Mods / Hardcore Water : Transport Edition

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Author: Zach2039
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Created: Jan 10th 2023 at 7:13 AM
Last modified: Dec 13th at 8:55 PM
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Latest file for v1.20.0-rc.1:
hardcorewater_1.3.1.zip 1-click install


Hardcore Water : Transport Edition

Overview

Originally, this mod prevented water from being placed by buckets; now that source bucket prevention is a vanilla world option with VS 1.20.x, this mod is more focused on transportation methods to move water around.

This mod currently adds:

  • Aqueduct sections
    • Can be made with 3 bricks and 1 mortar (creates 3 sections), or a debarked log and resin (creates 1 section, requires hammer and chisel).
    • One section must be connected to a source block to propagate water along a length of sections.
    • Enclosed aqueducts which cannot feed aqueducts from the side, but can be used in room walls without affecting room integrity.

Note that aqueducts can feed other aqueducts when placed orthogonal to each other, but only one-way. The source aqueduct in this arrangement will have smaller openings.

Config Settings (VintageStoryData/ModConfig/HardcoreWater.json)

  • AqueductUpdateFrequencySeconds: Sets how often aqueducts are allowed to update, in seconds; defaults to 0.75.

Future Plans

  • Mechanical screw pumps and/or water-lifting devices; moves any adjacent water upward when powered; helpful for when water is needed at a higher elevation than nearby source blocks.

Known Issues

  • Visual glitches can sometimes occur when adjacent to filled aqueducts and the camera is turned.
  • Water will not flow out of an aqueduct section downwards unless a full block is placed below the end section.
  • No compatibility yet with Wildcraft Trees.

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24 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 RathfulConcepts, 12 hours ago

I'm having issues using debarked aqueducts, as they dont seem to be passing the water along other debarked aquaducts.

💬 Halfdan, 1 day ago

This is such a lovely mod! Makes weird water transportation in 1.20 not so, well, weird, it also beginsto fixe one of my biggest gripes in this game, agriculture!

💬 Zach2039Author, Dec 7th at 10:08 AM

Lodey

Wooden aqueducts can be next on my list. Debarked, hollowed out logs could be another buildable type. I'd probably reduce the number of wooden aqueducts created to 1 per craft, to keep the mortar and brick recipe incentivised.

AzuliBluespots

Rivers' waterwheels require the center drive axle to be placed above source blocks in the same location as a river, so it will probably not be compatible in that aqueducts fill with non-source blocks. I haven't tested it myself, though I can once work starts again on next update. Medieval Expansion waterwheels should still work when fed with flowing water from the end of an aqueduct, but only in undershot or breastshot configurations. To utilize overshot configurations takes a flume setup and I don't know if non-source blocks can fill flumes from that mod.

Runeguden

I'm unsure. I think the Primitive Survival furrows create source blocks, while aqueducts create non-source blocks; furrows should be a valid aqueduct source in that case, but not vice versa.

💬 Zerovoid, Dec 6th at 12:07 AM

how can i move water down? it spills from the end of a duct, but the duct on the lower level does not fill up. do i have to keep all the ducts on the original elevation?

nvm, figured it out

💬 Lodey, Dec 3rd at 10:44 PM

Love this! Any chance of getting aqueducts in some other materials? The mortar requirement is a bit rough. I'd be very happy if I could make aqueducts out of wooden boards, even if that means requiring resin or fat to seal it.

💬 AzuliBluespots, Dec 2nd at 5:07 PM

Does this work with either the Rivers or Medieval Expansion waterwheels?

💬 SuperTeeJ, Dec 1st at 12:09 PM

So I just decided to use it on my 1.19.8 map and it seems to be working fine. Will report back if I find any issues. But for now looks like you have no need to backdate it for the old version. Maybe just update the Version type to also include 1.19

💬 Auro, Nov 30th at 4:17 PM

Oh yeah I will be using this mod for my 1.20 playthrough then

💬 Runeguden, Nov 30th at 3:08 PM

is this compatable with Primitive survival?

