Mods / Joy of Painting

Category: #Furniture
Author: Moby_
Side: Both
Created: May 29th 2023 at 12:52 PM
Last modified: Jan 18th at 2:01 PM
Downloads: 9623
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Latest file for v1.19.0:
joyofpainting-1.4.0.zip 1-click install


If you find a bug, have a suggestion or want to talk, feel free to join my Discord server!

 

The second installment in the "Joy of..." series adds a new decorative block: the Painting!
Unlike vanilla paintings, this one is customizable.

The recipe for the painting is in the handbook. You will need 4 planks (any wood), 1 square-stitch linen and 4x0.5L of any dye (the handbook make it look like you need 4 times the same dye, you don't. You can mix them)

Once you have a painting, hold it in your hand and type the command:

.loadpainting [painting file name]

Since 1.4.0, it's also possible to load an image from an URL (note that this feature is still experimental and might not work all the time):

.loadpainting [painting URL, ending with an image file format (.png, .jpg...)]

It's also possible since 1.4.0 to rename a painting with the /renamepainting [painting name] command.

The painting file should be an image (bitmap, jpeg, png...) with a resolution of 32x in your VintagestoryData/Paintings folder. The name that you will input in the command can't have any spaces, and you should not add the file extension at the end of the name, it will be added automatically (so if you write it, it will look for a paintingname.bmp.bmp for instance)
The great part is that only you need to have the file: it's then uploaded to the server so everyone can see it!

Oh, also, you can place paintings on the floor and on ceilings!

 

Please note: painting synchronization might take a short time after you loaded the painting. The painting might still not be loaded if you place it immediatly afterwards depending on server lag. Once it's placed though, if it works, it won't change.

Also, as of 1.4.0, paintings don't render immediatly in your hotbar, even when successfully loaded. You need to move them in your inventory (or drop them to the ground) to update the in-inventory rendering.

 

Making paintings

If you want to touch up an image for a painting, you can use Paint.NET (Windows only), it's what I use, it's pretty simple to understand and MUCH better than MS Paint.

You can resize the image with image -> resize (check "keep proportions" and force the smallest dimension to a multiple of 32), then crop it with Image -> canvas size (or something) to make sure that both dimensions are multiples of 32.

You can then split it into 32x32 squares with the rectangle selection tool, copy it, create a new image, paste it, then File -> Save as..., enter the name and under it select "Bitmap" (or jpg, png, tiff... since 1.4.0)

 

For search referencing, the mod id is jopainting
More search referencing stuff, people might search for pixel art chiseling chiselling chisel

Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
v1.4.0 5813 Jan 18th at 2:01 PM Show joyofpainting-1.4.0.zip Install now
v1.3.1 303 Dec 11th 2023 at 10:22 AM Show joyofpainting-1.3.1.zip Install now
v1.3.2 624 Dec 12th 2023 at 9:20 AM Show jopainting_1.3.2.zip Install now
v1.3.0 1261 Jun 7th 2023 at 2:17 PM Show joyofpainting-1.3.0.zip Install now
v1.3.0-pre.5 308 May 31st 2023 at 9:36 AM Show jopainting-1.3.0-pre.5.zip Install now
v1.3.0-pre.4 175 May 31st 2023 at 9:12 AM Show joyofpainting-1.3.0-pre.4.zip Install now
v1.3.0-pre.3 163 May 31st 2023 at 9:00 AM Show joyofpainting-1.3.0-pre.3.zip Install now
v1.3.0-pre.2 165 May 31st 2023 at 8:55 AM Show joyofpainting-1.3.0-pre.2.zip Install now
v1.3.0-pre.1 151 May 31st 2023 at 8:37 AM Show joyofpainting-1.3.0-pre.1.zip Install now
v1.2.0 177 May 30th 2023 at 3:22 PM Show jopainting-1.2.0.zip Install now
v1.1.0 155 May 30th 2023 at 2:22 PM Show jopainting-1.1.0.zip Install now
v1.0.0 152 May 30th 2023 at 10:39 AM Show jopainting-1.0.0.zip Install now
v0.1.0 176 May 29th 2023 at 1:03 PM Show joyofpainting-0.1.0.zip Install now

8 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 RikeiR, Jan 11th at 6:20 AM

At v1.19.0-rc.6

The game crashes when I install this mod and search for "P" in the handbook.

I look forward to upgrading this mod.

💬 Moby_Author, Aug 17th 2023 at 8:22 AM

Accensus Yeah, it's incompatible with .NET 7, since Photographic Memories isn't either I'm guessing that it has to do with the image loading libraries, I'll update it in the following days (along with trying to add Craluminium's update, which makes the mod significantly more user-friendly)

💬 Accensus, Aug 10th 2023 at 3:33 PM

Doesn't seem like it's working on 1.18.8. The client-main.txt log in VintagestoryData/Logs provides the necessary information. I'm not pasting the whole thing here, but it can easily be replicated by just launching the game.

Gist of it is this:
10.8.2023 18:07:48 [Error] [jopainting] Exception thrown when attempting to retrieve all types of the assembly jopainting, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Method 'GetPixel' in type 'jopainting.PaintingBitmap' from assembly 'jopainting, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.

💬 Edel_Recke, Aug 5th 2023 at 9:59 AM

How to make paintings with 32x64 or 64x32 or longer?

There are several in other mods...

 

💬 DanaCraluminum, Jun 9th 2023 at 7:09 AM

Next update will bring a lot of new features and fixes

💬 Maelstrom, Jun 2nd 2023 at 8:23 PM

Ooooooo..  Now I can add all my Cthulhu and Lovecraftian images in game.  😍

💬 ElectroNikkel, May 30th 2023 at 9:43 PM

Craluminum, I think the same.

💬 DanaCraluminum, May 29th 2023 at 1:14 PM

Criminally underrated mod

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