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Boric Alchemy

What is alchemy? That depends on the time, date and the semantic scope you have in mind. To me, however, alchemy is an inextinguishable tar that seeps between the cracks of everywhere it shouldn't be. The kitchen, the basement, the roof, the axe, the soil. Bo

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Which Boric Alchemy release matches 1.22.5?

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Best match for your filters 2.4.1
Game version 1.22.1, 1.22.2, 1.22.3
Loader Built-in Vintage Story mod system

Boric Alchemy 2.4.1 targets 1.22.1, 1.22.2, 1.22.3. It must be installed on the client. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. No extra mods listed for this file.

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Is Boric Alchemy required on the client, server, or both?

It must be installed on the client. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

Client Required
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Loader for this release Built-in Vintage Story mod system
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

This release supports both sides, but the source does not require it on the server.

What else does Boric Alchemy 2.4.1 need?

2.4.1 on 1.22.5. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.

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About this project

What does Boric Alchemy add?

What is alchemy? That depends on the time, date and the semantic scope you have in mind.
To me, however, alchemy is an inextinguishable tar that seeps between the cracks of everywhere it shouldn't be.
The kitchen, the basement, the roof, the axe, the soil.

Boric Alchemy is my way of bridging alchemical gaps in the parkour course that is Vintage Story.
Why the name? Because boric acid. It burns green. It's made from reacting borax with strong acid - all of these things are in the game, the game supports coloured lights - it was all there, just not assembled. That's what i'm going for.

 

Russian translations kindly provided by Dimeymer

 

Gang, it's offical - we have a thread on the vintage story modding channel!!! :D
For now it's just a place for me to post images of new content, but when I'm uncertain of an addition, it'll be cool to be able to ask "hey, how do we feel about X?"

 

 

 

 

 

--------------------Changelog--------------------

    1. Alchemy-themed trades (selling only for now) for the agriculture, luxury, commodities, and survival goods traders
    2. You can sieve crushed ore for nuggets (some are lost in the process)
    3. Rubber lined barrel (+15L storage) 
    4. Cheap nitric acid from ammonia & vanadium pentoxide
    5. Sulfur dioxide > Sulfuric Acid recipe (via vanadium catalyst)
    6. Vanadium
    7. Wallpaper recipes
    8. Tungsten ore, carbide, oxide, and elemental powder
    9. Tungsten cube (display item / curiosity)
    10. Mineral oil (distilled from petroleum, used like rendered fat for machinery) 
    11. Naphtha into Benzene recipe
    12. Synthetic resin recipe from ligning and formaldehyde 
    13. The Alchemical Hand Mortar (fully complete)
    14. Sulfurous Acid (made out of sulfates/sulfides - like galena or sphalerite. Can be turned into sulfuric acid easily*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact grendade! 

Saltpeter production via hay and rot

 

 

Added a creative tab! (I hope that makes it easier for you to try things out ^^)

(for the most up to date info please check the boric alchemy tab in the handbook/creative tab)

(Not doing MUCH compatbility stuff ATM unless it is trivially easy)
Please do reports bugs/crashes/compatibility issues if you care to - worst case scenario I'll be powerless to do anything, best case scenario I'll get to it ^^

Compatibility (not necessarily fully integrated)

Videos & Demos

List of all the Blocks and Items

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Blocks

Slow Burning Briquette
Wet Slow Burning Briquette
Coloured Lights [ yellow, red, pink, violet, green, white, blue, lime, light blue ]
Sparklers [ yellow, gay, trans, red, pink, violet, green, white, blue, lime, light blue ]
Raw Clay Retort [ red, blue, fire ]
Fired Clay Retort
Filled Retors [ charcoal, cinnabar, black coal, oily stones, sodium sulfate, lead acetate, phosphorite, White Phospherus in Nitrogen, Methanol & Silver]
Fired Retorts [ fromaldahyde, acetone, sulfur, sodium carbonate, red phospherus, white phospherus, mercury, activated charcoal, petroleum  ]
Zinc Sulfide Overlay [ Stars, Gears, Skulls, hearts ]
Periodic Table Paper
Alchemy Papers [ acid, air, bismuth, copper, earth, fire, gold, iron, lead, nickel, oxygen, salt, silver, sulfates, sulfur, tin, water, zinc, mercury ]
Fractional Distiler Base
Fractional Distiler with 1/2/3/4/5 Beaker
Fractional Distiler Filled [ ale, black coal, carbolic oil, wood, petroleum ]
Fractional Distiler Finished [ benzene cresols etc, methanol and acetone, isoamyl alcohol, gasoline parrafin wax etc, cresols and naphthalene ]
Alchemical Cauldron
Raw & Unlined Chemical Stroage Vessel [ red, blue, fire ]
Raw & Lined Chemical Stroage Vessel [ red, blue, fire ]
Fired Chemical Stroage Vessel [ red, blue, fire ]
Raw Beaker [ red, blue, fire ]
Fired Beaker
Chemical Jug [ empty, glycerine, hydrogen peroxide, activate lophine, nitric acid, oxidising phospherus, singlet oxygen, sulfuric acid ]
Saltpeter Crusted Straw
Mucky Straw
Dandelion
Mature Dandelion
Lower Engine Body
Partially Assembled Iron Engine Body
Assembled Iron Engine Body
Hydrothermal Vent
Forming Hydrothermal Vent
Cobalt Rich Polymetalic Crust
Vanadinite in Limestone
Scheelite in Granite
Pyrolusite in Sandstone
Pyrolusite in Limestone
Oily Shale / Sandstone / Limestone
Celestite Ore
Fumigator ( Sulfur Dioxide, Chlorine )
Mine
Upgraded Mine
Finished Planks (all normal wood types)
Finished Wood Slabs 
Finished Wood Stairs 
Epsom Salts
Chlorargyrite
Chalcanthite
Piric Acid Doped Bomb [ ore, stone, scrap]
Plushies~
Coloured Glass [ iron-green, orange ]
Coloured Glass Slab [ iron-green, orange ]

