This is going to sound rediculous, and sorry if this has already been asked but, can you make it so that the screw also picks up the game's "Rapid Flowing Water"? I guess it could be an option in the config if you don't want it to just do it outright or anything. 
Edit: Just realized you have source code for this mod, I could just add it and make a pull request or just build the mod for myself instead. Sorry.

would be nice if we could use other materials, lead has always been hard for me to find

MrRogvold go for it. You can also do feature requests in the github issue tracker - there you can flesh out your request without having a wall of text in the mod comments (just do new issue -> feature request)

I feel like this came out just  for me. I started playing again after a long break just over a week ago and then a few days later this comes out, right when I was complaining about not having this option!

Thank you so much for making it and best of luck learning the programming you want to. 

If I could ever make a request it'd be for diagonal screws to make lofting from a river easier. But I understand that may be difficult. 

But either way thank you so much!

Stefil 
Можете немного подробнее объяснить, что вы имеете в виду (я использовал Google Translate)?:

"Возможно также добавления оросительных желобов (структур размером 1:5 блока) для полива непосредственно культур."

Резервуары — это функция, которая находится в списке задач, и если мощность ветра упадет достаточно низко, перекачка воды прекратится, и резервуар пересохнет. Вы можете настроить параметр minimum_network_speed (увеличить его), чтобы установить более высокий минимальный порог; если мощность ветра упадет ниже этого значения, механическая мощность будет потеряна, и винт перестанет работать.

Учитывая зависимость мельниц от ветра, они в неподходящий момент могут не работать, должны присутствовать резервуары для хранения воды виде видеводонапорных башень, размеры которых зависят от игрока (рецепты частей корпуса структуры). Возможно также добавления оросительных желобов (структур размером 1:5 блока) для полива непосредственно культур. Дополнение к пластинам: возможность создать шлюзы для судоходных каналов.

Okay, seems y'all made up, so i'll say this. Please stay respectful with each other and especially with the author about the AI code. You can criticize the mod all you want, but going after the modder or anyone else is not acceptable.

Runovaris All good on my side : )

Runovaris You are forgiven. We've all been there. Thank you for this. May your frustrations give way to peace <3

MiraLeaps Grym7er I want to apologize for my unneeded hostility, things outside of this convo caused me to be a tad too frustrated and it ended up being vented through the oddest of places. GoNyan did indeed put everything far more succinctly than I and expressed the underlying concerns better. Thank you and my apologies.

Grym7er thanks for clarifying! apologies for the skepticism- i've seen many people try the shortcuts when they don't know the craft in the first place. Cheers :)

I'm on mobile, you can't @ on mobile.

That doesn't make sense.

If someone is going to make a mod using AI...and it has errors or bugs or breaks....why would that person not also use the AI to fix the issues?

The one thing an LLM would be even better at than actually coding a mod is debugging especially with proper logs, crash reports, and user feedback. So if that's your concern about LLM use, you can rest easy...and hell, if you want to see it in action for yourself, next time you have a crash, take the log to Claude or whatever and toss it in. It will give you a readable explanation and you can get a solid idea of which mod to contact.

I wholeheartedly doubt that you meant something so benign with your initial comment, or you really need to learn how to express concerns in a more constructive manner.

I'll be sure to edit this to properly @ you when I'm at a PC next. Runovaris

Runovaris You can learn a thing or two from GoNyan360. He said effectively the exact same thing you did, using fewer words.

Edit: being nicer

GoNyan360 100% valid concerns, and full disclosure:

Yes, I have coding knowledge. I am an electronic engineer by education and a machine learning engineer by trade, so while these days I mostly code in python in a more research-oriented context, I started out coding by learning C, did a semester of Java, then used a fair bit of C# with Unity during my masters degree. I have no "code deployed to a production environment" experience outside of Python, however.

I created the mod for a few reasons:

1. Was frustrated at the lack of mods that does this exact thing.
2. I've been wanting to get into modding VS, but I haven't really had a good mod idea until this one.
3. I really want to learn to properly mod VS, and thought this would be a good starting point.

I did not ask the AI to make something and it made something satisfactory. There was multiple rounds of planning, a fair amount of debugging, initial feature creep that got scrapped, and solving problems that the AI just didn't manage to. All the AI did was write the code, and made some suggestions regarding improving performance.

