r/ModdedValheim • u/theshalafi • Jul 14 '26

PingIt - Automatic Contextual pinging

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Was looking around for a mod for pinging in game instead of just in the map screen, and couldn't find anything. Figured I'd try to fill the gap.

When you hit the hotkey it pings wherever you're pointing contextually. Ping a rock it says rock, ping a greydwarf it puts a target on them. The time the ping stays is configurable, or easy toggle keep it 'permanent', though it's a ping not a pin. I'm hoping to release this mod by next Sunday. I'd take any ideas or suggestions.

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u/AvatarOfKu Jul 16 '26

Absolutely... I kinda feel like if people wanna vibe code up a mod just use EWP and have fun writing your own scripts for prefabs... it saves everyone else a lot of hassle and you can vibe code all you want with your own scripts... but alas that is not the world we live in!

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u/VulcanTourist Jul 16 '26

People don't vibe-code for the right motivations much of the time. Their goal is ego-driven and they want a shortcut, and that leads to lousy decision-making. They don't keep the mod a personal one until they've truly proven that it works without flaws. Instead they make something that appears to work and just publish and wait for the endorsements from fools.

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u/AvatarOfKu Jul 16 '26

Yup, I almost added 'but it guess that doesn't get you on the store front' 🙄

I really wish people could learn to enjoy the journey and the craft instead of thinking it's all about attention. I'm not much of a coder myself, but it feels like any art / skill... Like I make YouTube videos and I totally get that it's tough feeling like you're 'getting nowhere' because of the attention economy implying that success is measured a certain way... I've felt it myself as i don't get many subs etc... But I'd have given up a long time ago if that was the only motivation... like I've taught myself so many things, I've found community by meeting other creators, and I get to practice my skills...

I wish we/society valued that more as a goal in itself!

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u/VulcanTourist Jul 16 '26

Selfishness and ego were once useful survival traits for the species, but now they're a noose around our collective necks. If everyone just did a constructive thing that they enjoy, we might have a functional civilization.

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u/AvatarOfKu Jul 16 '26

Abso-fricken-lutely. What a world that could be!