ITEMS

Iron Wire
Copper Wire
Gas Containter [ Vacuum, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Chlorine, Hydrogen, Air, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Trioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide]
Gas Container (Nitrogen Oxide & Vanadium Pentoxide )
Gas Container (Sulfur Trioxide & Vanadium Pentoxide )
Gas Container (Nitrogen Dioxide)
Iron Oxide & Aluminium Thermite
Magnesium & Copper Oxide Thermite
Vanadium Pentoxide & Aluminium Thermite
Soap
Pump
Celestite (Chunk)
Iron Gear
Small Silver Cake
Small Gold Cake
Large Silver Cake
Large Gold Cake
Steam-Powered Generator [ (Running) & (Off) ]
Primitive Combustion Engine [ (Running) & (Off) ]
Electrical Heating Element
Fuel-Soaked Cloth Bundle
Coloured Paper [ White, Yellow, Blue, Brown, Gray, Green, Pink, Purple ]
Wood Pulp
Lead-Sulfur Batteries
Zinc-Sulfur Batteries
Empty Battery Cells
Ampules [ Empty, Potassium Permanganate, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Silicate, Hydrogen Peroxide ]
Ammonium Chloride
Primitive Impact Grenade
Alchemical Hand Mortar [ (Empty) & (Loaded) & (Ruined) ]
Flamethrower [ (Dry) & (Fuelled) ]
Dry Sulfates [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Lead, Chromium ]
Sulfate Solution [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Lead, Chromium ]
Dry Nitrates [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Lead ]
Nitrate Solution [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Lead]
Dry Chlorides [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Lead, Bismuth, Tin, Chromium, Silver, Gold ]
Chloride Solution [ Copper, Zinc, Nickle, Iron, Bismuth, Tin, Chromium, Silver, Gold ]
Solid Concentrated Dye [ Orange, Green, Pink, Blue, Purple ]
Zinc Sulfide Powder
White Phospherus
Vanadium
Vanadinite (Chunk)
Tungsten Trioxide
Tungsten Carbide
Tungsten Carbide Batch
Tin Oxide
Sulfurous Slime
Strontium Sulfide
Strontium Nitrate
Sodium Silicate
Fresh Marine Weeds
Scheelite (Chunk)
Sawdust
Rubber
Rubber Seal
Potassium Stannate
Potassium Dichromate
Plattnerite
Phthalic Anhydride
Red Phospherus 
Phenolphthalein
Lithium-Manganese Ooze
Litharge
Massicot
Lead Hydroxide
Lead Acetate
Latex
Impure Sodium Vanadate
Epsom Salts
Copper Hydroxide
Wet Coal Powder
Chlorargyrite
Potassium Hydroxide
Boric Acid
Alchemical Meat Salts
Activated Charcoal
Tungsten Cube
Tungsten Cube Casting Setup [ (Fired) & (Unfired) ]
Sodium Sulfate
Sodium
Pyrolusite (Chunk)
Oily Stone (Limestone, Sandstone, Shale)
Zinc Powder
Zinc Oxide
Vanadium Pentoxide
Tungsten Powder
Monocalcium Phosphate
Acetone Peroxide
Dry Tannin
Brown Sugar
Dry Spirulina
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Cryolite
Sodium Carbonate
Silicon Powder
Marine Plant Ash
Retort Carbon
Quartz Powder
Powdered Milk
Bismuthinite Powder
Potassium Permanganate
Potassium Manganate
Potassium Alizarate
Piric Acid
Mauveine
Manganese Sulfate
Manganese Oxide
Manganese Powder
Manganese Dioxide
Lithium Carbonate
Lignin
Lead Powder
Land Plant Ash
Iron Powder
Copper Oxide
Chromium III Oxide
Chalcanthite
Bone Dust
Bone Ash
Black Coal Powder
Bismuth III Oxide
Benzoin Crystals
Benzil Crystals
Anthraquinone Sulfonic Acid
Anthraquinone Crystals
Ammonium Metavandate
Aluminium Hydroxide
Aluminium Powder
Alizarin
Zinc Oxide Cream
Vanadinite and Sodium Carbonate Batch
Quartz and Sodium Carbonate Batch
Glass Batches [ pink, iron-green, red, brown, orange, violet, yellow, alt red, green blue]
Parrafin Wax
Phenol
Naphthaline
Lophine Crystals
Iron Sulfide
Iron Oxyhydroxides
Iodine
Crushed Vanadinite
Crushed Uranium Oxide
Crushed Syrupy Wood
Crushed Silver
Crushed Rhodochrosite
Crushed Resinous Wood
Crushed Bitter Pits
Crushed Oily Stones [ sandstone, limestone, shale ]
Crushed Pentlandite
Crushed Gold
Crushed Dandelions
Crushed Copper
Crushed Chromium
Crushed Celestite
Coarsely Crushed Bones
Crushed Bismuthinite
Calcium Hypochlorite
Alumina
Mortar & Pestle [ granite, basalt, sandstone, andesite, peridotite]
Disinfecting Bandages
Epsom Salt Soaked Bandages 
Engine Lid
Wood Finish
Vanadate Solution
Sulphurous Acid
Syrup Solution
Potassium Cyanide
Potassium Hydroxide Solution
Phosphoric Acid
Phenolate Solution
Nutritional Medium
Mineral Oil
Methanol
Lead Acetate Solution
Isoamyl Alcohol
Isoamylacetate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrofluoric Acid
Glycerine
Formaldehyde
Fluoroaluminic Acid
Epsom Salt Solution
Dilute Resin
Banana Flavoured Preservatives
Dandelion Sap
Potassium Dicyanoargenate
Potassium Dicyanoaurate
Cyanide
Coal Slurry
Chromium Acetate Solution
Chromic Acid
Benzaldehyde
Aqua Regia
Ammnium Acetate
Bone Slurry
Ammonia
Acetone
Mercury
Silver Mercury Amalgam
Gold Merucry Amalgam
Petroleum
Aniline
Naphtha
Gasoline
Diesel
Carbolic Acid
Toluene
Nitrobenzene
Benzene
Anthracene Oil
Cresols
Cencentrated Dye [ Purple, Orange, Green, Blue, Pink]
Wet Spirulina
Spirulina Algae Feedstock
Saltpeter Solution
Full Incubator [ (Feedstock & Bacteria) & (Full of Bacteria) ]
Empty Incubator
Sterilized Incubator 
Candy [ (honey, horsetail, banana, toffee) ]
Alchemicall Cured Meat [ fish, chicken, red ]
Electrodes [ copper, iron, graphite, amorphous carbon, lead dioxide, lead ]
Gas Mask
Diving Helm
Diving Tank [ (full) & (empty) ]
Alchemist's Hat
Double Basin [ Empty, Ice & kno3 solution, kno3 solution, kno dry, freezing, lukewarm]
Banana Bread Dough
Banana Bread
Alchemical Supply Bag