However, your maintainment concern is valid. My day job keeps me very busy most of the time, so I cannot guarantee that this mod will be frequently updated. The code is open source, however, with an MIT licence, so anyone that wants to ( Runovaris you're more than welcome to make a PR to fix the AI code) can change code and I will gladly add you to the authors list ( MiraLeaps I still need to add your fixes to the uploaded version, sorry). So, while my goals for the mod are lofty, and I am motivated to keep working, I am a busy person with a busy schedule and only so much energy.

The most you can expect in the near future is an update to 1.22, and after that I'd rather spend more time properly understanding the code (and C# in general, its been a while) before implementing too many new features, because the AI will start breaking features when adding new features, and then things get extremely frustrating.

Before I get invested in this mod I'm curious- do you have any coding knowledge yourself? Or did you just tell the AI to make something and it made something satisfactory? I've been waiting for a mod like this but i'd rather not use something half-baked that is unlikely to be well maintained, hope you understand.

MiraLeaps How about next time you properly @ me you wanna talk shit. I'm not afraid of using AI-coded works because of the possibility they won't work - any code can and will break eventually. What I'm against is the OP not properly knowing how to fix shit when it does eventually break, as any genuine passion for doing the dirty work of coding is not there due to letting AI do it. At least with human-coded work I can know the maker has at least some know-how and interest in keeping a mod in working condition.

"half-working" is a funny way to describe a mod you haven't used. The code needed only minor clean up, the mod functions fine, Luddite.

I'm sure a ban on AI coded mods will work perfectly. You will absolutely stop seeing mods that have a nice disclaimer saying "AI coded"... And you'll happily use those mods being none the wiser ignorant but blissful that you can be "sure" no AI was used to code the mods you download. Lol. 

The only thing I wish for from hobbyists vibe coding mods is that the source is provided like it is here so people with development experience (like I did here) can give the code a look see. 

Yes, AI coded mods can be risky to your saves, but you know what else is? Human coded mods. Especially human coded mods with a lot of lines to parse without another set of eyes to look, or say a code analysis algorithm or proper debugging.

I will gladly use the tools available and people who refuse are foolish. I'm not saying handing the keys over completely is the right move but for review, for clean up, for parsing... especially for hobby projects you're not making money off of...

This lack of nuance from some people who absolutely don't know what they are even scared of is getting tiresome. 

Amazing that you managed to code a half-working mod with no knowledge and machine learning. Was so happy to see the words "archimedes screw" in the mod list but got instantly disappointed with the AI disclaimer. The modDB really needs a tag for AI stuff so I can skip all of it, or better yet, an outright ban of all AI-made mods.

Grym7er Basically the mod i requested on the forum was the ability to use the Archimedes screw to move water or fluids upward from either a source or container. In the forum post (https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/topic/20565-request-liquid-moving-with-chutes/?_rid=171159) I even posted an image of my windmill I wanted that functionality for. But I will not skirt around the matter. This is a good mod that I could use for Pools or baths

Tegotia I suspected that might be the case. 1.22 adds the "mechanical things burn down" functionality, which changed the API for that, which probably causes the crash.

I'll retract the release for now, and wait for 1.22.0 stable to release before updating.

Sorry about that.

Unfortunately the new version doesn't seem to work in 1.22 either, crash looks similar.

MiraLeaps Go for it. Will take a look when I get a chance, I might even go so far as to try to understand some of it : )

Hey-o, I did code review of the mod and found some issues (nothing super critical), I'm going to send a PR on github so you can review it and merge if you wish.

I appreciate your AI use disclaimer and posting your source (I am so lazy about this, despite having my stuff source controlled lol).

Thank you for making this mod a reality, Deffo going to check it out :)

Grym7er finally someone did it!!! 
Thank you very much!!!!

I have some suggestions for you on how to make this mod even more worth of becoming a part of base game ;)

When you will be able to add working pipes it would be cool to add sprinklers systems for green houses so players could automate crop hydration throughout the year
Also speaking of pipes - Hydrate or Dyedrate already adds pipes that work with water, but I am not fully sure about it as the pipe must be connected to aquafier from the mod. Still worth to be explored to my mind ;)

Rogue_Moon Can you elaborate on what you mean by "does it fill fluid containers"?

