Mods / Book Trader

Category: #Creatures #QoL #Worldgen
Author: waterdrinker
Side: Both
Created: Aug 3rd at 1:27 AM
Last modified: Aug 3rd at 9:43 PM
Downloads: 1775
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Latest file for Various v1.19.x:
booktrader_v1.0.3.zip 1-click install


I created this book trader because I found little use for book making other than display. Now, you can sell the books you make. He stocks a good chuck of the items you need to make the books, and the books sell for a good price. The trader only buys the books the player makes, NOT lore books.

Plus, I hope you enjoy his cute house :)

 

Please note you do not need to create a new world to use this mod. The trader should have a chance to spawn on new undiscovered chunks on existing worlds.

 

I am going to be working on a 'trader villages' mod with buildings like the book traders home. If you have vanilla builds that you want featured, please send me the schematic file to my discord @anyanana!

Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
v1.0.3 1610 Aug 3rd at 9:43 PM Show booktrader_v1.0.3.zip Install now
v1.0.2 165 Aug 3rd at 1:36 AM Show booktrader_v1.0.2.zip Install now

12 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 dashr, Aug 5th at 3:59 PM

Feidry great, thank you!

💬 Feidry, Aug 4th at 10:37 PM

dashr waterdrinker/anyanana mentioned this issue to me. We'll look into it together and get it fixed. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. ๐Ÿ‘

💬 waterdrinkerAuthor, Aug 4th at 3:36 PM

dashr well that does look a little silly! I will see what I can do!

💬 dashr, Aug 4th at 12:24 PM

waterdrinker of course you deserve it! I have just tested the new version. It seems to work fine. Just a small suggestion: Could you make it so that the soil surrounding the trader is the same as that of the Biome/Terrains?

Screenshot: imgur.com/a/O2gQuot

💬 lazzyapples, Aug 3rd at 10:40 PM

Thanks for your help! Yes, I am using Better Traders and the Rivers mod, so maybe thats why I found him on the ocean floor. I believe the Kitchen Trader also had this issue but I am unsure what L33tmaan did to fix it. Thanks again!

💬 waterdrinkerAuthor, Aug 3rd at 9:49 PM

dashr I appreciate it! Modding is a nice break from real life stuff for me. I also fixed the terrain issue, it was just one line I had to change. So everything should be good now in the newest release (fingers crossed)!

💬 dashr, Aug 3rd at 9:43 PM

waterdrinker First "Decor Bazaar" and now this. Don't stress yourself. You have great ideas, so take your time implementing them. The mods are incredibly immersive - just what Vintage Story needs. Keep up :)

💬 waterdrinkerAuthor, Aug 3rd at 9:25 PM

lazzyapples I will reduce the spawn rate. Are you using other trader mods? When testing I didn't see him spawn in the ocean. I basically copied other mods (ACAs Kitchen trader spawn) trader settings so I am wondering if its a compatability conflict.*edit now that I think about it, I am wondering if you are using a mod that alters world gen like rivers or plains and valleys. Those might cause the structure to spawn over the ocean. In vanilla, it should only spawn on the surface.

dashr Thank you for the kind words! I will work on seeing why its spawning one block lower. I think I may have found the reason. Its my first time playing with world gen so I am definitely new to all this :)

Tels Thanks for the translation! I will add it to the next release!

TheNiteFox Thanks so much! I would love to add compatability to Better Traders. I think I have a few issues to work on right now, but once that is sorted hoping that is next :)

💬 dashr, Aug 3rd at 7:49 PM

The mod looks extremely promising and I think it's great that someone has gone to the effort of designing a building for traders. Even if it's only for one new trader at the moment, I could easily imagine it for a few vanilla traders as well. It adds a nice touch to the worldgen. So, please keep up the good work.
In addition, I have to agree with the previous comments, the mod still has a few minor issues, but I think they can be fixed with a bit of effort. E.g. in my world, the structures always spawn one block lower than the surrounding terrain.



Screenshot:
imgur.com/a/JNLRX5l

 
💬 lazzyapples, Aug 3rd at 6:15 PM

This is a super nice build so thanks for making this mod! Can you let me know what you have for the min distance to spawn? I seem to keep finding this trader and no others now and probably need to change my other spawners. Also, just want to let you know that your trader is spawning in the ocean too ๐Ÿ™ƒ

💬 Tels, Aug 3rd at 12:10 PM

Thank you for this mod, I've learned a few things on how to add traders to the game from it ๐Ÿงก

I've made a German translation for you:

{
       "game:item-creature-humanoid-trader-book":                              "Buchhändler",
       "game:tradingwindow-humanoid-trader-book":                              "Buchhändler {0}"
}

Also, have you considered give your trader unique names? That could be cute - one of them could be "Ook" :)

💬 TheNiteFox, Aug 3rd at 2:01 AM

So darn adorable! I always love seeing more traders! I will have to see if Noclas will add support for BetterTraders. Awesome work on that bookstore! ^_^

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