CombatMeter

CombatMeter

> Testing phase — not a stable release. CombatMeter is under active development. Damage tracking and encounter detection may be incomplete or inaccurate, and bugs are expected. Test it in a private game or test server before using it on your main server.

An in-game damage and DPS meter for V Rising, inspired by Details! for WoW. Compare players and enemies, inspect damage sources, and review recent encounters in a custom UI styled to match the game.

Features

• Live rankings with total damage and DPS shown together.
• Damage-source breakdowns for weapon attacks, abilities, debuffs, procs, and summons, with colors and the game's icons where available.
• Hover tooltips and draggable detail windows.
• Current encounter and the latest 20 completed encounters.
• Boss-only and boss-plus-summons filters.
• Movable, scalable HUD with background opacity and position locking.
• Server-side tracking includes players without the client mod.

Screenshots

Live damage and DPS rankings:

Damage-source breakdown and encounter review:

Installation

CombatMeter is required on the server and on each client that wants the HUD. Use matching versions on both sides.

Local private game

1. Install CombatMeter and ServerLaunchFix in your mod-manager profile.
2. Launch V Rising using Start modded, then open your private game.

BepInEx is installed automatically. The included server plugin runs through ServerLaunchFix.

Dedicated server

Install BepInEx and CombatMeter on the server and on clients that want the HUD. For manual installation, extract the package's BepInEx folder into the game or server directory, keeping the CombatMeter DLLs together.

Restart the game and server after installing or updating. Remove older manual copies to avoid loading the mod twice.

Controls

• F8 opens settings and encounter review; Escape closes the current panel.
• Hover the meter to reveal the cog and padlock. Unlock it, then drag its title strip to move it.
• Hover a player or enemy row for its top damage sources; click for the full breakdown. Click outside the detail window to dismiss it.
• Use the mouse wheel or scrollbars to browse lists.

Configuration

Adjust HUD visibility, scale, background opacity, position locking, enemy rows, and boss filters in settings.

Configuration files are generated on first launch:

| File | Settings | | --- | --- | | BepInEx/config/io.combatmeter.server.cfg | Tracking modes and combat timeout | | BepInEx/config/io.combatmeter.client.cfg | HUD preferences and shortcut |

Bosses, arenas, duels, ordinary PvP, and experimental open-world PvE are enabled by default for new server configs. Existing configs keep their saved settings. Restart the server after changing its tracking settings; client buttons control visibility and show “server off” when recording is disabled by the server.

How damage is counted

Damage reflects health lost after mitigation, excluding overkill. Every participant's DPS uses the same whole-encounter duration. Unidentified damage sources appear as Unknown source. Encounter history lasts for the current server session.

Healing, shielding, and CC statistics are not included.

Compatibility

Built for V Rising 1.1.13.0-r99712-b17 on Windows x64. Game updates may require a mod update. Multiplayer and contest modes are still undergoing broader testing.

If the meter stays on Waiting for server tracking, check that the server has the same CombatMeter version and that its plugin loaded successfully.

Thunderstore · Source and issues

Development

Plugins target BepInEx's .NET 6 runtime. The repository uses a workspace-local .NET SDK and isolated game profiles.

./scripts/bootstrap.ps1
./scripts/setup-profile.ps1
./scripts/build.ps1

Generate matching client/server interop assemblies before building. See the development guide for setup, debugging, and hot reload, and the publishing guide for releases.

Credits

• BepInEx provides the plugin loader.
• ServerLaunchFix enables server plugins in local private games.
• Eclipse demonstrated integration with the game's existing UI canvases and visual assets.
• Emberglass provided networking for CombatMeter's initial implementation, before it was replaced by built-in networking.