I know someone else asked, but was there any reason I'm not able to attach a bowl to the side of the companion? The pickaxe and pot mounting points both work fine, but none of the bowls, vanilla or modded attach.

There might be a way that you could make the companion be picked-up in the crate trap, as some creatures of generation 5 can be (ex: if you have a baby elk of generation five you can pick it up in the crate). I just have no idea what is the requirement for an animal to be eligble.

Considering you can't put a piglet a piglet in a crate trap but you can put it in a reed chest it might that the creature requires a tag or the name need to be appended to a list.

Anyway it be cool if you could do that and force the companion to be gen 5 so that we have a vanilla way of transporting it because I feel really bad leaving it to float around while I'm on dragon back.

Cheers!

Edit:

After searching I found this, in Vintagestory\assets\survival\entities\animal\mammal\hooved\pig-baby.json there is this entry:

trappable: {
"small": { trapChance: 0.5, trapDestroyChance: 0.05 }
},

and in deer-baby there is a "large" for any baby deer that isn't a baby pudu (that includes elk).

So it might be that adding,

trappable: {
"large": { trapChance: 0.5, trapDestroyChance: 0.05 }
},

,to the companion will allow it to be put in the trap crate. Then you'd just to find a way to force it at generation 5.

Burgersim Its been awhile since I've used it (I've largely gotten by pushing my pets into translocators and similar in multiplayer.) but you should be able to go into animal cages mod config files, find something like the small cage where it lists what can be put inside, and add the companions to said list with something like this alongside the other entries:

{
"name": "mechcompanion-*",
"scale": 1.0
},

So what exactly do I need to add to the Animal Cages config to add the Companion to the Entities?

SurelyThouJest If you updated from a version prior to 1.4.0 to the newer ones then the conpamnion disappearing is sadly expected, as warned in the update notes for 1.4.0 existing companions from versions prior will be deleted due to the new IDs they use for the wood variants. The map marker should correct if ya create a new companion.

Sadly there was no clean way to transition the old companions as the swapping command did not carry over their data. Hopefully there shouldn't be a another wiping update anytime soon.

Uh, I just updated to the latest version and my little guy has vanished. It's still got a marker on the map, it's just invisible and doesn't have a hitbox. Is there a way to teleport it to see if that fixes it?

should add the ability to give the little guy a knife so he can defend you!

Gantradies Yeah I always love seeing people pickup on the animations of the companion, while I struggle with the editor alot for this game getting them to be as lively as possible was something I dead set on from the start and feel that I've achieved well enough. All the little expressive bits also act as reinforcements to the hopefully neat lore descriptions across their various items and tapestry entry too.

This mod remains easily my favorite of mine just for how much I enjoy the company of the little guy through all my playthroughs since making it.

i think one of the things i love the most,

is how you gave something so non-humanoid/non-anthropromorphised endearing body language-

the way it sometimes uses its independently articulated axels to excitedly tippy-tap its wheels against the ground,
the way it visibly looks around and blinks...

dinosawrrr Late reply but, sadly the interactions are pretty fiddly in general. Like personally when attatching or grabbing attatched things I do shift AND ctrl to not toggle unintended things, and in general when toggling follows it can trip mulitple times. It all should work but is just annoying with the timing sometimes.

Really cool mod! The only problem i noticed is bad interaction with buddy - sometimes it doesn't toggle light and wait/follow states when clicking. Is this normal?

i love him so much. i love his cute wheel wiggle

purple8cloud I may look into changing the control scheme eventually since it is a bit of a mess, but for now I advise simply pressing both shift AND ctrl at the same time to attatch and detach items, shift being active at the same time will avoid toggling the light.

add additional button for turn light on?
it overlap with crock, bowl attach key so cant attach it well

TopOnPC Went ahead and did another quick update to make them use the actual metal textures, albeit the model is still the same shape, enjoy!

cute 

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it, people are gonna be happy to have the mod back! :)

Reek Could be a conflict with other mods that change attachables, I know one breaks the textures of the pot model but not which one in my mod list so far lol.

TopOnPC Added very basic compat that should fix the crash, but the pot visually is the same as clay.

