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In multiplayer, farmhands don't see chests in some locations. Farmhands can only see chests in a few synced locations (e.g. the farm, main farmhouse, and their current location). This is due to limitations in the game's multiplayer, there's no easy way to circumvent that limitation.
Chests Anywhere doesn't work on Android. The Android version of the game changes the ShopMenu constructors to add an extra string context argument. That can't be fixed by the mod itself; SMAPI on Android needs a compatibility rewriter to fix all mods that construct shop menus (including Chests Anywhere).
I have Better Chests installed too. That mod makes many changes to chests, and causes many of the issues reported here. Before asking for help on this page, temporarily remove Better Chests to make sure it's not a problem with that mod. You can report issues with Better Chests on its page instead.
How do I ask for help? First, check if the mod page already answers your question! (See "how to use" and "common questions".)
If not, upload your SMAPI log and add a link to your message. Do this even if you're not asking about an error or don't see one in the log; it has useful info like which mods you have, what happened in the game, etc.
i did it didnt work for me :( i use carry chests too and when i tried using all three of them at the same time i binded z as a stahing hotkey and it didnt work it didnt stash aynthing to the chest i carried... better chests had that feature
i dont think you need carry chests if you use chests anywhere, bc if you use CE you can always access them anyway with the hotkey (B I think). Maybe try removing carry chests and see if that works? as for stashing, i dont use hotkey for it personally, the button in inventory view works fine
Hi!!! Thank you for this mod, it makes playing SDV while ADHD so much easier <3 i have a question, i want to update the mod, but i dont want to lose all the configuration settings on my chests. how do i make sure they aren't overwritten? thanks!!
Hi! Coordinates are shown when you edit the chest:
You can use Debug Mode to find that coordinate in-game.
If it just says "Location: Farm" without a tile position, that means it's in the top-left corner at (0,0). Chests like that are usually meant to be hidden chests to store items for a mod. In that case, one option could be to enable "Hide this chest" to remove it from the dropdown. (Be careful though: if you do that, it'll no longer be possible to access the chest until you find it.)
Thank you so much for this great mod! It has become a must for all my stardew valley runs. I have one small feature request. I like to play with my gamepad, and when sorting things from backpack into storage chests with chest anywhere, everytime I change the chest the cursor jumps to the first item in the chest and I have to move it, which becomes very tedious quickly. Can you add a shortcut setting to "Add to existing stacks" so I can press a key to do that? It would be very helpful.
Hi! Based on another recent discussion, I think that might be a bug with the base game. If you launch the game without mods, does it still happen? If so, you could report it in the official bug report forums.
Adding a shortcut for features like 'add to existing stacks' is out of scope for Chests Anywhere, but you could try a mod like Convenient Inventory for that. It's safe to combine Chests Anywhere with other mods like that, they'll work fine together.
Hii this is my first time ever commenting on a mod. I love this mod a lot and its made my gameplay a lot easier! I have been looking for a way or maybe a mod that organizes all the chest? Like I have multiple catagories and stuff in different chests and I wanna be able to just automatically organize it as I have like 12 chests lol and it would take agessssss manually. I dont know if theres a way to do it with this mod (if so please let me know) but if not it would be an AMAZING feature. For instance I had hay in three different chests and didnt know so it would be a life saving feature
Hi! That's out of scope for Chests Anywhere itself, but you could try a mod like Convenient Inventory which has features like that. It's safe to combine Chests Anywhere with other mods like that, they'll work fine together.
For the "view Shipping Bin as chest" feature, since the bin can be filled beyond what the UI shows, perhaps it could use the Big Chest UI, maybe only in such an 'overfilled beyond regular chest' case.
Hi! Unfortunately that's not really possible (without patching game code, which the mod doesn't currently do). The big chest UI is shown based on the capacity of the underlying chest, but there's no chest when showing the shipping big inventory.
Hi! I love using this program and just noticed that Convenient Chests Unofficial just updated their program. I noticed a great item that they had and wondered if you could add something like it to yours. Is it possible to "lock" certain items into our bag so they don't get put into chests? Thanks!
Hi! Unfortunately that's out of scope for Chests Anywhere, which just focuses on accessing and organizing your chests. You can safely use Chests Anywhere and Convenient Chests together to combine their features though.
Thank you! I use convenient inventory so I went back and reread their page carefully and it looks like they have the feature that I wanted, always had and never knew! :)
there's an extra/invisible/mysterious chest on my farm that I can't find. I remember putting my items in the shipping bin and going to bed but when i woke up, it turned into a chest, so the items never got sold. the items are still there and so is the bin and i can try selling it normally, ignoring the extra chest, but that would give me OCD
Hi! Chests Anywhere doesn't create any chests, but it has info to show where they are. Can you open the chest through the menu, click the 'edit' icon, and post a screenshot of the edit view?
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Read this before asking for help or reporting an issue. Common questions are answered here. This post is kept up-to-date.
If you want to keep your general settings too (the ones you can edit through Generic Mod Config Menu), you just need to keep the config.json file.
First things first: GREAT MOD! Thank you very much for this!
Has anyone else ever had the weird thing that this mod shows that you possess a chest somewhere on your farm that you don't know about?
As of yesterday, when I use the Chests Anywhere mod, it shows me a "Chest #1" as part of the list.
However, I always label a chest when I place it, and I can't seem to find said chest anywhere on my farm (I even painted it Red to quickly spot it).
Would it be possible to add Coordinates to the chests?
Anyone else had this experience or knows a way to find that chest?
You can use Debug Mode to find that coordinate in-game.
If it just says "Location: Farm" without a tile position, that means it's in the top-left corner at (0,0). Chests like that are usually meant to be hidden chests to store items for a mod. In that case, one option could be to enable "Hide this chest" to remove it from the dropdown. (Be careful though: if you do that, it'll no longer be possible to access the chest until you find it.)
I have one small feature request.
I like to play with my gamepad, and when sorting things from backpack into storage chests with chest anywhere, everytime I change the chest the cursor jumps to the first item in the chest and I have to move it, which becomes very tedious quickly. Can you add a shortcut setting to "Add to existing stacks" so I can press a key to do that? It would be very helpful.
Adding a shortcut for features like 'add to existing stacks' is out of scope for Chests Anywhere, but you could try a mod like Convenient Inventory for that. It's safe to combine Chests Anywhere with other mods like that, they'll work fine together.
log:
https://smapi.io/log/75a0ef3ca13842c0a3f94846b4d69ad2