Mods / BlackSmith Enhancements

Tags: #QoL #Tweak #Utility
Authors: misterandydandy, jayu
Side: Both
Created: Nov 19th 2023 at 3:29 AM
Last modified: Mar 27th at 9:52 PM
Downloads: 37957
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Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.20.4 and 1.20.5 - 1.20.7, potentially outdated):
blacksmithenhancements_1.1.4.zip  1-click install


New Item – Bellows are used to heat up the materials faster, they can be used both on the Firepit or the Forge.
New Item – Blacksmith gloves let you pick-up hot items without dropping them all the god damn time. No need for tongs, throw them away!
New Mechanic – Quenching hot materials within a Bucket or a Barrel to cool them down fast so you don't burn your hands.

Tweak – You cannot craft with hot items anymore! Quench them first.

More to come!

Logo is done by NiclAss so thank you.

For other smithing enhancements, check out SmithingPlus.

Mod Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
1.1.4
1.20.5 - 1.20.7
11999 Mar 27th at 9:52 PM blacksmithenhancements_1.1.4.zip 1-click install

Fix barrel crash and make quenching code smoother

1.1.3
1.20.5 - 1.20.7
183 Mar 27th at 4:16 PM blacksmithenhancements_1.1.3.zip 1-click install

Fixed quenching and smoother interaction (particles and sound decrease with temperature), quenching evaporates water

1.1.2
1.20.5 - 1.20.7
326 Mar 27th at 12:42 AM blacksmithenhancements_1.1.2.zip 1-click install
  • Add sturdy bellows, crafted with sturdy leather and steel. Much more durable for the endgame.
  • Block hot items from being used in crafting to encourage quenching.
  • Fix blacksmith gloves not working.
1.1.1
1.20.5 - 1.20.7
201 Mar 26th at 8:19 PM blacksmithenhancements_1.1.1.zip 1-click install

Fixed leather recipes for bellow and gloves

1.1.0
1.20.5 - 1.20.7
39 Mar 26th at 8:02 PM blacksmithenhancements_1.1.0.zip 1-click install
  • 1.20.x Update
1.0.5
1.19.0 - 1.19.3
16769 Mar 18th 2024 at 4:10 AM blacksmithenhancements_1.0.5.zip 1-click install

Fixed - noticeable z-fighting when player is wearing armor.
Fixed - when player is using bellow and moves it to the chest at the same time it would make player animator get stuck.
Fixed - sometime when player is using bellow it would get stuck and so would player animator


1.0.4
1.19.0 - 1.19.3
4459 Feb 3rd 2024 at 1:41 AM BlackSmithEnhancements-v1.0.4.zip 1-click install

Updated - 1.19.0

Fixed some issue with bellow not using right values.

Added - if you are on top of a forge you will be damage you! Be careful!

Need to tweak some things but it's works for now nothing broken to what I can see.

1.0.3 3129 Nov 26th 2023 at 2:58 AM BlackSmithEnhancements_v1.18.15-v1.0.3.zip 1-click install

Fixed - Values fighting over cooking time so it should work right now. Sorry people 😑

1.0.2 190 Nov 26th 2023 at 1:42 AM BlackSmithEnhancements_v1.18.15-v1.0.2.zip 1-click install

Fixed - Seems to bypass the heat thresholds for fuels within the firepit. I placed firewood inside(the temperature should stop at 700) and can bellow the temperature to 1100 and process metal instead of needing a higher tier fuel source to complete such task.

Added - You can Bellow anything as long as it supposed to be used that way, Cooking food/Cooking Pot, Reheating crucible, etc

1.0.1 247 Nov 25th 2023 at 11:07 AM BlackSmithEnhancements_v1.18.15-v1.0.1.zip 1-click install

Added - You can now use bellow on the firepit but it's only limited to crucible for now. Bobosaw

1.0.0 413 Nov 23rd 2023 at 3:11 AM Empty BlackSmithEnhancements_v1.18.15-v1.0.0.zip 1-click install

72 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 Haru_Haru, Apr 22nd at 3:43 PM

I am also experiencing that it does not seem like the bellows increase the heat for firepits in the current version.
On forge it works perfect though.


I am on 1.20.9

💬 ElusiveEnigma, Apr 21st at 6:11 AM

misterandydandy

It does not seem like the bellows increase the heat for firepits in the current version. Am I missing something or the feature working as intended?