If you pick it up in a bucket, it gives you regular water, that you can use for all regular water things. But if you place a barrel underneath the stream, it won't fill up the barrel.

Tegotia Zalfeon My bad, the ModDB auto-populated the mod versions. This wasn't tested on 1.22 at all. Sorry about that. I will work on a 1.22 version once 1.22-stable is out. The crash reports will give me a good starting point, thanks.

Edit: It just clicked - the mod was built with .NET 8, so maybe it's just a matter of building with .NET 10 for 1.22. Will see if I can do a build with .NET 10 later today and upload as a new version for testers.

Edit2: Built with .NET10 now, but I don't have 1.22 installed for testing it, so let me know if it still crashes.

Mod does not load on 1.22.0-rc.7, following error appears on world launch:

9.4.2026 20:37:06 [Error] [thetruearchimedesscrew] Exception thrown when attempting to retrieve all types of the assembly archimedes_screw, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. Will ignore asssembly. Loader exceptions:
9.4.2026 20:37:06 [Error] [thetruearchimedesscrew] Exception: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Method 'HasMechPowerConnectorAt' in type 'ArchimedesScrew.BlockWaterArchimedesScrew' from assembly 'archimedes_screw, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(QCallModule module, ObjectHandleOnStack retTypes)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModContainer.GetModSystems(Assembly assembly) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModContainer.cs:line 679
9.4.2026 20:37:06 [Error] [thetruearchimedesscrew] Exception: Method 'HasMechPowerConnectorAt' in type 'ArchimedesScrew.BlockWaterArchimedesScrew' from assembly 'archimedes_screw, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.LoggerBase.Error(Exception e) in VintagestoryApi\Common\API\ILogger.cs:line 269
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModContainer.GetModSystems(Assembly assembly) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModContainer.cs:line 679
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModContainer.<>c__DisplayClass38_0.<LoadAssembly>b__1(Assembly ass) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModContainer.cs:line 598
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.IEnumerableWhereIterator`1.ToList()
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModContainer.LoadAssembly(ModCompilationContext compilationContext, ModAssemblyLoader loader) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModContainer.cs:line 595
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModLoader.instantiateMods(List`1 mods) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModLoader.cs:line 286
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModLoader.LoadMods(List`1 mods, IEnumerable`1 disabledModsByIdAndVersion) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModLoader.cs:line 262
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModLoader.LoadMods(IEnumerable`1 disabledModsByIdAndVersion) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModLoader.cs:line 199
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerSystemModHandler.OnLoadAssets() in VintagestoryLib\Server\Systems\ModHandler.cs:line 46
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.EnterRunPhase(EnumServerRunPhase runPhase) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 670
   at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.Launch() in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMain.cs:line 570
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.ServerThreadStart() in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 487
   at System.Threading.Thread.StartCallback()
9.4.2026 20:37:06 [Error] [thetruearchimedesscrew] An exception was thrown when trying to load assembly:
9.4.2026 20:37:06 [Error] [thetruearchimedesscrew] Exception: C:\Users\accou\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\Cache\unpack\thetruearchscrew-0.1.32.zip_8feb6b9c4a03\archimedes_screw.dll declared as code mod, but there are no .dll files that contain at least one ModSystem or has a ModInfo attribute
   at Vintagestory.Common.ModContainer.LoadAssembly(ModCompilationContext compilationContext, ModAssemblyLoader loader) in VintagestoryLib\Common\API\ModContainer.cs:line 603

im on VS 1.22.0-rc.7 and its not showing up for crafting and in creative i am useing 0.1.32v of the mod i have posted the logs in the github issue tracker

Huh. Just posted a request for a mod similar to this. Does it fill fluid containers as well?

Holy shit thats neat.... 

This is perfect! I'd been thinking ever since I grabbed the Waterfall mod that something like this would be a great companion mod to it. I'm excited to test this out.

This is the mod I’ve been waiting for my whole life!

finally a mod which makes hardcorewater playtroughs cooler