Mods / Infantry Dolabra

Tags: #Crafting #QoL #Utility
Author: JeanPierre
Side: Both
Created: Jan 16th at 2:50 PM
Last modified: 3 days ago
Downloads: 3953
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Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.21.5 and 1.21.6):
Infantry-dolabra_1.0.8.zip  1-click install


Overview


 

A dolabra is an ancient tool that combines an axe blade with a pick on the opposite side. It was commonly used by Roman soldiers and workers for digging trenches, cutting wood, breaking soil or stone, and occasionally as a solid weapon in times of need. Due to its multitool nature, it is slightly slower than its counterparts. Unlike other tools, you can also attach it to your elk. Metal progression starts from iron tier. I highly recommend playing with Salty & Toast's Immersive: Mining for better immersion!

 

The mod is a proof of concept that solves very small issue I had of constantly running out of space for tools in my nomadic playthrough. 

 

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Main content


 

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Variant stats
  • Iron dolabra mining speed:
    • Axe:
      • Wood - 6.0
      • Plant - 4.0
      • Leaves - 3.2
    • Pick
      • Ceramic - 2.0
      • Stone - 5.0
      • Ore - 4.0
      • Metal - 5.0
      • Ice - 3.0
      • Soil - 2.5
      • Gravel - 2.5
      • Snow - 2.5

 

  • Steel dolabra mining speed:
    • Axe:
      • Wood - 8.0
      • Plant - 5.0
      • Leaves - 3.5
    • Pick
      • Ceramic - 3.0
      • Stone - 7.5
      • Ore - 5.5
      • Metal - 7.5
      • Ice - 4.0
      • Soil - 4.8
      • Gravel - 4.8
      • Snow - 3.5
  •  

How to use


 

Press F to change tool mode from axe to pick or from pick to axe, just like prospecting pick

Who may find it useful


 

Architects, explorers, hikers etc. If you don't mind trading a bit of speed for durability and comfort of having a 3 in 1 tool, you may find it useful!

Roadmap 


 

  • Metal progression: bronze -> iron -> meteoric iron -> steel
  • Toolsmith, smithingplus compatibility (if someone would like to share with me how to do that i would be grateful!)
  • "crowbar" mode to easly remove support beams
  • Animation for tool switching (suggested by SaltyWater)

Compatible with


 

Known issues 


 

  • (0) Critical Issues: 
  • (0) Moderate Issues:
    • Attacking any entity loops hit animation indefinitely. For now, switching tool modes quickly fixes the issue (working on a permanent solution). Fixed in update 1.0.7
  • (1) Minor Issues: 
    • Recipe not showing up? Salty´s Manual: Tool Crafting tool recipes are disabled by default, enable the recipes again in the manual tool configs to get the recipes back.

Important notes


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  • Always back up your world saves before installing any mods. As a new modder, I’m still learning and improving my skills. While I test each mod before uploading, there’s always a chance of human error. With that being said, I won’t take responsibility for any issues that may affect your save or character, so please make sure to back up your files.

For modders



Feel free and most welcome to modify or to use any of the assets from the mod!

Check out my other mods! 


 

 

Mod Version Mod IdentifierFor Game version Downloads Released Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
1.0.8 dolabra 510 3 days ago Infantry-dolabra_1.0.8.zip 1-click install
  • Fixed: Animation not playing properly 
1.0.7 dolabra 246 5 days ago Infantry-dolabra_1.0.7.zip 1-click install
  • Added: Attack power scale to the "axe" side (dolabra now can boink)
  • Fixed: Animation issue that occured when attacking an entity. 
1.0.6 dolabra 379 Feb 8th at 7:01 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.6.zip 1-click install
  • Added: New metal type - steel
  • Fixed: Active tool icon stucked on "axe"
  • Fixed: Outdated elk attachment model
  • Changed: Redesigned tool mode icons
  • Changed: Iron dolabra pick mining speed - ceramic to 2.0, stone to 5.0, ore to 4.0, metal to 5.0, ice to 3.0, soil to 2.5, gravel to 2.5, and snow to 2.50
  • Changed: Iron dolabra axe mining speed - wood to 6.0, plant to 4.0, and leaves to 3.2
1.0.5 dolabra 955 Jan 31st at 9:14 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.5.zip 1-click install
  • Changed: Tool durability from 1150 to 1350
  • Changed: Pick mining speed, ore from 6.5 to 4.0, metal from 6.5 to 6.0
  • Changed: Axe mining speed, wood from 7.0 to 6.0
  • Changed: Tool model, added more metal and leather elements to make tool more unique
  • Changed: Tool recipe, adjusted to fit the new model
  • Changed: Tool mode icons
1.0.4 dolabra 1136 Jan 21st at 8:57 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.4.zip 1-click install
  • Added: Compatibility with XSkills
1.0.3 dolabra 48 Jan 21st at 6:37 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.3.zip 1-click install
  • Fixed: Trees not falling down when cut down with dolabra axe
1.0.2 dolabra 41 Jan 21st at 5:29 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.2.zip 1-click install
  • Added: New ability to quickly switch between toolheads Now to switch tool head simply press F to open the tool mode
1.0.1 dolabra 577 Jan 16th at 6:09 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.1.zip 1-click install
  • Added: Salty & Toast's Immersive: Mining compatibility
  • Changed: axe wood mining speed from 7.5 to 7.0
  • Changed: axe plant mining speed from 4.5 to 4.0
  • Fixed: Spelling errors
1.0.0 dolabra 61 Jan 16th at 3:03 PM Infantrys-dolabra_1.0.0.zip 1-click install
  • Release!

