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About this mod
Robin and other carpenters will look for ingredients inside chests you designate with a color when working on your farm.
- Requirements
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Isn't it silly that when you want a new building constructed on your farm or upgrade your house, you have to bring all the ingredients to Robin's cabin? Why!? Doesn't she need them at the construction site (your farm)? Ever just forget to bring the materials with you?
Smarter Carpenters allows builders like Robin to look for materials inside chests on your farm that are painted a color of your choosing.
How to use
When talking with a carpenter (say Robin), after selecting "Construct Farm Buildings" or "Upgrade House", the carpenter will take into account the ingredients in your inventory AND inside any chests on the farm of the color set in the config. Default color is Yellow.
When you confirm your purchase, the carpenter will take ingredients from your backpack and then (if necessary) from chests of the chosen color on the farm. You can see where the carpenter took ingredients from in the SMAPI output screen.
Configuration Options
Generic Mod Config Menu is highly recommended so that settings can be easily changed in-game. Otherwise, settings can be changed in the config.json. Must run game with mod installed at least once for config file to be generated.
ChestColorNumber: By default, carpenters will look for chests painted color 7 (yellow) in the in-game chest color picker. See image on mod page for which number goes with which color. Valid options are 1 through 20.
ChestLocation: By default, carpenters will only look for colored chests on the farm where the new building will be constructed (TargetLocation). This is the most realistic setting since the carpenter would need the materials at the construction site. Alternatively, this can be changed so that carpenters look for materials inside chests on the main farm regardless of where the building is being constructed (MainFarmOnly). Late game, this might be more convenient, albeit less realistic.
Carpenters will only ever look for chests that are outside. They aren't comfortable looking for materials inside your buildings.
Compatibility
Recommended Mod:
Smarter Carpenters allows builders like Robin to look for materials inside chests on your farm that are painted a color of your choosing.
How to use
When talking with a carpenter (say Robin), after selecting "Construct Farm Buildings" or "Upgrade House", the carpenter will take into account the ingredients in your inventory AND inside any chests on the farm of the color set in the config. Default color is Yellow.
When you confirm your purchase, the carpenter will take ingredients from your backpack and then (if necessary) from chests of the chosen color on the farm. You can see where the carpenter took ingredients from in the SMAPI output screen.
Configuration Options
Generic Mod Config Menu is highly recommended so that settings can be easily changed in-game. Otherwise, settings can be changed in the config.json. Must run game with mod installed at least once for config file to be generated.
ChestColorNumber: By default, carpenters will look for chests painted color 7 (yellow) in the in-game chest color picker. See image on mod page for which number goes with which color. Valid options are 1 through 20.
ChestLocation: By default, carpenters will only look for colored chests on the farm where the new building will be constructed (TargetLocation). This is the most realistic setting since the carpenter would need the materials at the construction site. Alternatively, this can be changed so that carpenters look for materials inside chests on the main farm regardless of where the building is being constructed (MainFarmOnly). Late game, this might be more convenient, albeit less realistic.
Carpenters will only ever look for chests that are outside. They aren't comfortable looking for materials inside your buildings.
Compatibility
- Works with Stardew Valley 1.6 on Linux/Mac/Windows.
- Works in single player.
- I have not tested in multiplayer but it should work if all players have the mod installed. Please report if you find any issues.
- It is safe to install or remove this mod on an existing save.
- Mods that add carpenters to the game will benefit from this mod if they use the default CarpenterMenu for adding buildings.
- Mods that add House Upgrades will NOT benefit from this mod but won't cause any issues.
- This mod depends on choosing from the default 20 colors in the chest color picker (see image), so mods that change or remove those options will prevent you from doing this. The mod Better Chests has a config option that allows you to disable their color picker. You can either disable it to make it compatible with Smarter Carpenters OR you can temporarily disable it, paint your chest(s) the right color, and finally re enable their color picker if you want to use it on other chests.
- Works with every other mod (please report if you find an issue).
Recommended Mod:
- Call to Build - Pairs perfectly. Allows ordering building projects over the phone. This mod allows materials to be taken from chests instead of needing them on your person before picking up the phone.