💬 Shion, Apr 20th at 2:30 AM

Could you remove the tags from the name? They show up like this in handbook.

Tags in handbook

💬 Redison, Apr 14th at 11:44 PM

Translation into Russian

Translation into Russian of your mod. Thanks for your work!
💬 Snottytoe69, Apr 10th at 10:13 PM

What is the black liquid that shows up when holding a hot tool head? Shows right click to quench in a bucket, barrel, or 10ml of some sort of fluid.

💬 jayu, Apr 6th at 10:45 PM

JimmyMac If I understand what you said correctly, that's kind of a vanilla issue, I think. It never expected VTML in raw item names.

💬 JimmyMac, Apr 6th at 9:14 PM

When you search blacksmith in the handbook the gloves show the HTML code in the entry. Not a big deal but might want to fix it for next time you update the mod for a real problem :)

💬 Taeo, Apr 5th at 10:26 PM

misterandydandy

lol, well I hope you figure out what's causing it eventually, I'll add it then, the bellows is very attractive!
Also, we us salty's manual quenching for doing quenching, any way this could be configurable to turn off your version of it?

💬 jayu, Apr 4th at 12:34 PM

LizardmanV are the crashes you're referring to happening in the latest version? Can you share the log files in a new issue in the GitHub issue tracker?

💬 LizardmanV, Mar 31st at 12:44 PM

Mod is awesome! My friend who likes to do a lot of the smithing is really enjoying it. We have it on with some other mods including SmithingPlus. A couple crashes have happened when right clicking buckets and barrels with/without items in hand. I'll have to save a crash log and put in the comments here. I think the mod also has some bugs with QP Chisel mod as whenever I start to chisel a block, my character gets stuck in an animation of my arm continuesly doing the chisel animation. Other than that, great features and makes the blacksmithing more immersive!

💬 misterandydandy , Mar 30th at 5:55 PM

Lol this was the issue I couldn't fix 

💬 Taeo, Mar 30th at 1:51 AM

everybody on my server who has ever touched the bellows now walks around all day with their arms stuck in the first frame of the bellows animation, like they're driving an imaginary car

💬 RebornElsys, Mar 29th at 2:48 AM

Yeah I mean, all of this is great except gloves, really gloves are for tongs otherwise your hand might melt into a mush of gloved finger. Thats why most people dont wear glove on the hammer hand because it can be dangerous.

💬 ZombieAce, Mar 27th at 11:29 PM

jayu Yeah, I just noticed the update. I'll update to 1.1.4 and let you know if it still occurs.

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 10:28 PM

ZombieAce do you have 1.1.4?

💬 ZombieAce, Mar 27th at 10:09 PM

Paulus_Illyrius Yeah I'm also encountering the same issue. Not sure what is causing it but barrels are definitely the issue.

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 9:53 PM

Paulus_Illyrius fixed

💬 Paulus_Illyrius, Mar 27th at 8:02 PM

There is an occuring crash while trying to open a barrel, empty or not it provokes a crash for every player on our server who tries to use it, and the crashlog says the critical error occured in this mod

💬 Corrmac, Mar 27th at 5:32 PM

This is wonderful! I got a bit of a funny muse for you: I dabble in blacksmithing and I once had the idea to try and hold a rather hot piece of mild steel with some welding gloves. I admit, I was able to hold it for a moment, but soon I dropped the workpiece to find that my gloves were searing hot! Not on fire, but charring and almost melting! Perhaps I could try some fiberglass gloves? They are used in casting because welding gloves will actually burst aflame in the mouth of a hot furnace. 

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 4:21 PM

Mollycoddle no, I had a look but it's a bit obscure how it works. I asked the author, if they say it's easy to add then I will. Maybe they actually check for temperature changes so it actually is compatible already?

 

Edit: they do check temperature changes so it does work.

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 4:04 PM

Drehverschluss it was broken by the last update, I fixed it. It works also with tongs.

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 4:04 PM

Louse it was broken by the previous update, I uploaded a fix. You right click on a barrel or bucket.

💬 Louse, Mar 27th at 7:49 AM

How do you quench with the buckets? are you supposed to aim at it when dropping it?

💬 Drehverschluss, Mar 27th at 7:21 AM

Hi there.

 

Is the Quenching mechanic only useable with your gloves?

