Take full command over your Valheim console! ConsoleBuddy empowers developers, server administrators, and players to fully customize the in-game terminal with custom font faces, font sizes, colors, console dimensions, positioning, transparency, and expanded buffer history.
- 🔤 Custom Fonts & Styling: Select any installed system font (with automatic cross-platform fallbacks for Linux, Steam Deck, and Windows) and customize font size and color.
- 📐 Custom Size & Positioning: Adjust console window width, height, and screen alignment to fit your display resolution and preference.
- 🎨 Background Customization: Set custom background colors and transparency levels to keep gameplay visible behind the terminal.
- 📜 Expanded Buffer History: View and retain hundreds of log lines with configurable visible lines and buffer capacity.
- ⚡ Zero Performance Impact: Operates purely on event triggers when the console opens or settings change—no per-frame overhead.
| Input | Default Action |
|---|---|
| F5 | Toggle the in-game console open and closed. |
| ↑ / ↓ | Navigate through prior command history. |
| Tab | Autocomplete commands and arguments. |
| Page Up / Page Down | Scroll through console log buffer history. |
Tailor all visual settings in real time via the in-game BepInEx Configuration Manager (F1):
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Font Size | 14 |
The text size in points rendered in the console window. |
| Font Color | White |
Color of output text (accepts Hex colors or standard names). |
| Font Face | Consolas |
Name of the font face to render. |
| Console Width | 800 |
Width of the console window in pixels. |
| Console Height | 400 |
Height of the console window in pixels. |
| Console Position X/Y | (0, 0) |
Screen offset position for the console window. |
| Background Color | Black |
Background color of the terminal panel. |
| Background Alpha | 0.75 |
Transparency level of the console background (0.0 = transparent, 1.0 = solid). |
| Buffer Limit | 1000 |
Maximum number of log lines preserved in memory buffer. |
| Visible Lines | 25 |
Number of log lines displayed simultaneously on screen. |
- 🐧 Cross-Platform Resilience: Gracefully falls back to default Unity font rendering if a configured font is missing on Steam Deck or Linux.
- 🔒 Client-Side Module: Safe for multiplayer servers; runs strictly on the client without modifying server game rules.
🇺🇸 English (Default)
Want to help translate Console Buddy? Community translations are welcome! Please submit a PR on GitHub or stop by our Discord.
- Install via R2ModMan or Thunderstore Mod Manager.
- Dependencies (
BepInExPack,Jotunn (JVL)) are installed automatically.
- Copy
ConsoleBuddy.dllto yourValheim/BepInEx/pluginsdirectory.
Console Buddy includes lightweight, privacy-first telemetry and error reporting to help monitor mod stability, diagnose unhandled bugs, and track active version adoption across game updates.
- 100% Anonymous: We never collect personal data, Steam IDs, IP addresses, character/world names, or file system paths. Stack traces from errors are automatically sanitized to strip local user directories.
- Granular Player Control:
- Anonymous Telemetry (Opt-In): Tracks version adoption and session launches. Defaults to unchecked / disabled when first loaded (
Enable Anonymous Telemetry = false). - Error Reporting (Opt-Out): Captures sanitized mod crash diagnostics to rapidly identify and fix bugs. Defaults to enabled (
Send Error Reports = true) with one-click opt-out. - Data Disclaimers: Hover over any toggle in the startup modal for interactive tooltip disclaimers detailing exactly what data is transmitted.
- Anonymous Telemetry (Opt-In): Tracks version adoption and session launches. Defaults to unchecked / disabled when first loaded (
- In-Game & Online Privacy Policy: The full privacy policy can be viewed directly in-game by clicking
[ PRIVACY POLICY ]on the startup splash modal, or online at vapok.io/privacy-policy. - Configuration Files: Settings can be managed in-game via the startup modal, through the BepInEx Configuration Manager, or under
[Local Config]inBepInEx/config/vapok.mods.consolebuddy.cfg.
Author: Vapok
Source Code: GitHub Repository
Community & Support: Discord Server
Changelog: Release Notes