Mods / Pretty Little Things
Author: TaimatCompany
Side: Both
Created: May 9th at 2:26 AM
Last modified: May 22nd at 11:29 PM
Downloads: 1430
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Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.20.10, outdated):
prettyLittleThings_242.zip
1-click install
I love going to the beach with the kids and looking for pretty rocks. The only problem is we come home with a big handful of treasures. You will find yourself in a similar situation.
This is a mod that aims at more realistic results that might come about if you were to actually sort through some sand on the beach. I've replaced some of the odder things like rib cages, candles, ikea some-assembly-required weapons, and glowing temporal gears, as well as the more impractical things like loose stones, with various minerals, gems, seeds, and things that I find to be mildly more believable. (At least to me)
I made this mod to compliment my lore-free playthrough. The only things you'll find in sand are naturally occurring items. There are some surprises in the rare section of the loot table like diamonds, emerald, and uranium, but no gears, books, or a fully functional musical instrument (??? how ???).
At any rate, I didn't touch bony soil, so if you still want to pan for lore items, have no fear. This mod only affects normal sand and gravel.
I also made this mod because i'm a lazy housecat homebody and don't want to go mining sometimes. So you can literally find every metal type and a few different ores. Don't judge me!
Iron oxide (just like IRL) is prevalent. In New England, most of the nails in our community during the 1800s came from orange colored water in bogs. Bog-ore. Iron deposits. The entire reason we use iron in the modern day is because its freaking everywhere. Copper and Bronze just had a lower melting temperature. So you'll find a lot of hematite.
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FEATURES
- Completely overhauls panning drops according to the following:
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- 1 in 2.5 (0.4) - BASIC STONES / USUAL: marble, flint, granite, shale, chalk, bauzite, and obsidian
- 1 in 6 (0.17) - ORGANICS / FREQUENT: grubs, termites, flax fiber, papyrus, cattail, and tule roots, sticks, bones, compost
- 1 in 10 (0.1) - PRETTY ROCKS / FREQUENT: malachite, hematite, resin, galena, pentlandite, limonite, sylvite, quartz, anthracite, sphalerite, bismuthinite, colored marble
- 1 in 20 (0.05) - ORGANICS / UNCOMMON: berries, cassava roots, feathers
- 1 in 50 (0.02) PRETTY ROCKS / UNCOMMON: cassiterite, alum, colored quartz, amethyst, olivine, sulfur, cinnabar, silver, ilmenite, magnetite, borax
- 1 in 100 (0.01) PRETTY ROCKS / RARE: gold, copper, olivine_peridot gems, lapis lazuli
- 1 in 250 (0.004) - ORGANICS / RARE: seeds, eggs, cactus fruit
- 1 in 500 (0.002) - PRETTY ROCKS / VERY RARE: chromite, emeralds
- 1 in 1000 (0.001) - PRETTY ROCKS / EXTREMELY RARE: diamond
- 1 in 5000 (0.0002) - WTF: uranium
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PATCH 2.4.2
- slightly increased chance of finding nativesilver... never seems to show up but all of its friends do?
- Still no sightings after update... has ANYONE seen it?? As far as i can tell everything is coded right i just never get silver.
PATCH 2.4.1
- corrected pinkmarble item error
"BALANCE AND PURIFYING" UPDATE 2.4.0
- Removed rhodochrosite, darkpine seeds, and wolframite (unimplemented)
- Reorganized and rebalanced entire drop table by category
PATCH 2.3.2
- fixed another marble problem because im an idiot.
PATCH 2.3.1
- fixed "stone-marble" to "stone-whitemarble" that was causing a warning to be thrown on loading.
UPDATE 2.3.0
- Removed water soluble items (clay and halite) because they break immersion.
- Added shale, granite, and marble stones to commonly found items (will work well with my 'HulkSmash' mortar and pestle mod!)
- Increased termite and compost frequency
PATCH 2.2.2
- fixed 'egg' error (verified)
PATCH 2.2.1
- fixed 'egg' and 'rawcassava' errors
UPDATE 2.2
- Decreased chance of berries and colored quartz
- Increased chance of termites, cattail roots, papyrus roots, tule roots, sticks, feathers, compost, and bones
- Removed cooked roots
PATCH 2.1.3
- Confirmed compatibility with 1.20.10
- Increased rarity of vegetable and tree seeds by 150%
- Added mod icon to mod folder
UPDATE 2.1
So I was thinking I was doing dice rolls for each of these items but after some testing I don't think that's actually the case. Supposedly there's a 1 in 100 chance of finding tree seeds and I've found like 10 of them in the space of 30 blocks of sand so. Something's a little off. I did some small fixes but I'm a little bummed out that random number generators are more complicated that what i was imagining.
