Arcane Storage Nexus

🔮 Arcane Storage Nexus

Arcane Storage Nexus revolutionizes item storage in Hytale! Inspired by the beloved mechanics of Tom's Simple Storage in Minecraft and reimagined with rich Hytale fantasy lore, runic craftsmanship, and a high-performance native custom UI.

Tired of rummaging through dozens of chests scattered across your base? Simply place an Arcane Storage Terminal against any chest, and all adjacent, stacked, and touching chests—plus any connected via Arcane Conduits—will instantly merge into a single, unified, and searchable storage network!

-- This should in theory work with modded storage as well but it has not been tested so if anybody uses it with a modded storage please do leave a comment about if it works or not and any issues there are so that I can fix support properly -- (10/5/26) --

-- I do have plans to update this regularly so if you have requests, suggestions, or issues please leave a comment so that I can work on them -- (10/5/26)

✨ Features at a Glance

📦 1. Contiguous Chest Network (Zero-Wire Setup)

Instant Auto-Discovery: Placing the terminal against a chest automatically indexes it and performs a 3D flood-fill scan across all touching chests (North, South, East, West, Up, Down).

Double Chest & Wall Support: Seamlessly recognizes horizontal crude chests, multi-cell double chests, and towering vertical chest walls up to 256 containers!

Lag-Free Performance: Uses fast BFS spatial caching for zero-impact server performance.

🔮 2. Dynamic 6-Way Conduits (Pipes)

Adaptive Modeling: The Arcane Storage Connector starts as a sleek, floating runic node and dynamically extends connection pipes only toward adjacent chests, terminals, or other conduits.

Bridge Remote Rooms: Connect multiple storage rooms across floors, ceilings, and walls without needing chests in between.

🔍 3. Real-Time Live Search

Type & Filter Instantly: As you type in the search bar, the interface dynamically filters and hides non-matching items in real time.

Smart Matching: Search by item display name or internal ID (e.g., Iron, Crystal, Sword).

Live Counter: Displays total linked chests, total items, and matching item types live.

🖐️ 4. Advanced Inventory Organization

No Accidental Transfers: Clicking an item no longer sends it away instantly! It picks up into your cursor so you can freely organize, sort, and move items around your inventory inside the terminal.

Move & Swap: Click any empty slot to move, or click an occupied slot to stack or swap items.

⚡ 5. Shift-Click Quick Transfers

Full Stacks: Shift + Left-Click instantly transfers the full stack between your inventory and the chest network.

Single Items: Shift + Right-Click instantly transfers only 1 item.

Toggleable Shift Mode: Includes a clickable [Shift: OFF/ON] button in the interface for easy one-handed or controller use.

🔒 6. Hotbar Protection & Custom Slot Locking

Protected Hotbar: Your active hotbar (slots 0–8) is neatly separated at the bottom of the interface and strictly protected from automated deposits.

Slot Locking: Right-click any slot when not holding an item to lock/unlock it. Locked slots are highlighted in crimson with a bold LOCK badge and cannot be moved, quick-stacked, or deposited.

Quick Stack & Deposit All: One-click buttons to deposit matching items or store all unlocked inventory items into the network.

🛠️ Controls Cheat Sheet

Action	Control (Terminal)	Control (Player Inventory)
Pick Up / Select	LMB (Picks up stack)	LMB (Picks up stack)
Pick Up 1	RMB (Picks up 1 item)	—
Deposit / Place	LMB / RMB (Deposits into network)	LMB (Place / Swap into slot)
Place 1 from Held	—	RMB (Places 1 item into slot)
Quick Transfer (Stack)	Shift + LMB (Sends to inventory)	Shift + LMB (Sends to chests)
Quick Transfer (1 Item)	Shift + RMB (Sends 1 to inventory)	Shift + RMB (Sends 1 to chests)
Lock / Unlock Slot	—	RMB (when no item is held)

🔨 Crafting Recipes

All items are crafted at the Workbench (under the Crafting / Tinkering tab).

🔮 Arcane Storage Terminal

4x Iron Bar (Ingredient_Bar_Iron)

4x Copper Bar (Ingredient_Bar_Copper)

2x Cyan Crystal (Ingredient_Crystal_Cyan)

1x Gold Bar (Ingredient_Bar_Gold)

Output: 1x Arcane Storage Terminal

🔗 Arcane Storage Connector

4x Copper Bar (Ingredient_Bar_Copper)

2x Iron Bar (Ingredient_Bar_Iron)

1x Cyan Crystal (Ingredient_Crystal_Cyan)

Output: 2x Arcane Storage Connector

📦 Installation Guide

1. Download the latest version of the mod (Arcane_Storage_Nexus_V1.0.0.jar).

2. Drop the .jar file into your Hytale server or client mods/ directory (e.g., UserData/Mods/).

3. Launch your game or server and enjoy unified storage!

Crafted with ❤️ for the Hytale modding community.

-- Future Planned Updates --

1. Adding a remote storage access and a crafteable chunk loader to make universal access possible