68 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

PattyC, 2 days ago

awesome. thank you.

JeanPierre , 3 days ago

Maestro_ Nice! My pleasure, glad it works now ^^

Maestro_, 3 days ago

Wow, that was a quick fix! It works perfectly. Thank you.

JeanPierre , 3 days ago (modified 3 days ago)

Maestro_ I believe i fixed the animation issue, would you mind trying it out? Nice modlist btw!

Maestro_, 3 days ago

Sure, here you go. Be warned that it is quite large!

JeanPierre , 3 days ago

Maestro_ Sure, i'll try to add a patch for it. Strange, would you mind sharing your modpack with me? I've tried it both in the vanilla game and in the 80+ mods modpack

Maestro_, 3 days ago

Can you add compatibility for Storage Options? Currently, the tool lays flat on the rack instead of properly laying against the top support. (Also, animations are broken this update for me)

dolabra on a tool rack

JeanPierre , 4 days ago

Rambo_Turkey Hehe the need fits your name quite well!

JeanPierre , 4 days ago

Yukari_75 Yeah! I recently learned that humanity moved from bronze to iron not because iron was necessarily better, but because it was more common and easier to find, i'll add it in the next patch hehe

Yukari_75, 5 days ago

I think it would be nice to have a tin bronze one as well, since bronze is much more accessible in my nomadic gameplay experience.
And realistically high quality work hardened tin bronze can be as good or better than plain wrought iron for most tools, historically, all but the cheapest iron tools and weapons would have had a steel edge forge welded to them, but that's not represented in-game

Rambo_Turkey, 5 days ago

Now i Just want a a real falx / machete 

JeanPierre , 6 days ago

Scope My pleasure! Thank you for trying it out ^^

Scope, 6 days ago

Thanks for the answer. I'm happy with the tool nevertheless — the design is awesome! 👍🏻

JeanPierre , 6 days ago

Scope Hey, generally I'm not a fan of multitools, with this one I specifically added that feature so changing the tool would be a person's conscious decision. It might be silly but i love manual, tideous things hehe, auto switching, block detecting etc. does not feel right for me in vs and would require writing a whole new item class. As I can't really help you here, I can recommend some other mod that maybe you will find useful tho!
smartcursor - it adds auto detection which will switch your tool for the best one for the given job
          

wael6, 6 days ago

ohh fancy JeanPierre

Scope, 6 days ago (modified 6 days ago)

Is there an option to unite the item into a single tool mode instead of two separate mods? Kinda tideous to switch back and forth each time.

I mean, you still can apply different animations for attacking different objects, right?

I don't make mods, not for VS at least, so... just thoughts 🙄

JeanPierre , Feb 8th at 8:21 PM

wael6 Just added a steel one :) 

wael6, Feb 5th at 12:20 PM

ohhhh even new fancy models :)

RumpleRatskin, Feb 5th at 9:59 AM

Cast in high-purity iron, the dolbara assisted the empire in it's times of war.

