Mods / Easy Decor

Category: #Crafting #Furniture #Simplification
Author: Phuta
Side: Both
Created: Aug 22nd 2023 at 3:43 PM
Last modified: Sep 2nd 2023 at 11:57 PM
Downloads: 2175
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Latest file for Various v1.18.x:
Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.1.1.zip 1-click install


A mod adding new decorative blocks, as well as adding recipes for some blocks useful as decoration.

This mod will be updated with more recipes and some additional decorative blocks.

If you have any ideas for blocks or recipes for vanilla decorations you feel are missing from the game feel free to ask for them here or in the corresponding thread in the Vintage Story discord server.

New Blocks

Sod Roof Slab

The Sod Roof Slab is crafted just like the Sod Roof Tip without the topmost piece of Dry Grass. It is mostly meant to make capping off a build roofed with sod easier. A simplified recipe is available in Easy Sod, as well as simplified recipes for the other Sod Roof pieces.
You can also make a lowered version akin to a bottom slab by putting only the slab in the crafting grid. It also goes the other way.

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Also lovely as a lawn!

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Stacked Bamboo and Hay Slabs

The Stacked Bamboo Slab is crafted with two pieces of Bamboo and is complimentary to the Stacked Bamboo Block and Bamboo Roofing.

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Grass Tufts
Arranging Dry Grass in a cross formation will yield tall Grass (eaten), to which you can add more Dry Grass to make it taller. It is also used to make Soil Grassy.
 
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Grassy Blocks
Adding Tall Grass to any kind of soil block, including those containing resources, will yield a grassy version of said block. Adding more Grass makes the covering denser if possible.
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Terrain Blocks
Adding Water and Sand or Soil to Gravel will make it muddy or sludgy.
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Adding any kind of Tree Seed to Soil will turn it into Forest Floor, which you can also add Dry Grass to for more covering.
(Be aware that these recipes are not visible ingame due to Forest Floor lacking a Handbook page.)
Resource Blocks
Surrounding any kind of Soil with 8 pieces of Blue Clay, Fire Clay or Peat will turn it into the diggable resource block you can find out in the wild.
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Extinguished Torch
You can craft an extinguished Torch by crafting it together with a bucket with water.

Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
v0.1.1 1264 Sep 2nd 2023 at 11:57 PM Show Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.1.1.zip Install now
v0.1.0 198 Aug 30th 2023 at 2:15 AM Show Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.1.0.zip Install now
v0.0.3 204 Aug 26th 2023 at 8:57 PM Show Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.0.3.zip Install now
v0.0.2 212 Aug 24th 2023 at 3:51 PM Show Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.0.2.zip Install now
v0.0.1 297 Aug 22nd 2023 at 4:46 PM Show Easy Decor 1.18.x-v0.0.1.zip Install now

16 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

💬 l33tmaan, Nov 26th 2023 at 3:25 PM

FYI, looks like sod slabs turn into ? blocks in the snow. I guess it's because there aren't any shapes for them?

💬 Mendall, Sep 5th 2023 at 12:55 AM

There is a mod that makes them (fern trees) harvestable, but I can't remember what it is, and I'm not using it this play through, apparently.

As soon as I get the furniture done, ill post pics to the discord if you want to see how your mod is being used.

 

💬 PhutaAuthor, Sep 4th 2023 at 9:50 PM

Aw thank you, thats so sweet. 💙
You can show off your builds in the mods thread on the vintage story discord if youd like to.
The fern trees not being usable in survival strikes me as strange. There is likely already a mod out there that makes them harvestable, but if not i might make a patch for it or incorporate it into this mod.
Mendall

💬 Mendall, Sep 4th 2023 at 4:58 PM

I just wanted to pop in here and tell you how much I love this mod so far. Some of the most amazing textures in the game were out of reach without going into creative before. I would love to be able to show you pics of what I have done with the clay blocks alone now that I can add them to chisel projects. And having the grass to be able to fix bald areas in a field without having to dig it all up and wait is amazing, this was a great addition. If you are ever looking for something to add, one of the most attractive plants in the game for landscaping (the fern tree) can't be collected without creative. But if not some of the things you did add I didn't even realize I needed till I had them to work with now I can't imagine not having them. And the timing was perfect, the home I am building this play through in underground with a lot of doors breaking out of the hillsides. I didn't know how I was going to make the transition look natural till I got a hold of your sod roof slabs. Many thanks for all the work.

💬 PhutaAuthor, Sep 2nd 2023 at 9:32 AM

Sure, thats a nice idea and easy to make. I'll add it in the next update.
MrTango

💬 MrTango, Sep 1st 2023 at 8:43 PM

Hay slab plz.

💬 PhutaAuthor, Aug 28th 2023 at 11:12 AM

Thank you for downloading and i hope you enjoy it.
If you have any ideas for blocksor recipes for vanilla decorations you feel are missing from the game feel free to ask for them here or in the corresponding thread in the Vintage Story discord server.
welp
Rasvangr

💬 welp, Aug 28th 2023 at 7:08 AM

Sod slab is exactly what I needed, thank you! I think they look realistic enough when paired with regular sloped pieces as part of a gentler overall roof curve, instead of a straight-up 45 degree roof.

💬 Rasvangr, Aug 27th 2023 at 2:17 AM

The workaround works great, thanks so much for the quick fix! And thanks for adding that recipe too, really appreciate it :) Phuta

💬 PhutaAuthor, Aug 26th 2023 at 9:03 AM

Which recipes specifically are you talking about? (I see now what you mean. Thats really strange. For now ill have to fix it by using Grass tufts as an ingredient i guess.)
I have also just updated the Easy Sod mod to include a simplified Sod Roof Slab recipe, which i had always planned to do, but was just too lazy to actually do, even though it took literally 30 seconds.
Rasvangr

💬 Rasvangr, Aug 26th 2023 at 1:29 AM

Love the mod, especially the sod slab! Being able to craft forest soil is awesome too. However, it seems there's some sort of conflict with this mod and your Easy Sod mod(unless I'm doing something wrong ahaha). Trying to use the easy sod crafting recipes just results in grass covered soil! There also doesn't appear to be an easy recipe for the sod slab, it'd be nice to have the option for one if you're interested in adding it!

💬 Mawg, Aug 23rd 2023 at 4:12 PM

yeah same! aestethicssss Phuta

💬 PhutaAuthor, Aug 22nd 2023 at 6:22 PM

Even if its not realistic due to the moisture a flat sod roof would accumulate, i just really really wanted it. Mawg

💬 Mawg, Aug 22nd 2023 at 6:21 PM

Finally sod slab!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you! :D

💬 PhutaAuthor, Aug 22nd 2023 at 5:29 PM

Thank you for downloading, and i hope you will enjoy further updates even more Mendall

💬 Mendall, Aug 22nd 2023 at 5:15 PM

Wow, this is useful, many thanks

 

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