💬 Mollycoddle, Mar 27th at 3:16 AM

Is quenching here compatible with the quenching-increases-quality mechanic in XSkills?

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 2:39 AM

Ryumachinae the mods do different things, they have no reason to be incompatible as far as I know

💬 Ryumachinae, Mar 27th at 2:26 AM

You mentioned SmithingPlus, but didn't state whether it was compatible? I can only assume since you mentioned but wanted to be sure, thanks

💬 jayu, Mar 27th at 12:42 AM

Released new version 1.1.2:

  • Add sturdy bellows, crafted with sturdy leather and steel. Much more durable for the endgame.
  • Block hot items from being used in crafting to encourage quenching.
  • Fix blacksmith gloves not working.
💬 Shizukesa, Mar 26th at 10:05 PM

I kneel

💬 misterandydandy , Mar 26th at 10:04 PM

Thanks again jayu

💬 jayu, Mar 26th at 8:16 PM

Forgot to update the leather recipes, will update later

💬 jayu, Mar 26th at 8:05 PM

burgertanker now up!

Akaston

NateDoesLife

💬 Proda, Mar 4th at 8:13 AM
💬 burgertanker, Feb 13th at 11:41 PM

Can't wait for an update for 1.20, I've wanted a bellows/blower mod to make smithing a bit quicker and also more realistic for a while now

💬 Akaston, Feb 7th at 2:19 AM

I'm really looking forward to this wonderful mod! Having a bellows and a glove helps a lot, especially for me since I always play as a blacksmith in MP, and it's really satisfying

 
💬 NateDoesLife, Jan 6th at 9:27 PM

Tested running this on 1.20rc8 and getting the following error.

I know its not yet updated to 1.20 but figured I would bring it to your attention to help - md_5 paste - banadejeza

💬 misterandydandy , Dec 30th 2024 at 3:52 PM

It will just need to fix the on going issue with bellow.

💬 DanekJovax, Dec 30th 2024 at 10:02 AM

Will this be updated for 1.20?

💬 Chrizzlybear, Jul 16th 2024 at 7:47 PM

Hi, I have translated the mod into german.

de.json

💬 Aki_II, Mar 12th 2024 at 11:42 PM

The thicker parts of the gloves clip into most body armors, causing very noticeable z-fighting on the forearm

This mod is great and the gloves look amazing but seeing the constant glitching on the arms while i wear my tailored gambeson distracts me so much

💬 Snowfall94, Feb 15th 2024 at 1:57 AM

In first person, with immersive camera on, if you use the bellows even once it seems to randomly get you stuck in animation where your hands are held super close together. The only way I've found to fix it is to pick the bellows back up, and puff the air out of them atleast once, then it goes back to normal for a little while. But it keeps randomly breaking my animation and my hands keep getting stuck together. You don't even have to have the bellows on you for this to happen. I stored it on the ground and in a chest and ran around for a little while and it just randomly hits me with the hands in "prayer" looking animation. 

misterandydandy

Probably the same issue that MankDemes is having. 

💬 misterandydandy , Feb 9th 2024 at 8:42 AM

Hi MankDemes are you talking about animation? or bellow it self?
thanks for letting me know

💬 MankDemes, Feb 9th 2024 at 5:28 AM

I've ran into an issue where after using the bellow my hands get stuck as if I'm still holding it

💬 misterandydandy , Feb 4th 2024 at 1:48 PM

It's work the same way just using different model and texture but the last time I checked that mod out it didn't work anymore. 

💬 NukoSan, Feb 4th 2024 at 1:15 PM

Hi there misterandydandy the gloves are the same as https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/6581 ? if not do those two confllct?

💬 gothghost, Feb 3rd 2024 at 1:48 PM

yay update!! these additions are so nice

💬 misterandydandy , Feb 1st 2024 at 12:24 PM

Hello people I am working on the update just give me a day or so thank you,

💬 CrusadingPriest, Jan 31st 2024 at 7:26 PM

I can't wait for this mod to updated. My server ran into a glitch where if you grab hot metal it crashes. Then when you log back in you pick it up again and get glitched. Endless cycle of BS!!!! These gloves would make it so easy to get around. 

💬 DonnieDreams, Jan 29th 2024 at 12:32 AM

Looking forward to the update of this mod. Any ETA on that?

