Mods / Catch and Release: Butterflies
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- Author:
- MortalityGames
- Side:
- Both
- Created:
- Feb 27th at 11:40 AM
- Last modified:
- 6 days ago
- Downloads:
- 4397
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Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.22.0-pre.3 - 1.22.3):
crbutterfly_2.0.0.zip 1-click install
Why do the beautiful things need to die? Well not anymore!
My first mod for VS. The flat 2D butterflies in display cases was not the right vibe for me so I wanted to bring a little aesthetic beauty to this dark world.
A companion mod to Catch and Release: Fish
Warning: Existing saves with versions below v2.0.0 should remove all cages before updating.
Requires Catch and Release Lib
Features:
- Changes the behaviour of bugnet to catch live butterflies, instead of dead butterflies
- Added 2 types of butterfly terrariums with material-typed crafting recipies: wooden butterfly cage and glass terrarium
- Added grid recipe to 'convert' a live butterfly to a dead butterfly
- Butterflies placed in terrariums will flutter about
- Butterflies in terrariums sleep at night (moths sleep during the day)
- Can place items inside the cages just like a display case. Larger cages can store more items.
Known Issues
- Caged butterfly animations do not reset properly when butterfly wakes up (they flap slowly). Will reset when game or chunk is reloaded
Compatibiity
Known supported mods:
- Carry on (v1.14.2)
- Attribute Rendering Library - via CR:Butterfly Optimisation Patch - thanks to DanaCraluminum
Supported Languages
- German
- Spanish
- French
If anyone is interested in helping to improve the translations, there is a Google Sheet that you can comment on or leave a message on the Catch and Release post in the VS Discord.
| Mod Version | Mod Identifier | For Game version | Downloads | Released | Changelog | Download | 1-click mod install* |
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| 2.0.0 | crbutterfly | 659 | 6 days ago | crbutterfly_2.0.0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Added dependency for CRLib. Support for Carry On. | |||||||
| 1.1.1 | crbutterfly | 2136 | Mar 4th at 5:17 PM | crbutterfly_1.1.1.zip | 1-click install | ||
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For 1.22pre releases:
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| 1.1.0 | crbutterfly | 1083 | Mar 4th at 5:07 PM | crbutterfly_1.1.0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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| 1.0.1 | crbutterfly | 32 | Mar 3rd at 9:43 AM | crbutterfly_1.0.1.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Update to support 1.22 (pre). | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | crbutterfly | 487 | Feb 27th at 12:06 PM | crbutterfly_1.0.0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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Initial release:
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just found your two mods, they are beautiful thank you!
Glad to hear. Enjoy.
Hey! is anyone else having an issue where the butterflies arent showing up once in the cage?
Hi yuckyvia. A player flag this on Discord too, I plan to look into it. They said that the mod works in singleplayer but they are seeing the issue when running a server (Linux server). Is your issue similar?
i play with friends using lan, and even when i dont have the world open to lan the butterflies wont show up, but i made a creative world just now to test in single player and theyre showing up! super weird</3 hopefully its an easy fix
Thanks for the update. I assume that I have done something wrong for multiplayer.
I will hopefully have a chance to test and fix this week.
Wow this is absolutely lovely! I always wanted to do something like this for my small critters on FS Wilds but couldn't figure it out. Will definitely be a great addition to my homes <3
Thank you for this!
Oh! Oh!! I love butterflies and I've been waiting for a live-butterfly-keeping mod ever since I picked up VS again!! I can't wait to go install it >uuu<
I do have a suggestion, that is, if you're taking them. Glass terrariums can be dangerous for butterflies, because they can injure their wings on its hard surface. I don't know if this would be hard to do or not, but might you consider also having a version of the glass terrarium where the glass is replaced with sheer netting? Flax twine could be used in the recipe for this I think, to represent the material woven into a loose net. It would make the little critters look more comfortable, I think.
TiMMyyMMiT Yeaaaaaah, I learned the hard way that butterflies inside a greenhouse look pretty in the summer, but they don't live for very long... Dashed my dreams of a beehive/fruit tree/flower/butterfly/bird filled greenhouse with indoor ponds pretty hard.
No worries! It's a great idea. I don't have any experience in modding, myself, so I try to be tentative about suggestions since I know there are complications that I don't know about. But I am glad to hear that that's on your radar!
Kynorr I have thought about larger terrariums but wanted to start with 1 block limit (first mod 😅). Technically you can keep butterflies in a large enclosed space, like a greenhouse, but I suspect that there are persistance issues with this (butterflies might despawn if temperatures are too high/low).
I am planning a companion mod for this where I might explore larger 'cages'. I would also need to convert this into a more generic library which would allow others to build upon it.
Otherwise, I might need to explore how to define a room as a 'cage' so that you can walk around a giant terrarium.
EastboundAura Your wish is my command. Upate to display items inside the cage/terrarium.
NopeBoss I have made a 1.22-pre release and will update when 1.22 is fully released (if required).
This is such a neat concept and an incredible start to modding, but I feel a little bad that the butterflies don't have much room to fly. :(
Would it be possible to build larger terrariums? Either by stacking/extending them or with a recipe? If that could work, then that would let other modders figure out how to get other animals inside, and I just know someone out there is salivating over the idea of building a bug/reptile room in their base.
And like EastboundAura suggested, items inside would be amazing. Or if it's easier, to create a blank model with a window that allows placing 2-4 kinds of items inside, like rocks, flowers, vines, logs etc., so that it's only 4! options, and not potentially thousands. Perhaps a slot for a light source?
NopeBoss. Yes I plan to update this mod for 1.22. Will probably have a release for the 1.22rc build.
I just have a question, is this feature not planned for 1.22? I forgot this detail, but cool mod nevertheless :)
EastboundAura Good idea. It is actually perfect for the next mod that I had in mind 😁. I think that I can make it work for both.
Very awesome mod, love the idea of terrariums in general so much
Love the cage models! Would it be possible to add the ability to put items inside like shelves? Random clutter or flowers to personalize them and give the butterflies places to rest and feed from.
I had no idea how much I needed this until I saw it, this is amazing!
I made a patch for the mod if someone wants more types: [Optimization Patch] Catch and Release: Butterflies
Enoch You are welcome.
Efkanator What great timing 😁.
Yeah, I was a little suprised that the butterflies are so underutilised in the game.
Enjoy
OMG THANK YOU! :)
Kinda crazy, I was litteraly just thinking how it's weird that there's no mod or vanilla feature that lets you do this and then I check mods and spot this lmao. Nice work! Definetly going into my playthrough :)
awesome!
Lovely