Mods / Billposting

Tags: #Cosmetics #Furniture #Tweak #Utility
Author: Moby_
Side: Both
Created: Jun 3rd at 11:58 AM
Last modified: Sep 23rd at 9:08 AM
Downloads: 31248
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Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.21.0 and 1.21.1, potentially outdated):
billposting_1.1.0.zip  1-click install


Note: starting in 1.1.0, signed parchments turned into billposts can only be picked up by their original author or by someone with the "buildblocksanywhere" permission (the one that allows a player to build anywhere, bypassing claims). 1.0.2 works fine, and that's the only difference between the two, if you'd prefer non-lockable parchments.

 

Billposting makes it possible to pin parchments, displaying their contents in-world.

Use it to make notice boards, city-wide announcements, Wanted posters, and more!

 

To pin a parchment, hold shift+ctrl and right-click on a wall with it. To pick it back up, right-click on it with an empty hand.

 

Placement is entirely free, and doesn't have to be aligned to blocks.
One drawback: as billposts are entities, you can't place a block on a billpost.

 

Planned features:

  • Wax seals and more graphics customization options for billposts
  • Making it so billposts drop when the block they're pinned to is broken (right now, they can float in mid-air and have to be picked back up)
  • Creative mode support: don't use up a parchment to place a billpost when the player is in creative mode

Mod Version For Game version Downloads Released Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
1.1.0 11529 Sep 23rd at 9:08 AM billposting_1.1.0.zip 1-click install

Signed parchments turned into billposts can now only be picked up by their original author or by someone with the "buildblockseverywhere" permission (the permission that bypasses claims)

1.0.2 981 Sep 23rd at 8:39 AM billposting_1.0.2.zip 1-click install

Fixed z-fighting issue in 1.21

1.0.1 18641 Jun 3rd at 2:35 PM billposting_1.0.1.zip 1-click install

Made the text on parchments darker (true black), because it's not very easy to see with dark brown

1.0.0 97 Jun 3rd at 12:00 PM billposting_1.0.0.zip 1-click install

Initial release


32 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 ConnorFitzMe, Sep 28th at 12:43 AM (modified Sep 28th at 12:50 AM)

I'm having an issue after placing down parchment that has 2 or more pages.
I cannot pick it back up.
I am able to pick up other notes as long as they aren't longer than 1 page.

Ah- I found out why. The text box was going over my crosshair/middle of screen.
Using the alt key and my mouse cursor instead, I was able to pick it back up.

💬 Moby_ , Sep 26th at 12:00 PM

DejFidOFF Do you have logs, or any more details about how/what isn't working?

💬 DejFidOFF, Sep 25th at 11:12 PM

1.21.1 Not working for my server

💬 ThePhantomX64, Sep 23rd at 8:43 AM

You know, I am suprised that this isn't a feature in vanilla already. This give more immersive way of RP in the game alone. thanks for the mod.

💬 Elemiach, Sep 21st at 1:15 AM

Hi Moby_  excellent mod.
Are you going to update it soon? 
1.21.0 been stable for some time, we even got 1.21.1 already. 

💬 Eluce, Sep 17th at 3:41 PM

Works with 1.21, but it's buggy.
There's some Z-fighting on pinned parchments.

💬 Annastasija, Sep 15th at 7:26 AM

Does this work with 1.21? And if not, is there an update soon?

 

💬 Maschinenmensch, Sep 11th at 1:45 PM

Wonderful mod. Now I can finally commit to that Luther gameplay!

💬 berserkus, Sep 10th at 12:03 AM

also super excited for 1.21, this mod looks amazing for multiplayer immersion

💬 Thy_Dungeoneer, Sep 7th at 12:34 PM

Can't wait for the 1.21 version! 

💬 Lawrencium, Aug 30th at 4:01 AM

I had no problem placing the parchemnt, but it flickers a lot

 

💬 Moby_ , Aug 29th at 9:25 AM

Yokie That's weird... Did you rebind keys, by any chance?

If you didn't, I'll try to fix it (even if you did rebind tbh), it's not that easy of a fix but definitely doable

💬 Yokie, Aug 24th at 7:32 PM

I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but I can pin the blank parchments perfectly fine, but as soon as I write something in the parchment, I'm unable to pin it anymore. Even when holding shift+ctrl+rmb it just brings up the text box for the parchment. 

💬 Moby_ , Aug 6th at 11:49 AM

cjc813 yeah, I'll update it to 1.21. This is a mod that I'm actively using on a server so it'll be updated pretty fast x)
I'll wait for the full release though, since a lot of the time there are issues in pre and rc that get fixed in the full release

Jalex I have no idea what might cause that. I didn't noticed since parchments aren't really made to have more than 2 pages of text, and not even one page gets displayed on billposts. I suspect that it's syncing that takes a while, I'll look into it when updating to 1.21

💬 Jalex, Aug 5th at 4:42 PM

Hiya I'm having trouble picking up pieces of parchment that have multiple pages of text written on them, 3 or more generally.
When I do what I would usually to picke them back up (right click) it doesn nothing, sometimes it works randomly but it takes a minute upwards. Also the current slot of the Hotbar gets locked, meaning I cant switch do another slot when looking at it.

