commands like:

• !stream
• !boss
• !base
• !discord
• !ending
• !body
• !raid

Server Broadcast Messages

Chat command messages are now broadcast to all connected players who have the mod installed.

When an allowed player uses commands like:

• !stream
• !boss
• !base
• !discord
• !ending
• !body
• !raid

The center-screen message will show for every modded player on the server.

Important: every player who should see the center-screen broadcast must have Rusty Heathens Messenger installed.

Player Join Messages

Player-specific join messages can show when selected players join the server.

Join messages support Steam ID matching first, with player name fallback.

Config section:

[08 - Player Join Messages]

EnablePlayerJoinMessages = true
PlayerJoinMessageDelaySeconds = 3
PlayerJoinMessages = SteamID|DisplayName|Title|Message

Death Ledger

The Death Ledger tracks player deaths by Steam ID.

Death messages are private to the player who died, but the ledger can be shown to everyone with:

• !deaths
• /rhm deaths

Players can privately check their own death count with:

• !mydeaths
• /rhm mydeaths

Allowed command users can clear the death ledger with:

• !deathclear confirm
• /rhm deathclear confirm

Config section:

[09 - Death Ledger]

EnableDeathLedger = true
DeathLedgerTopCount = 10
DeathLedgerTitle = DEATH LEDGER
DeathLedgerNoDeathsMessage = No deaths recorded yet.
DeathLedgerFileName = RustyHeathensMessenger_DeathLedger.txt

Death counts are saved in the BepInEx config folder.

Stream Mode

Stream Mode adds extra live-stream flavor to broadcast command messages.

Commands:

• !streammode - Show current Stream Mode status
• !streammode on - Enable Stream Mode
• !streammode off - Disable Stream Mode
• /rhm streammode - Show current Stream Mode status
• /rhm streammode on - Enable Stream Mode
• /rhm streammode off - Disable Stream Mode

When Stream Mode is active, broadcast messages can include a footer like:

LIVE STREAM MODE: Chat is watching.

Server Reliability Commands

• !testbroadcast - Sends a broadcast test message to all modded players.
• !whoami - Shows your player name, Steam ID, version, and server permission source.
• !rhmdiag - Shows Rusty Heathens Messenger diagnostics.

!whoami can be used by anyone.

!testbroadcast and !rhmdiag are permission-controlled.

Command Permissions

Rusty Heathens Messenger uses server-side permission checks for protected commands.

For dedicated servers such as DatHost, the recommended setup is:

CommandPermissionMode = SteamIds
CommandAllowedSteamIds = 7656119XXXXXXXXXX,7656119YYYYYYYYYY

Only the server owner needs to edit this config on the server.

Non-admin players do not need to edit any config files, changelog files, or README files.

Commands

Open Commands

These commands can be used by everyone:

!help
!version
!whoami
!deaths
!mydeaths

Protected Commands

These commands are checked by the server config: