Hoarder's Forge: Recycle and Reclaim

Hoarder's Forge: Recycle and Reclaim

A Vintage Story utility mod that allows you to recycle old, worn-out tools, broken tool heads, arrowheads, metal chutes, and leftover metal scraps by melting them back in the crucible to reclaim their metal value.

Features

• Crucible Recycling: Toss damaged tools, worn toolheads, arrowheads, chutes, brackets, and padlocks directly into the crucible to melt them back into liquid metal.
• Durability-Based Yield: Reclaimed metal dynamically scales based on the item's remaining durability, returning less metal for worn-out items and preventing exploits.
• Exploit-Free Voxel Math: Integrates with the SmithingPlus mod to dynamically calculate yields based on the voxel recipe (proportional to a 100u ingot). All calculations round down to the nearest multiple of 5 units to mathematically eliminate metal duplication exploits.
• Vanilla Fallback: Fully functional in vanilla Vintage Story, utilizing a robust fallback yield table (100u for basic tools, 200u for large blades/plates, and 10u for arrowheads).
• Fully Configurable: Easily adjust the recycling loss percentage and toggle debug logging in-game or via config file.

Commands & Configuration

The mod can be configured in-game via a configuration dialog or directly via chat commands:

Chat Commands

• /hoardersforge gui: Opens the config GUI dialog (requires controlserver privilege).
• /hoardersforge test: Runs client/server integration tests to verify voxel values and melting calculations.

Keybindings

• Config GUI Hotkey: Unbound by default. You can assign a custom keybind in the game controls settings under the name "Open Hoarder's Forge Config GUI".

Configuration Settings

Saved in ModConfig/HoardersForgeConfig.json:

• LossPercentage (default: 0.0): The percentage of metal lost during recycling. A value of 0.0 yields 100% reclaim.
• DebugLogging (default: false): Enables verbose logging of voxel calculations and melting results in the game log.

Inspiration & Credits

• Inspiration: This mod was inspired by MightyGooga's excellent mightysmeltables, and also Re-Smeltables mods by octeris, which pioneered the concept of melting down tools and metal items.
• Special Thanks: Massive thanks to MIghtyGooga for providing valuable ideas, feedback, and help during the validation of the melting mechanics and mathematical balance of this mod!