 

About the plushies...

They're not going anywhere - I made them for a little server I'm playing on with some friends, they're just cute little decor items - they are not cannon to the mod, per se - but I like them, and I want them on the server alongside this mod. That is all, peace <3

By the way...

Some stuff in the mod doesn't feel right just yet - like how washing the cooking pot doesn't take water - I'm working on it. Working on the juice of the mod, if you will. I haven't forgotten about it, I'm just not that competent a modder yet ;p

 

Reguarding the involvement of AI

 

AI?!

No AI is used to create or modify textures, models, or any JSON code (since the earliest versions back when I didn't know how "ucontents" worked) -. I'm quite confident in my general vintage story JSON skills now tho :3
I write every single item name, item description - the handbook is all me (hence the typos) 
Even the sound - not sounds because there's just one - is from a public domain sound thingie.

AI is used to patch up my C#, because I suck at C# and I'm terrified of breaking your worlds.
I have 9.5k hours of GML (in which I attempted to re-make terraria but terrible) under my belt, but I'm still slowly learning C# and learning the whole vintage story modding environment.
I never programmed outside of GML and some WoW repack tweaks - so it is VERY overwhelming.

 

How does my C# workflow look? I copy and paste a working class if at all possible, strip it down and try to do the thing I want to do. It either works (yay) or I get an error that I can't fix, I go to an LLM and troubleshoot until I get something that works.

90% of the time I make sure to understand the entirety of how the code works so that I can better tweak it and develop it in a modular fashion.
But for some stuff that just refused to work, I've been guilty of just ping-pong-ing crash log with an AI for an hours plus until neither of us are fully there - and they literally hit me with them "Deleting this class would make the errors go away" - until it finally works, and a lot of tightly clenched testing later I just lock the code away like pandoras box that I occasionally look at and go: "why would an 'OnCollide~' function be a void? Probably because it does stuff, and is not like - the detectly thingie - huh, anyway."

 

TLDR: I use AI to help me get my broken C# classes working, while my C# skills improve

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