Hold To Command

Hold To Command

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A small quality-of-life mod that separates petting and commanding tamed creatures.

In vanilla Valheim, interacting with a commandable tameable will immediately issue a command instead of allowing you to pet it.

This mod changes that behavior to:

- Tap → Pet creature

- Hold → Command creature

- Shift + Use → Rename (unchanged vanilla behavior)

Features

- Restores the ability to pet commandable creatures

- Adds intentional hold-to-command interaction

- Adjusted hover text to reflect new controls

- Fully localized (community language support)

- Uses external translation file (editable)

- Lightweight and fully standalone (no dependencies)

Configuration

HoldToCommand provides the configurable option HoldThreshold

to define how long the Use key must be held before a command is issued.

Adjust the value to match your preferred hold duration.

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim

2. Place the contents of the zip into your Valheim folder

3. Launch the game

Target folder:

This installs:

BepInEx/plugins/HoldToCommand/HoldToCommand.dll

BepInEx/plugins/HoldToCommand/HoldToCommand. Translations.txt

Translations

HoldToCommand uses an external file:

HoldToCommand. Translations.txt

You can edit or extend this file to customize translations.

Language|Hold $1|Command

English|Hold $1|Command

German|$1 halten|Befehlen

- $1 will automatically be replaced with the Use key (e.g. E)

- If a language is missing, English is used as fallback

Community translations are welcome.

Compatibility

- Client-side only

- Works on vanilla servers

- Safe to install or remove at any time

- No impact on servers without the mod

License

MIT License

Created with ♥️ — and AI-assisted tools as a supporting tool