💬 SuperTeeJ, Nov 30th at 6:19 AM

Yeah I would love it if we could get this for 1.19 but I guess we will just see if there are some others who also want it. Because currenty I got like 20-30 mods and not all of them have been updated for 1.20. Makes me sad that I can't play on the newest version quite yet and even sadder I can't use your aqueducts lol

💬 Zach2039Author, Nov 30th at 2:58 AM

Auro Dragnier

Added enclosed sections in v1.2.0 update. They cannot be used as sources for other aqueducts from the side as normal ones can, but should preserve room integrity when used to pass water through a wall.

💬 Dragnier, Nov 30th at 12:32 AM

Auro Zach2039

I'm wondering the same thing. If it doesn't work currently, it would probably not be terribly difficult for the author to add a "wall passthrough aqueduct" that counts as solid so you could do greenhouses with aqueducts then.

💬 Venusgate, Nov 29th at 11:36 PM

I didn't know this was a mod, and it's basically 80% of the reason i would want to run PS.

Yoink

💬 Auro, Nov 29th at 10:49 PM

If you use an aqueduct to bring water into a greenhouse, does the aqueduct block allows enclosing the room and get the 5º bonus?

💬 Zach2039Author, Nov 29th at 7:46 PM

SuperTeeJ

The v1.0.0 release should still work for your version, though it will not include the aqueducts. All v1.0.0 does is patch bucket behavior so that only non-source blocks are placeable. If you need water transport on 1.19.8 stable, I recommend SpearAndFang's Primitive Survival, which has furrows; these furrows don't function exactly like the new aqueducts do, but they are a good alternative for farms adjacent to lakes and rivers that need some water brought inland a reasonable distance.

If there is enough demand, and aforementioned furrows from Primitive Survival don't fit people's exact use cases, I can backport aqueducts to 1.19.8.

💬 SuperTeeJ, Nov 29th at 7:02 PM

Will this work on 1.19.8 stable? I love the "no free water" mechanic. Just want to know if it will work on my current save without breaking anything

💬 Brick, Nov 29th at 12:57 PM

Hello there. Mechanical screw pump sounds like something one would use to transfer water a great number of block upwards fast. Given that the water is supposed to flow inside the waterway, passively moving water upwards for just a couple of blocks using a waterwheel can be a nice alternative to the actively powered mechanical screw pump. It could be a bucket type of waterwheel, or a spiral pipe pump type, using metal pipes, of course, such as from bronze, with potential recipe consisting of bronze plate, shears and welding tool.

 

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💬 JudgeRW, Mar 20th at 2:45 AM

First, I love this mod.  Thank you.

Second, any chance for a compat adjustment so this mod will allow buckets to fil the irrigation trenches on furrowed land from Primitive Survival?

Primitive Survival - Vintage Story Mod DB

I love that I can't just magic create a water source block, but filling these trenches with a bucket seems to fit within the spirit of the mod.  

💬 Venusgate, Dec 22nd 2023 at 1:10 AM

No issues with 1.18.15 👍

💬 Aljistar, Jan 23rd 2023 at 4:05 AM

if you can a neat thing you could do is make 1x1 holes fillable with water like a barrel, if broken they then leak out and dry up. so allow us to place water but be limited amounts rather than infinite water.

💬 Zach2039Author, Jan 11th 2023 at 3:44 AM

Voragine

No, water from world generation is unaffected. This mod only affects the spill/place action of water with a full bucket, preventing players from creating new source blocks in the world. It makes the bucket function similarly to the wooden bucket from TFC, which cannot place source blocks of water.

I can edit the description of the mod for more clarity, if needed. I might be mincing words in my explanation.

💬 Voragine, Jan 11th 2023 at 3:36 AM

@Zach2039

thanks, so this mod affects the natural generations of single block of water that eventually appears in mountains?

💬 Zach2039Author, Jan 11th 2023 at 2:23 AM

Voragine

Uploaded a choppy gif of the mod in action.

💬 Voragine, Jan 10th 2023 at 10:38 PM

could you add some examples?

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