Very cute mod love the look. 

I'm having a small issue where the model for the attatched cooking pot is missing some parts, also attaching bowls doesn't seem to work

But other than that, great mod!

A fatal crash occurs when trying to put a metal cooking pot (from this mod https://news.kalataka.ru/metalpots). Is there any way you could create a compatibility patch for it? Thank you!

Would it be possible to get compatibility for toolsmith/combat overhaul bows?

why i cant put the bowl on the compion

Xela42

Yes it should be perfectly safe to add the mod to an existing save that did not start with it.

Removal is a little more tricky and could have problems, make sure to eliminate as many traces as you can beforehand.

Am I able to add this mod to my existing playthrough without corrupting the world file?

Obviously this is not a priority, my comment was more of a wishlist than anything. I already love the mod even as is, so anything extra is just a bonus. Keep doing what you're doing and no stress.

A_Whisper

Yeah there's some good ideas there, definitely things to consider tinkering with, whenever I find the time to work on another update I'll look into it.

There's already a small back log with needing to add the Russian translation submitted in the comments.

While I would like to give some estimate on when I may actively work on a new update. VS is currently on the back burner, unless anything critical breaks I probably wont be working on an update for awhile.

Would it be possible to make residue covered pots a viable choice to place on top of the buddy? I use him while exploring ruins and would like to be able to craft/reheat glue on the go without taking up one of his inventory slots. We can already fit a pot on his head, so why not one that's just a bit crustier?

Also, here's an idea I had, would it be possible to allow us to place a lantern on the top of the buddy as well? Something like placing the lantern around the elk's neck. I know the buddy already produces some light, but I think attaching a lantern to him could give you a better mobile light source by sacrificing the top storage compartment.

Is there anyway to make these guys like, come with you through translocators?

nevermind just saw the animal cages bit

Translation into Russian
Translation into Russian of your mod. Thanks for your work!

DuncanTheBard

Tragically this is one of those trickier situations, personally I tend to record my play sessions so the few times this has occured I'd check tape to see where I was.

To try finding your companion the "/entity count" command can be pretty handy, it will list off all the loaded entities around you. I recommend trying to back trace

your steps and running the command to see if you can see the companion. Note that your draw distance does impact the loaded area around you so you may want

to increase that.

Sadly there is no command or extra search tools as apart of the base mod for recovering a companion left to idle somewhere (If you think this sucks remember in

the initial version of the mod they worked like vanilla locusts and would stay behind when interacted with AT ALL, including accesing their inventory!)

If I am to do another notable update for this mod trying to add the companion to the map like the Elk will probably be on my list of features to try and implement.

But at this time I am not working towards doing that, apologies for the inconvience.

Hey big fan of this, though I've ran into issues where I've accidentally toggled wait mode while using the inventory and then left the lil guy at the bottom of a mineshaft... and this time I've completely lost him..

Is there a command that can be run to toggle it's wait/follow states, or could there be something similar to the elk whistle like a remote to (remotely) toggle it?

Adding a plow to the front would be cool, allow it to pick up items it walks over but costs more parts to make and gets attached.

Hi! I love this mod, just noticed a small bug in the code (I think?)
in:
CraftableCompanion.zip\assets\craftablecompanion\entities\land\craftablecompanion

this line:
shape: { base: "entity/land/mech-companion" },

references a file path that I don't think exists.

Should probably be entities/land/mechcompanion (I assume)

its just setting the companion to glow as best I can tell but thought I should mention. Really excited to try this out on my server, one of the coolest mods for late game jonas part stuff I've seen, and an all around very fun idea.

Pal_5000 / Brick maybe it could be used to play music on the go?

Would you mind adding the version number to the filename for this mod? Without that, we can't auto-update this mod

Brick I have yet to explore the new lore content, although I think I know what you're referring to as I saw some references to it in the files. A restored friendly Bell is something I've wanted to do eventually but so far I haven't been able to come up with a use for it that is satisfying and reasonably easy for me to implement. (Although playing music is a cute idea) I dont have any plans at this moment to take on it as a project for now.

