Keep Crafting

Keep Crafting

Description

Keep Crafting makes fabricators a little less needy. Once you add something to a fabricator's queue, it will continue crafting even after you close the menu and walk away.

Queues belong to the fabricator that started them, so you can load up several fabricators and have them all working independently at the same time. The mod uses the game's normal crafting system, which means recipe costs, crafting times, item output, and multiplayer replication are still handled by the game.

In multiplayer, an active fabricator is reserved for the player who started its queue. If another player tries to craft with it while it is busy, they will receive a "Fabricator in use!" message and the existing queue will continue undisturbed.

The default max distance is 25 meters and can be adjusted in the mod's configuration file.

Installation instructions

• Install a Subnautica 2-compatible version of UE4SS.[/*]

• Download and extract the mod archive.[/*]

• Copy the KeepCrafting.zip folder into:

Subnautica2 Subnautica2 Binaries Win64 ue4ss Mods [/*]

• Open ue4ss Mods mods.txt and add:

KeepCrafting : 1[/*]

• Fully restart the game.[/*]

For a Game Pass installation, use the WinGDK folder instead of Win64.

If you are updating from an older version, remove the old KeepCrafting folder before copying in the new one. Do not merge the old and new Scripts folders.

In multiplayer, the host and every joining player should install the same version of the mod.

Configuration

After the mod has run, you can adjust the distance at which a fabricator stays unfolded by editing:

ue4ss Mods KeepCrafting config.luaThe default setting is:

fold_distance_meters = 25Values from 5 to 100 metres are supported. Restart the game after changing the setting.

Main features

• Fabricator queues continue after the crafting menu is closed.[/*]

• Queues are attached to individual fabricators.[/*]

• Multiple fabricators can craft simultaneously.[/*]

• Native recipe costs, crafting times, item output, and replication are preserved.[/*]

• Multiplayer players cannot take over a fabricator that is already busy.[/*]

• Displays "Fabricator in use!" when another player tries to use an active fabricator.[/*]

• Keeps active fabricators unfolded at a configurable distance.[/*]

• Does not add custom items or save data.[/*]

Requirements

• UE4SS for Subnautica 2[/*]

• In multiplayer, the mod should be installed by the host and all joining players.[/*]

Version 0.3.0 was tested on Subnautica 2 changelist 121347, build 607. Because the game is still in Early Access, future game updates may change the native functions used by the mod and require an update.

Shout outs

A big thank-you to the UE4SS team and contributors for making this kind of modding possible.

Thanks as well to the Subnautica 2 modding community and to the authors of the reference mods whose work helped point me toward useful notification, multiplayer, configuration, and fabricator related APIs.

Keep Crafting is an unofficial fan-made mod and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Unknown Worlds Entertainment! :)