So reproduction:
1. Put Parchment with 3 + pages of Text on it on a Wall
2. try removing it by right clicking
3. nothing happens except hotbar slot gets locked

💬 cjc813, Aug 3rd at 1:35 AM

i'm seeing a flickering graphical issue in 1.21 rc.

i really like this mod. plans for 1.21?

💬 Moby_ , Jul 3rd at 1:59 PM

blueblynd There isn't for now, I'm planning to add billpost tags to customize things (like font, text color, font size, possibly add seals to the billboards...), but before that I'll probably add a client-side configuration option to increase or decrease the font size, precisely for accessibility reasons

💬 blueblynd, Jul 3rd at 11:36 AM

Moby_ sorry to bother you if this has been asked before, but is there currently a way to scale the text size like there is with signs and plaques? if there is, i can't find it, but i'm visually impaired so it could very well be user error. (kind of the same reason the small text is bothering me in the first place xD)

💬 Svarrmir, Jun 27th at 1:44 PM

This is really clever, great mod 👌

💬 Moby_ , Jun 23rd at 10:17 AM

Piovli I'd love to, but unfortunately, I'm using rendering code derived from signs. So unless signs start supporting VTML or I rewrite the text texture generation code, that's going to be hard to implement...

💬 Piovli, Jun 22nd at 6:37 PM

If possible, please provide a VTML support for the parchments that were placed on a wall - it'd be amazing to have some proper text customizability without having to pick up the paper.

💬 Moby_ , Jun 22nd at 12:17 PM

Rythillian why is it a dealbreaker that they're entities?

The way I see it, it makes it possible to place them anywhere, and have multiple on the same block

There's a little jank left that I haven't fixed yet, like having to unpin billposts before placing a block where they are, or them not dropping when the block behind is broken, but I don't see why you'd call them being entities a complete dealbreaker, could you clarify that?

💬 Rythillian, Jun 22nd at 2:31 AM

Fantastic Idea, but really wish these weren't entities. Complete deal breaker to have them be entities.

💬 Moby_ , Jun 16th at 7:09 PM

SovietSwede you should be able to pin any parchment that has something written on it. You have to write with an ink and quill before pinning it. Note that you need to hold shift+ctrl+right click, as using just ctrl+right click will make you read it instead of placing it down.

Did you change some keybinds? It shouldn't matter, but if you did, that might be a clue.

💬 SovietSwede, Jun 15th at 5:56 PM

Hey!

Great idea for a mod! i just got it downloaded, but i can't seem to write anything on the notes.

They stick to the wall just fine, but i can't write on them, neither with charcoal or ink.

I've tried writing a document beforehand, in ink. But then i can't pin it. 
What am i doing wrong?

Thanks

💬 Moby_ , Jun 5th at 7:55 PM

JonR yeah, I considered taking some things out of Joy of Painting (probably modifying them, at least because JoP stores images in a weird way due to an old bug that I had to work around, bug that no longer exists afaik, also because paintings are blocks and billposts are entities) to allow people to add images, but it might double or triple the code base

That might happen someday, but it's a lot of work

💬 JonR, Jun 3rd at 10:41 PM

Oh yeah, totally understandable, that would be incredibly hard to do I figure. Maybe if you were fine with messing around with the rendering some more, you could instead have it as a separate mesh overlay that just stamps that on over the paper entity? Then you wouldn't have to touch the sign code, and it could be added through just a 'stamp' item that you rightclick it with instead, hah.

💬 Moby_ , Jun 3rd at 9:50 PM

Lo_and_Behold Well, the mod is less than half a day old and only installed for 7 servers at the moment, so I don't really have scalability data
It's stable in multiplayer, and I haven't noticed any lag. It should be about as optimized as vanilla signs, since it's using a similar rendering method.

Pear120 I'll look into it, official billposts could definitely be neat!

JonR yeah, being able to put images on billboards has already been requested by multiple people x)
It's not really easy to add though... I might pull some stuff from Joy of Painting if I can make it work, but there's really no guarantee about that, as it would require rewriting a lot of stuff

💬 JonR, Jun 3rd at 8:19 PM

Ooh, this is an incredible addition to the game. I love the simple potential it has for immersive roleplay and everything, and it looks great as well! Really nice work all around! Similarly to the wax seals idea and Envelopes, it might be kinda sick to have a 'Stamp' option as well later down the line? Perhaps just pulling from the Minimap symbols at first, but if it could allow for player customization like actually drawing (or mimicking such with voxel-crafting) that'd be a really cool way to mark your posts.

💬 Pear120, Jun 3rd at 8:01 PM

If you add wax seals, please look into Envelopes compatability! They have a custom wax seal system, and it'd be nice to have that same level of "seal authenticity" for bill posting too if they use the same system.

💬 Lo_and_Behold, Jun 3rd at 6:32 PM

Hello! This mod looks quite amazing, truly. And it would fit on the server I play on like a glove!

However, I have to ask. How are its impacts on the performance of big servers? How about known bugs and or incompatibilities?

Thanks in advance!

💬 propaneko, Jun 3rd at 1:30 PM

You did something I always wanted to have on my Notice Board mod, good job ^^

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