Can you add craftable Charlemaign (if you checked out story mode you will know) that follows you and plays random music cylinders (possibly with functionality to use them on it so it learns the songs first for balancing purposes)?

Pal_5000 I was not sure where to post it so i posted the link for the clip in the discord forum for this mod. Hopefully I don't get in any trouble.

iBTwizzled Apologies for the delayed response, yes a visual of the bug would be great however you can provide it. Preferably you could post it in the mods channel section on the VS discord, craftable companion has its own spot like most mods. Without a log of some sort this gets alot more alarming to resolve is this issue occurring with just Craftable Companion in a new world, I'm worried it may be a conflict potentially if it does.

@Pal_5000 I don't think anything was logged when it happened. The only thing visible is the inventory window closing after placing an item inside and being unable to open the companions inventory window again after this has happened. I can reproduce this fairly easily, so far the only fix i've done is disabling the mod and re-enabling. I can actually show a brief clip of this or live if you're not busy at this moment.

iBTwizzled Very strange, was anything logged when this happened? Is this a consistent reproducible problem if you try with another companion? I've upgraded my game to work on the new updates, but quick fiddling in version 1.1.2 seems to lack the problem.

I am not entirely sure why, but i had tried placing a crockpot with food stored in the companion as well as just bones. But after doing so the storage window closed and the items were returned into my inventory. Now i can't access the storage, I am using version 1.1.1 in  version 1.19.8.

Pal_5000

Thank you very much, I hadn't received notification of your reply and so I'm only replying to you now.

I've seen the other two mods but for now I'm happy with the companion. I find it too cute to see him following you everywhere, the only thing that bothers me is seeing him teleport continuously if you run often, I understand that he doesn't have a running function but only a walking one.
But I have to say I love it! He simplifies my inventory and keeps me company on my very long explorations <3
Honestly, I'm preferring it to the Carry On mod <3

BlackJackal84

Sure, in my config I have the following names set:

{
"name": "locust-bronze-hacked",
"scale": 1.0
},
{
"name": "locust-b-sawblade-hacked",
"scale": 1.0
},
{
"name": "mechcompanion",
"scale": 1.0
},

This covers the base game hacked bronze locust, the sawblade one from my other mod, and of course the craftable companion from this mod.

HI,
I'm crazy about this mod, however I can't setup the "Animal cage" mod. I was careful to put the change in the small cages group, but it doesn't work.

Can you give me the exact string?
Thank you :)

My companion doesn't seem to like teleporters... Is this intended behavior?

The little guy doesn't seem to follow me through teleporters.

Hey, thanks for the mod! I love those little companions.

One suggestion: How about a config for the inventory size? 8 slots are okay, but on my server we have lots of mods and therefore lots of stuff to carry around. Would be nice if we could adjust this some how.

Не хочешь объединить свои моды на механических компаньонов в одно? Было бы классно, также добавить ещё техники в том же смысловом направлении...

Don't you want to combine your mechanical companion mods into one? It would be cool to also add more techniques in the same semantic direction...

Like Eranderil said, well actually I totally agree. Clockmaker of course sounds like an engineer, technician, but yes, it's annoying, because I don't play as clockmaker, because I'm playing solo, and I need hunter (even if I' vegetarian also in game haha), but I like it's boosts. But even if I'm a hunter I'm still able to repair translocators, so you know :) that would be nice to be able to build such companion buddy as well ;), but of course I respect your decisions. You're the creator, not me in this case :)

Eranderil I believe that should work for all the recipies yes, in the case of the Craftable Companion you should be able to fully maintain them with no issue in that case. The only thing you have to look out for is that tuning spears even when crafted with that option unckecked will not be usable by non-clockmakers, this is a vanilla game behaviour.

If you were to obtain a hacked Locust item some other way though (such as spawning it in) you should be able to maintain them too since the recipies to repair and upgrade them from my other mods should work.

I notice on each of your mods you comment that "Must be Clockmaker." I'm interested in your series, but I play solo and don't really want to lock into clockmaker class. Will recipies still work if the [Class Specific Recipies] option is unchecked?