- Reversed sorting order, assuming chances are being taken in the wrong direction.
- Repaired sphalerite and cassava codenames.
- Swapped malachite with nativecopper 'cause its prettier
- Increased chance of finding grubs for more mid-panning snacks
- Added comments about chances
- Added "var" variable because drops were feeling a little too lucky? More testing needed.
VERSION 2
- Initial Release
| Mod Version | Mod Identifier | For Game version | Downloads | Released | Changelog | Download | 1-click mod install* |
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| 2.4.2 | prettyLittleThings | 589 | May 27th at 4:03 AM | prettyLittleThings_242.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- slightly increased chance of finding nativesilver... never seems to show up but all of its friends do? | |||||||
| 2.4.1 | prettyLittleThings | 140 | May 22nd at 11:29 PM | prettyLittleThings_241.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- corrected pinkmarble item error | |||||||
| 2.4.0 | prettyLittleThings | 76 | May 20th at 11:20 PM | prettyLittleThings_240.zip | 1-click install | ||
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"BALANCE AND PURIFYING" UPDATE 2.4.0 | |||||||
| 2.3.2 | prettyLittleThings | 96 | May 18th at 5:04 PM | prettyLittleThings_232.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- fixed another marble problem because im an idiot. | |||||||
| 2.3.1 | prettyLittleThings | 24 | May 18th at 4:58 PM | prettyLittleThings_231.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- fixed "stone-marble" to "stone-whitemarble" that was causing a warning to be thrown on loading. | |||||||
| 2.3.0 | prettyLittleThings | 73 | May 17th at 7:17 PM | prettyLittleThings_230.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- Removed water soluble items (clay and halite) because they break immersion. | |||||||
| 2.2.2 | prettyLittleThings | 226 | May 10th at 9:40 PM | prettyLittleThings_2_2_2.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- fixed 'egg' error (verified) | |||||||
| 2.2.1 | prettyLittleThings | 18 | May 10th at 8:47 PM | prettyLittleThings_2_2_1.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- fixed 'egg' and 'rawcassava' errors | |||||||
| 2.2.0 | prettyLittleThings | 31 | May 10th at 4:41 PM | prettyLittleThings_2_2_0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- Decreased chance of berries and colored quartz | |||||||
| 2.1.3 | prettyLittleThings | 20 | May 10th at 3:36 PM | prettyLittleThings_2_1_3.zip | 1-click install | ||
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- Confirmed compatibility with 1.20.10 | |||||||
| 2.1.2 | prettyLittleThings | 110 | May 9th at 4:52 AM | prettyLittleThings_2_1_2.zip | 1-click install | ||
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So I was thinking I was doing dice rolls for each of these items but after some testing I don't think that's actually the case. Supposedly there's a 1 in 100 chance of finding tree seeds and I've found like 10 of them in the space of 30 blocks of sand so. Something's a little off. I did some small fixes but I'm a little bummed out that random number generators are more complicated that what i was imagining. | |||||||
| 2.0.2 | prettyLittleThings | 27 | May 9th at 2:35 AM | prettyLittleThings.zip | 1-click install | ||
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This is so neat! I hope you find the time/motivation for an update. <3
I'm not sure if it's a mod issue or just poor luck but I haven't noticed a change in the drops.
Mod tested not functioning in 1.21.1 on my end as of this post, in case anyone else is just checking comments if potentially outdated mods still work.
TaimatCompany Is there any plans to update this mod for 1.21, this mod is the only way I find panning fun
GreenDragonette Absolutely!! Feel free to copy any or all of my mod to make something that will play better for you <3 I'm not always in a "Vintage Story Mood", and programming and modding can be hard work so please by all means, build something everyone can enjoy :)
Noodles35 Yeah that's very strange - you may want to check your local game cache for leftover mod references. Did you *ever* have "WildFarmingRevival" installed? It may have left behind some traces if so.