JeanPierre , Feb 4th at 7:33 PM (modified Feb 4th at 7:34 PM)

wael6 Oh yeah! I'm working on the 3d models for them as we speak ^^

wael6, Feb 4th at 7:30 PM

would be cool if you could make a meteoric iron and maybe even steel one

JeanPierre , Feb 2nd at 1:47 PM

Sameal Checkout new update from the falling tree mod, salty came through and added a patch 🙌

JeanPierre , Feb 1st at 3:08 PM

Sameal Yea dolabra is a new item class his mod probably checks for the axes, i'll poke mr salty see if anythin can be done

Sameal, Feb 1st at 3:15 AM

JeanPierre doesnt work with saltys falling tree just breaks like a vanilla tree 

JeanPierre , Jan 31st at 10:11 PM

Sameal If the digging wells is connected to the ground/worldgen and not the tool itself then yea it should work just fine

Sameal, Jan 31st at 9:42 PM

JeanPierre will this mod work with HoD with digging wells 

JeanPierre , Jan 31st at 12:22 PM

Ourcasula yup, it will act as a normal vanilla tool. I'm unfortunately having trouble with making a compatybility to toolsmith, i'll try asking around for some advice maybe something will come up :)

Ourcasula, Jan 31st at 4:05 AM

What will happen if I have Toolsmith and this mod installed? I'm assuming it will just be crafted normally and nothing changes

TheCraftySmith, Jan 22nd at 7:16 PM

Following. Would love to see Smithing plus compatability, but the big one I'd like to see is the inclusion of the other metals. Probably going to grab your waking stick mod.

JeanPierre , Jan 22nd at 3:00 PM

Dietzee Thank you!! I'm a dumbass and i dont fully understand how to patch toolsmith, but i will try my best!

Dietzee, Jan 22nd at 2:19 PM

Awesome mod man! I can't wait to roll it out on my server, it's just the smiths would kill me because it doesn't have compatability with smithing plus and toolsmith. But I'll wait patiently and keep on the lookout!

JeanPierre , Jan 22nd at 12:34 PM

Serefinwen Thats so kind, thank you so much 😀always happy to provide!

JeanPierre , Jan 22nd at 12:26 PM

Binksi Nice! Great to hear that ^^

Binksi, Jan 22nd at 12:10 PM (modified Jan 22nd at 12:11 PM)

can confirm it indeed does work with xskills nice job and my modlist got expanded

Binksi, Jan 22nd at 8:36 AM

JeanPierre alrighty imma check it out then

Serefinwen, Jan 22nd at 3:41 AM

You're now my favorite Mod Author. My gameplay can now catch up with my lore.

JeanPierre , Jan 21st at 8:59 PM

Binksi check out the new update it should be compatible with xskills now, i'm unfamiliar with the mod so if you find any issues just let me know!

JeanPierre , Jan 21st at 8:39 PM (modified Jan 21st at 8:52 PM)

Binksi Im unsure what the xskills mod does but i guess it shouldn't interfere i guess. My mod adds new tool class Edit: okey i tried it out, i'll try to push a compatybility patch

Binksi, Jan 21st at 8:30 PM

works with xskills?

JeanPierre , Jan 21st at 7:24 PM

CleverMagpie My pleasure! Its incredibly fun :D 

CleverMagpie, Jan 21st at 7:16 PM

JeanPierre that's fuckin awesome; maybe I'll do this too! Thank you for the explanation :)

Centerion, Jan 21st at 5:33 PM

JeanPierre NICE! 

JeanPierre , Jan 21st at 5:31 PM

BilloDahka Centerion Check out the new update! Added ability to quickly switch tool heads via tool mode by pressing F

JeanPierre , Jan 18th at 2:37 PM

onyxibara hopefully everything goes fine from here! If anything comes up just let me know! ^^

onyxibara, Jan 18th at 2:26 PM

JeanPierre I think it was the walking stick mod, looked at the logs again and there was still the warning but the game didn't crash. This mod might have been the straw that broke the camel's back XD just updated the walking stick mod and redownloaded this mod. hopefully smooth sailing from here. Thank you for updating the walking stick mod! <3

JeanPierre , Jan 18th at 12:53 PM (modified Jan 18th at 12:53 PM)

onyxibara Hey, are you sure its this mod? Or the walking stick mod? Cuz axe-rest is used in the walking stick mod but not here, i'll fix it up but i just want to confirm 

onyxibara, Jan 18th at 10:57 AM (modified Jan 18th at 11:12 AM)

I've been getting this warning from the log:

[Warning] Shape game:entity/humanoid/seraph-faceless: Two or more animations use the same code 'axe-rest'. This will lead to undefined behavior.

I'm gonna test if this is due to In Dappled Groves mod. It leads to crashes most of the time.

