Mods / Clay From Dirt

Category: #Crafting #QoL #Tweak
Author: CandyCaprine
Side: Server
Created: Sep 30th at 9:12 PM
Last modified: Oct 8th at 6:24 PM
Downloads: 486
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Latest file for v1.19.8:
clayfromdirt 1.0.3.zip 1-click install


What Exactly Is This?

Are you tired of filling up crates upon crates with dirt after a terraforming project? Are you annoyed at having absolutely nothing useful to do with that dirt? I know I was. I was also really tired of having to run all around trying to find clay, especially with larger clay-intensive projects like filling cellars with vessels or building with bricks. So, I made this mod - it simply adds a recipe that allows you to transform all that useless dirt into useful blue clay!

How Does It Work?

Simply! All you need is a barrel, some dirt, and some water. Mix equal parts water and dirt, seal it for a day, and you'll be left with a barrelful of fresh clay!

That Doesn't Soun-

Realistic? Well, a few steps are skipped, but you can absolutely extract clay from soil. In real life, you'd thoroughly mix equal parts dirt and water, wait for all the heavy silt and sand and rocks to settle to the bottom, then pour the clay slurry into another container, then wait about a day for that to settle, and you'd be left with a big glob of super-wet clay that you'd then need to squeeze into something workable.

That all sounded like too much work for a nascent modder, so I simplified - mix water and dirt, get clay. Simple and clean.

Are There Incompatibilities?

I sure hope not! There might be an issue if any other mod adds a recipe involving barren, low, or medium soil mixing with water in a barrel, but I don't know of any like that.

What About Fire Clay?

Fire clay is a special kind of clay with a very particular composition. I don't think it would be reasonable to make it from just any random dirt.

Future Plans

Once 1.20 is fully out and stable and I've had some time to play with it, I might change the recipe to make red or brown clay instead of blue. We'll see.

Other Notes

This is my first mod! I hope you enjoy it. Please give me any feedback you have!

Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
v1.0.3 236 Oct 8th at 6:24 PM Show clayfromdirt 1.0.3.zip Install now
v1.0.2 60 Oct 7th at 6:16 PM Show clayfromdirt 1.0.2.zip Install now
v1.0.1 20 Oct 7th at 5:53 PM Show clayfromdirt.zip Install now
v1.0.0 170 Sep 30th at 9:19 PM Show clayfromdirt.zip Install now

19 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 gothghost, Oct 13th at 4:48 AM

Really cool mod! Thanks for the detailed mod description, and the more "immersive" version of the mod you suggested sounds like a really cool idea. Good luck with it :)

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 10th at 6:57 PM

@Moon_Dew It's definitely a possibility. As it stands I'm not super comfortable adding entirely new systems, but given some time and desire I think I could make the extra steps.

My knee-jerk thoughts for the steps would be as follows:

  1. Seal water + dirt for half a day; result is clay slurry and muddy gravel.
  2. Seal clay slurry for a day; result is wet clay and water
  3. Wet clay is squeezed in the same way as turning cottage cheese into curds; result is the desired clay.

I expect that would take actual cs coding instead of just messing with jsons, though, at least for the last part. I have in the works another mod, which is a code mod, and I'm currently playtesting it for balance and usability. So far it's working well, though it took multiple days of work and debugging to get it just to work as intended. With that in mind, maybe once it's ready for release, I'll come back to Clay From Dirt and make an "immersion" version. We'll see, though.

💬 Moon_Dew, Oct 10th at 5:33 PM

Honestly I would like the extra steps.  Then again, I'm the kind of person who plays Vintage Story for the immersion, realism (if only somewhat more realistic), and difficulty.

Maybe you can make a version of this mods with those extra steps when you have more modding experience?

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 8th at 6:24 PM

v1.0.3 released. Now with bulk recipe: a full barrel with a full stack of 64 dirt will make a full stack of 64 clay.

💬 rabah, Oct 7th at 8:22 PM

CandyCaprine

yup, now it works just fine for me aswell. thank you for all the efforts youve made so far ^^

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 7th at 6:17 PM

Okay, NOW it should work properly. I hope. I deleted the file from my pesronal VS install, and have it loading only as a mod, and it works for me, so PLEASE let me know if it's still broken.

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 7th at 6:10 PM

Wait, still not working for some reason. Give me a sec

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 7th at 5:54 PM

1.0.1 released. It should work properly now.

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 7th at 5:47 PM

Oh, shoot, that's weird. Don't know why it only works for me. I'll push an update in a moment.

💬 Dakota1337, Oct 7th at 2:39 PM

rabah

I just opened the clayfromdirt.zip, extracted it, moved that folder and rezipped it

 

Here's the directory structure I had before I rezipped it

clayfromdirt/
- assets/
    - game/
        - recipes/
            - barrel/
                - clayfromdirt.json
    - modinfo.json

💬 rabah, Oct 6th at 10:50 PM

Dakota1337

how did you do that? i tried what you said and the mod isnt loading anymore

💬 Dakota1337, Oct 6th at 9:20 PM

I had the same problem. I managed to fix it by moving the recipes folder out of the assets/game/survival folder and just putting it under assets/game/

No idea if that's a good solution, but it works

💬 rabah, Oct 6th at 7:06 AM

CandyCaprine

i fear that i deleted all mods and left only this mod to test it out, both survival and creative. I know i'm asking too much but can you upload screenshoots of the process? Maybe im dumb enough to miss something so simple

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 6th at 2:26 AM

@rabah None of those should cause any issues, as near as I can tell. Are you testing in Survival, or a different mode?

💬 rabah, Oct 5th at 10:00 PM

absolute prospecting 

alchemy trader

alchemy

animal cages

battle towers

better ruins

bookbinders

book trader

cattails from grass 

clay from dirt

config lib

domestic animals trader

drifters have loot

entities configuration 

extra info

give me one seed plz

gourmand 

herbarium

hud clock

improved handbook recipes

sticks from firewood

all wildcraft mods

vs villages mods 

 i think thats all i have, im not sure which one of those use the barrel

 

 

 

 

 

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 5th at 8:31 PM

@rabah What other mods do you have that have barrel recipes?

💬 rabah, Oct 5th at 9:38 AM

CandyCaprine yup i tried everything. 1 liter of water to one of dirt. it didnt show me any option nor let me seal the barrel. maybe its a conflict with another mod? 

💬 CandyCaprineAuthor, Oct 5th at 3:37 AM

rabah It works for me. Are you using equal parts water and dirt? It should work as long as you use fresh water and barren, low, or medium soil in equal amounts: one soil per one water.

💬 rabah, Oct 5th at 12:01 AM

doesnt work for some reason. do i have to use a specific type of dirt?

 

 

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