Hi! Awesome mod i love how much more variety there is for panning it makes it so much more fun and exciting! However i have been having some crashes recently where it says "failed resolving itemdrop or smelted stack" for almost every WildfarmingRevival item drop for panning. I don't know if its actually because of you or not but just wondering because they all say for panning. It's a problem i guess because i don't even have that mod installed so i guess some mod i have must have that as a dependency now for some reason. I'm not sure tho im not a modder or anything. But if you haven't coded any of that in there then I can narrow down my list of mods to look into. Thanks!
Hello! Just downloaded your mod, looking forward to shinies :) I have a question, if I wanted to make a similar one, but with bone soil for no monsters run so it drops way more temporal gears, do you think it would work if I just used your mod as a template but changed the panning block and hand-inputted the rest of the info from the wiki (and would I have your permission?)? The only experience I have with modding so far in this game is changing values in downloaded mods so I'm flying pretty blind when it comes to their creation (^u^')
Majestik ooooo thank you for testing!! I'm so relieved haha
TaimatCompany I installed the mod today, and after ~32 block of gravel panned, I found one native silver nugget ! So it seems to work. My other mods that touch panning are Dana Tweaks and Knapster, but I didn't modify any settings with these mods so idk if that influenced something or not.
Has anyone managed to get a nativesilver nugget??? IT has the same chance as cassiterite but i have never seen one yet. Last update i increased the chances jsut to see if it would pop up but no luck yet. Wondering if there's a code problem but everything looks right... idk
Ryumachinae
There's actually already an automatic sifter mod, Auto-Sifter. Granted it's not the cool and immersive multi-stage sifting contraption you're dreaming of, but I've been using this mod in my own world and it's easily one of my favorites.
yeah its totally okay if thats not within your ability right now learning to mod takes a LONG time, id do it myself if i wasnt already in a dozen other projects lol
Ryumachinae thats sounds really interesting. I don't make custom models, I prefer to use existing content and infrastructure as much as possible. Modified clones and such like the mortar bowl in "hulksmash". Super interesting idea though!
Also, I understand if this is beyond the scope of your mod, but I would be really interested in finding a mod that adds some sort of auto-sieve construction. I've seen IRL ones where its like a very big staircase you run water over, and the steps are shaped differently to catch particular things. You have a VERY good grasp of the kind of realistic balancing I'm looking for, so if you're ever looking for what to make next, I'd HIGHLY reccomend making such a thing :) It could be more late-game technology that could even use mechanical power. In fact, when paired with the Rivers mod, and the Water Wheel mod, it could be amazing to have!
Excellent, I did find panning to be a bit overpowered. However I'm suprised there's no mention of how the drops vary based on gravel type, is that a thing or is all gravel essentially the same?
oh, yeah you're right XD i didn't notice, sorry. but yeah, seeing like this it makes more sense now
Ototinho Malachite is a copper ore and is very common. Cassiterite is still a 1 in 50 shot and I actually find quite a decent amount when i'm panning.
I didn't precisely want to eliminate mining altogether, just supplement it when it seems like there's just zero tin around or the copper is really rare or just a chance to find silver or gold whereever you are.
metasynthie Yeah I doubt I'd be able to make them compatible. PNP looks WICKED cool though. I thought that wasn't released yet? I haven't looked at the code. I might check that out. Maybe there's a way to blend them somehow. I'd have to talk to the author and see how they feel about it.
hey, i think copper and cassiterite shoud be more common or at least switch the odds they have in a gameplay perspective. ik you're making a more realistic mod and i love the idea, but i also think since people normally uses panning for early game matals it would be nice to up those chances a bit (ngl 1 in 100 for copper is kinda of a gamble XD)
I've been looking at the pan.json source for this mod and another "more interesting panning" mod -- Pan and Prospect [Pre-release] - Vintage Story Mod DB
It seems like these probably won't work together because P&P has a custom pan, and PLT replaces the whole panning table? Or even if they did, the rate for some nuggets would be too high.
However, it would really cool to have a compatibility patch, not sure what would be involved, but I guess using P&Ps nugget chances and adding everything else from PLT. Just a suggestion!
Nicole_Evermore im so glad you like it!
Thank goodness, I've been tearing my hair out trying to find clay naturally but have had no luck at all for several hours now.
fixed
or not. sorry. egg error is now slightly different. i'll try something else.
Kasel fixed. I'll upload in a moment.
Server error spam when panning
This is absolutely perfect for me, thank you <3
Feel free to DM me on the discord server if you have any pressing questions. (Taimat)