Mods / Dirt 2 Clay

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Tags: #Crafting #Simplification #Utility
Author: grintera
Side: Both
Created: Jan 13th at 4:19 AM
Last modified: Jan 13th at 4:21 AM
Downloads: 323
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For testers (for Vintage Story 1.20.0-rc.8, outdated):
dirt2clay_1.0.0.zip 1-click install

The Pitch

Remember CandyCaprine's "Clay from Dirt" mod? They commented they'd like to make it more involved then a simple barrel recipe, adding some steps in between to make it more immersive.

I thought that was a great idea and I got tired of waiting, so here's my first mod.

How does it work?

Like cheese.

Add water and soil in a barrel in a 25:32 ratio
Seal it for 24 hours
Take the clay slip out of the barrel by Shift+RighClicking it with a linen rag
Squueeeeze
???
Profit

Thank you, guys

Special thanks to The Insanity God, SpearAndFang and pizza2004 at VS Discord server for sharing their knowledge, time and patience while I learned to make this.

Mod Version	Mod Identifier	For Game version	Downloads	Released	Changelog	Download	1-click mod install*
1.0.0	dirt2clay	1.20.0-rc.8	323	Jan 13th at 4:21 AM	Empty	dirt2clay_1.0.0.zip	1-click install

9 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 Tacet, 6 days ago (modified 6 days ago)

f0xh0und696 Works on 1.21.5. Just tested.

💬 f0xh0und696, Nov 17th at 8:24 PM

working in 1.21?

💬 Teagan, Sep 23rd at 9:22 PM

I like this mechanic. I would love to see this expanded on for clay dug out of the ground. For instance, if a player uses clay straight from the ground, the molds have a high tendency to break after use. However if the clay goes through the process in this mod, the molds last longer.

💬 grintera , Apr 30th at 5:43 PM

@jayu thanks, I didn't realise it was drafted. Sorry for the delay, I wasn't playing much

💬 jayu, Apr 7th at 11:48 PM

Hey, is there a reason this was drafted? Is there an alternative?

💬 TheSinisterRat, Feb 27th at 2:06 AM

Hola! Does this work with the most recent stable? I do apologize in that I know I could test it myself, but I rarely play without my server, and I'm afraid they would be rather unwilling to allow me to test.

One way or another, thank you for making this - your time and effort is much appreciated. Modders make a phenomenal game even better.

💬 Sell, Jan 14th at 5:45 AM

grintera

That sounds like a solid idea, if needed I believe it could be possible to let Wet Clay as an item be liquid and add calcinated flint or ??? to it in a barrel to output the other types of clay before bundling. Whatever works easiest in the code, I don't know what black magic goes on behind the screen.
As for what ingredient "???" could be, I think the stricter, more realistic approach would maybe be powdered iron, but that is a greater resource cost to an early to mid game player than could be feasable, so for the sake of gameplay it could be claystone sand or something akin to that.

It's ultimately whatever works in the end, don't mind my yapping too much.

Cheers,

💬 grintera , Jan 14th at 1:16 AM

Thank you Sell !

I'd like to make it more realistic, but the barrel recipe only has one output. As soon as I've posted the mod I had another idea to make it more realistic..

Soil + Water -- 12h in barrel --> Mud (liquid)
Mud + Grass -- in barrel --> Wet clay (solid)
1. Wet Clay + Linen -- crafting grid --> Wet Clay Bundle (Blue)
2. Wet Clay + Linen + ??? -- crafting grid --> Wet Clay Bundle (Red)
3. Wet Clay + Linen + calcinated flint -- crafting grid --> Wet Clay Bundle (Fire)
Squeeze

Let me know if this looks better and if you have any suggestions!

💬 Sell, Jan 13th at 5:11 AM

Works great so far, no issues with a full stack of both low and medium fertility soil in a full barrel. It's convenient that it only has to be sealed in the barrel once, but I thought it might need to be sealed again before squeezing dry. Great work on your first mod, very handy addition.
Cheers,

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