Overlay Essentials is a lightweight, modular overlay toolkit for Stardew Valley. It adds clean, subtle visual guides that help you plan your farm more efficiently — without cluttering your screen or slowing down your game.
Description
Overlay Essentials
A lightweight overlay toolkit for Stardew Valley
by kazuya_2006
Overlay Essentials adds clean, subtle visual overlays to help you plan and optimize your farm without clutter or performance impact.
🌟 Features
Sprinkler Coverage (NEW in 1.1)
Accurate to Stardew Valley 1.6:
- Basic Sprinkler → + shape
- Quality Sprinkler → 3×3
- Iridium Sprinkler → 5×5
Scarecrow Coverage
- Shows radius of all placed scarecrows
- Shows radius of the scarecrow you're holding
- Supports both normal and deluxe scarecrows
GMCM Support (NEW in 1.1)
Configure everything in‑game:
- Toggle overlays
- Adjust behavior
- Customize hotkeys
Master Toggle
Enable or disable all overlays instantly.
Lightweight & Fast
- Zero performance impact
- Clean, minimal visuals
- No UI clutter
🛠 Requirements
- SMAPI 4.0+
- Generic Mod Config Menu (GMCM) (Optional)
📥 Installation
- Install SMAPI
- Install GMCM
- Download Overlay Essentials
- Extract into your Mods folder
- Launch the game
📦 Changelog
1.1.0
- Added Sprinkler Overlay (accurate to SDV 1.6)
- Added full GMCM support
- Added new hotkey for sprinkler overlay
- Internal cleanup and improvements
1.0.0
- Initial release with scarecrow overlays
📚 Full Documentation
Full README, LICENCE and roadmap can be found in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\mods\Overlay Essentials