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Open World Sight
Shows mission markers and tournament flags on settlements at any distance without changing normal fog-of-war visibility.
Player guide
Install, configure, and troubleshoot Open World Sight.
Use the sections below for setup, requirements, settings, compatibility, removal, and troubleshooting.
Overview
Open World Sight reveals mission markers and tournament flags on settlements regardless of distance.
Its scope is limited to mission and tournament visibility. Settlements, parties, hideouts, and the rest of Bannerlord's fog-of-war behavior continue to use the game's normal visibility rules.
Nexus labels the file v1.0.0.0; its feature guide uses v1.0.0.
Features
- Shows mission icons for settlements without requiring the player to travel close enough to inspect them.
- Shows tournament flags for towns at any distance.
- Uses one Harmony patch rather than a polling loop or repeated map-visibility manipulation.
- Does not reveal settlements, parties, or hideouts that the base game would otherwise keep hidden.
- Requires no configuration after installation.
Requirements
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord v1.0.0 or later.
- Bannerlord.Harmony is required.
- Native, SandBoxCore, and Sandbox must be enabled.
- StoryMode is optional.
Installation
- Download the current Open World Sight archive from Nexus Mods.
- Extract the WPS_OpenWorldSight folder into Mount & Blade II Bannerlord\Modules\.
- Launch Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and open the Singleplayer Mods list.
- Enable Bannerlord.Harmony and WPS Open World Sight.
- Place WPS Open World Sight after Bannerlord.Harmony, then start or continue a campaign.
Load Order
- Bannerlord.Harmony
- Native
- SandBoxCore
- Sandbox
- StoryMode, when used
- WPS Open World Sight
- The important ordering rule is that Harmony is enabled and loads before WPS Open World Sight.
Save and Removal
The mod adds no custom save data and is designed to be added to an existing campaign.
To remove it, close the game, disable WPS Open World Sight in the launcher, and optionally delete its module folder.
Mission and tournament visibility returns to the base game's normal behavior when the patch is no longer active.
Back up important saves before changing any mod list, especially in a heavily modded campaign.
Compatibility
- The patch is narrowly focused on the settlement inspection result used by mission and tournament indicators.
- A mod that deliberately hides mission markers or also patches Settlement.IsInspected may change the result or conflict.
- Compatibility depends on the other installed mods. Test carefully alongside overhauls that change campaign-map visibility.
Troubleshooting
If mission markers or tournament flags do not appear, confirm Bannerlord.Harmony is installed, enabled, and placed before WPS Open World Sight.
Confirm the archive produced one WPS_OpenWorldSight folder directly under the Modules directory rather than an extra nested folder.
Verify WPS_OpenWorldSight\bin\Win64_Shipping_Client contains the release DLL.
Fully close and restart Bannerlord after changing Harmony or the module load order.
On launch, look for the [WPS] Open World Sight loaded message. If it is missing, recheck the launcher selection and folder layout.
For conflicts, test without other campaign-map visibility mods and report the Bannerlord version, Harmony version, complete load order, and affected settlement on the Nexus page.
Technical Details
The release uses a single Harmony patch on Settlement.IsInspected.
It changes the inspection result used by mission and tournament markers; it does not run a map polling loop or rewrite broader fog-of-war state.
The original v1.0.0 notes identify the initial release, the Settlement.IsInspected patch, all-distance mission and tournament visibility, and save-compatible behavior.
Credits
- Created by Wasted Potential Studios.
- Uses Harmony by Andreas Pardeike.
- Thanks to TaleWorlds and the Bannerlord modding community.
Request support or a new idea
Having trouble with this release? Visit its Nexus page for downloads, bug reports, and player discussions. Have an idea for a new mod, feature, port, or compatibility update? Send WPS a gamer request.