🆕 New in 1.3.2

✨ Core Features

⚡ Responsive Steering

• Modernized helm control: Smooth, intuitive turning.
• Adjustable steering multiplier: Your longship finally answers the helm.
• Steering gate: Prevents jitter upon helm acquisition.

💨 Acceleration, Sail Forces & Max Speeds

• Overhauled default physics: Provides a smoother, more realistic sailing curve.
• Configurable forces: Adjust forward/reverse and Base/Half/Full sail behavior to your liking.
• Reverse-kick: Optional quick burst of reverse speed for tight maneuvering out of rocky harbors.
• Custom Max Speeds: Per-boat max speed configuration (Njord vs Vanilla).

🌬️ Dynamic Wind Systems

• Instant Snap HUD: When grabbing the rudder, the Njord HUD instantly displays the true natural wind angle.
• Toggleable Full Wind: Enable "Full Wind Always" if you want to skip the sailing struggle.
• [EXPERIMENTAL] Wind Assists: Advanced opt-in mechanics like Wind_NoDeadZone (nudge out of dead zones) and Wind_BlendToFull (blend toward tailwinds) give you a mythic edge against the sea.
• Grace Period Mechanics: Natural winds are punishing. When the wind shifts against you, Njord enforces a realistic grace period (default 2.5s). You will feel the dead zone before any magical assists kick in to save you.

🧭 Njord HUD

• Clean, minimal, and mythic.
• Fully multiplayer-safe.
• Shows steering, speed, waterline, hull integrity, wind blend, and readiness.
• Drag to reposition freely on your screen.
• Toggle visibility instantly with F7.

⭐ Runic Wake VFX

• Optional glowing wake effect behind ships.
• Color-tinted based on your configuration.
• Scales with speed and sail state.
• Fully multiplayer-safe: Zero performance impact on servers and properly displays across all connected clients.

🤝 Mod Compatibility

Njord is built to play nicely with the most popular Valheim sailing and ship mods:

• OdinShip: Full native support. Njord automatically discovers OdinShip prefabs, applies advanced physics, and generates custom speed limit configurations for each ship.
• OdinShipPlus: Full native support. New prefabs are mapped seamlessly into Njord's speed limits logic.
• Sailing (Smoothbrain): Fully compatible. Njord respects the Sailing mod's skill progression and works alongside it without conflict.

🛠️ Configuration & ServerSync

[!IMPORTANT] Njord uses ServerSync. Server administrators can lock all configurations so they remain authoritative across all clients.

All major systems are configurable via BepInEx (wubarrk.njord.cfg):

• SteeringMultiplier & AccelerationMultiplier
• BaseForwardForce / BaseReverseForce
• SailForwardForce / HalfSailForce / FullSailForce
• ReverseKick
• Wind System Toggles, Blend Rates, and Grace Periods
• MaxSpeed_<ShipType> per ship (e.g. MaxSpeed_Raft, MaxSpeed_Karve, MaxSpeed_Longship, MaxSpeed_Drakkar, plus OdinShip/OdinShipPlus ships when detected)
• VFX_Enable & VFX_Color
• HUD position & toggle

🧩 Dependencies

Njord needs just one thing at runtime:

(ServerSync is compiled into Njord and needs no separate download.)

📥 Installation

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim.
2. Drop the Njord folder into your BepInEx/plugins/ directory.
3. Launch the game.
4. Edit the generated BepInEx/config/wubarrk.njord.cfg as desired.

🧪 Known Limitations

• Works flawlessly in singleplayer and multiplayer.
• Fully server-authoritative config sync architecture.
• Safe to install or remove mid-playthrough. No world changes or corrupted saves.
• Note: VFX appearance may vary heavily when using modded water shaders. VFX emitters may appear at slightly inaccurate offsets on certain OdinShip prefabs.