💬 CKitt, Jan 22nd 2024 at 1:20 PM

I greatly look forward to when you have time to update this mod! I found it extremely useful, and immersive.

💬 misterandydandy , Jan 17th 2024 at 6:37 PM

I'll be working on the update tomorrow night. 

💬 Pamphy, Jan 11th 2024 at 7:09 PM

Just FYI, I tested thsi on 1.19 pre release, and using the Bellows causes a crash. 

Very excited for this Mod, hope it updates again soon! :)

💬 Voitk, Dec 8th 2023 at 2:33 AM

Cool!

💬 JangoDsoul, Nov 28th 2023 at 1:23 AM

I would like to see a function to setup a forge by placing down 3 charcoal/coal on any surface and then 1-2 ingots on top so that we can chisel our own ideal forge.

💬 VaelophisNyx, Nov 27th 2023 at 9:40 PM

Yeah the increased heat from bellows is kinda semi-reallistic in a way that meshes well with the game, imo

💬 zackadiax24, Nov 27th 2023 at 3:52 AM

Whiteshadoh Oxygen can bunr at extremely high temperatures, so it would make sense that feeeding a fire more of it would make it bunr hotter than the fuel would allow. While going the full max of 9000 degrees would be a bit overboard i think raising the max temp of a fire by a few hundred degrees would be unrealistic. If you've ever use a rocket stover (or a burn barrel with holes in the bottom) you would understand what I mean.

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 26th 2023 at 3:01 AM

Noleadge There is a follow buttom. but it would be nice to have a like buttom too.

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 26th 2023 at 2:48 AM

I know there is a issue with the bellow. I fixed it again....... stupid me letting two value fighting over cooking time.

💬 Noleadge, Nov 26th 2023 at 2:46 AM

honestly just want a way to like mods could be nice to just drop a like on something plus we can organise by most liked

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 26th 2023 at 1:42 AM

Fixed the issue Whiteshadoh 

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 25th 2023 at 11:38 PM

Whiteshadoh thanks for letting me know :) I'll get on it now

💬 Whiteshadoh, Nov 25th 2023 at 5:13 PM

Seems to bypass the heat thresholds for fuels within the firepit. I placed firewood inside(the temperature should stop at 700) and can bellow the temperature to 1100 and process metal instead of needing a higher tier fuel source to complete such task.

 

"I'll will let other items to be bellow but I want to add something to it so there is a risk to bellow food etc."
------What about tier bellows, ones using less resources cost, much less durability, temperature increase is slow/less and take more hunger. Then we reinforced them multiple times ending with an "end" game version that last as aslong as the current one(the durability is very large) and consumes less food. Also if the low tiered bellows had a chance to break on use would promote the advancing in bellow tiers, kind of like the refractory bricks.

 

misterandydandy

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 25th 2023 at 3:26 PM

I never played around with the code for mechanical system. 

💬 Nebux, Nov 25th 2023 at 2:45 PM

no mechanical power into the bellows?

 

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 25th 2023 at 11:13 AM

Bobosaw I have added it now but it's limited to crucible for now.
I'll will let other items to be bellow but I want to add something to it so there is a risk to bellow food etc.

💬 Bobosaw, Nov 24th 2023 at 3:59 AM

Awesome! Looking forward to it duderino B)

 

misterandydandy

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 24th 2023 at 2:25 AM

I am working on that now Bobosaw and it seem to be going well so hopefully I'll be updating it later today.

💬 Bobosaw, Nov 24th 2023 at 1:16 AM

Do the bellows work with crucibles? I have been wanting a mod with bellows for so long but I wanna know how they work exactly. Do they just make the time to heat shorter or do they actually increase the heat slightly like they would in real life? Thanks! Great mod!

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 23rd 2023 at 6:35 PM

It's some what the same just I limited it to only smithing things. It shouldn't be a issue with using them both if you want to keep the other one. CodeRedAlert

💬 CodeRedAlert, Nov 23rd 2023 at 6:14 PM

Is this mod compatible with Quench? The one for using barrels to cool down metal? Would it be recommended just to remove that one and use this since they do the same thing?

💬 misterandydandy , Nov 23rd 2023 at 12:13 PM

I am glad you like it zackadiax24

💬 zackadiax24, Nov 23rd 2023 at 6:30 AM

You are my hero. Words cannot describe how grateful I am.

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