EDIT: Can confirm the incompatiily is with In Dappled Groves, tried running IDG and Dolabra without Combat Overhaul and still getting the crashes

onyxibara, Jan 18th at 3:42 AM

For the reinforcement/customizations of the Dolabra: the Toolsmith mod adds custom handles and bindings that render on the finished tool itself, maybe add a native integration with that mod in the future? I believe Toolsmith also has a feature where you can add 2 more materials to a tool using the toolsmith workbench, maybe that can add to cusomizations?

snagawag, Jan 17th at 1:35 PM

great idea, and love your screenshots/description of your playthrough

BilloDahka, Jan 17th at 12:27 AM

Using the tool mode function would be so helpful with this. Love the idea

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 11:51 PM

JavaBeans Yup! I’m currently learning how to patch things and add compatibilities, so I’ll let you know once I add that, hopefully it wont take long ☺️

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 11:46 PM

Jobnor Thank you! ^^ I highly recommend it! Its very fun and challenging but also very cozy. Not a problem at all, mattock sounds like a great addition 😊

JavaBeans, Jan 16th at 11:35 PM

Any chance there can be a compatability with toolsmith?

Jobnor, Jan 16th at 11:26 PM

Wow, I love your tent. Maybe I'll have to try something like that out sometime.
Thank you for taking the suggestion for a mattock, too! It sounds super useful.

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 8:01 PM

Centerion I think i know what you mean, I think its called mattock, nice suggestion i'll gladly add it! ^^ 

Centerion, Jan 16th at 7:57 PM

also another one i thought of was the shovel and hoe combo, i dont remember the actual name of the tool tho but think it be nother useful addition for those of us tryna farm with HOD and prim surv.

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 7:56 PM

CleverMagpie Ohhhh i'm more than happy to tell you all about it cuz Im having sooo much fun with it. Its sort of doable without mods however I'll tell you which mods are core for me. I use a mod called TentBag-Reworked which adds a tent bag, meaning you can build a small shelter pick it up with a tent bag and carry it with you and place wherever you want. I also use mod called Antique Atlas which adds a phsical map in a form of a book for a better immerson and also better ruins to make exploration more fun.

I started the game with a tamed elk, saddle bag and 4 backpacks. I set a rule for myself that i cannot stay in one place for longer than a week or week and a half if the place im in is very cozy (week in game ofc), what i do is i basically travel, explore the ruins of the lost civilization and i try to progress the game. And how i progress the game is imo very fun cuz what i do is i set up camps for the given time. I unpack my tent i set up workstation such as my forge and anvil, i put down pelts etc. After that im doing a scout around the place im in to see if anything grows there or if there are any animals or ruins. I play as a malefactor so i gather a lot of grains and thats my main source of food, i store it in the ground and if im on the move i put it on my back thanks to the carry on mod. Recently i've found resonator so i'm able to play music from the cyliders. My tent is also insulated thanks to heat retention mod so its nice and warm there. Here are couple of screenshots from my current camp that i set up yesterday, mind you everything there i can pick up whithin couple of minutes! If you need more info about it just let me know! My current goal is to reach the north and see the northern lights

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CleverMagpie, Jan 16th at 7:22 PM

I'm curious how you get by doing a nomadic playthrough? That sounds super interesting- is it viable with or without mods? Is there more information about this that I could read from?

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 6:11 PM (modified Jan 16th at 6:15 PM)

Jobnor Just added immersive mining compatibility in the newset patch! ^^ Also I was unfamilair with the Toolsmith mod but i'm researching it right now so i hope i'll get a hang of it! 

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 6:05 PM

Centerion Ohhhh great point! I forgot about this function, I'll look it up, its something i'd like to do

Centerion, Jan 16th at 6:03 PM

Would it be possible to utalize the tool mode function instead of putting into crafting grid? such as how the prospecting pick works ? 

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 4:58 PM

The_True_Goo Yesssir! Already added into a roadmap ^^

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 4:55 PM

Maestro_ Thanks for trying it out!! Yes!! It's great for architects as well ^^ sure thing! i'll add the Toolsmith compatibility to the roadmap

The_True_Goo, Jan 16th at 4:54 PM

Please make this compatible with -Toolsmith it would be really nifty system.

Maestro_, Jan 16th at 4:50 PM

Love the mod! It'll definitely come most in hand when building. Less time spent swapping tools around for sure. (also asking for Toolsmith compatibility please!)

Jobnor, Jan 16th at 4:43 PM

Very excited for the Immersive Mining compatibility! Toolsmith, as well (please).

JeanPierre , Jan 16th at 4:10 PM

onyxibara Thanks!! Yes, exactly. It’s slightly slower than normal iron tools. However I’ll keep an eye on it and may add more balance if needed ^^

onyxibara, Jan 16th at 3:46 PM

Oh cool! I prefer this over the paxel mod, the mining speeds are slower than normal iron tools yes? I always believe that multitools should not be as efficient as specialized tools.