Mods for more realistic water collection

[jynx]

Are there any useful mods that cover rainfall collection, cisterns, and evaporation beds, etc? I'm tired of the present limitations.

[Mizdefy]

Originally posted by jynx:

Are there any useful mods that cover rainfall collection, cisterns, and evaporation beds, etc? I'm tired of the present limitations.

the only mod i've used is to bring back glass jars that go missing.

https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/2934

[Desert Rat]

I think tying anything to rainfall in the game would require some heavy coding. The only water mods I'm aware of are the ones that return empty glass jars to the game. I'm using a mod I created that does that and also adds rain barrels which fill up with murky water every 2 to 3 days (it uses the plant growing timer). I've also added water faucets that the player can craft that provide fresh water, and you can get murky water from fire hydrants. That's about as realistic as I've been able to make water collection.

[Mardoin69]

@Desert Rat
I could be wrong but...
Seems like it wouldn't be all that difficult to make a mod based on weather.
There is a weather conditions action in the game code. So a mod that checks which state the weather conditions are in could then apply a fill up affect for some containers when it's raining / stormy. Ofc, that part would require some creative thinking I guess.

[Desert Rat]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

@Desert Rat
I could be wrong but...
Seems like it wouldn't be all that difficult to make a mod based on weather.
There is a weather conditions action in the game code. So a mod that checks which state the weather conditions are in could then apply a fill up affect for some containers when it's raining / stormy. Ofc, that part would require some creative thinking I guess.

Right, I'm aware of the weather probabilities, and no doubt someone could code the game to tie that to filling some kind of container. Similar to the player's "wet-o-meter," the longer it rains the more the container would fill up. That's why I said it would require some coding. I only work in the xml, and I'm not aware of any way to make that happen with simple mods. I think it would be cool if somebody did it, though.

[jynx]

Originally posted by Desert Rat:

I think tying anything to rainfall in the game would require some heavy coding. The only water mods I'm aware of are the ones that return empty glass jars to the game. I'm using a mod I created that does that and also adds rain barrels which fill up with murky water every 2 to 3 days (it uses the plant growing timer). I've also added water faucets that the player can craft that provide fresh water, and you can get murky water from fire hydrants. That's about as realistic as I've been able to make water collection.

That's a lot of good ideas! And it covers collection methods I hadn't considered. Is that just personal code tweaking, or have you turned it into a mod?

[Desert Rat]

Originally posted by jynx:

Originally posted by Desert Rat:

I think tying anything to rainfall in the game would require some heavy coding. The only water mods I'm aware of are the ones that return empty glass jars to the game. I'm using a mod I created that does that and also adds rain barrels which fill up with murky water every 2 to 3 days (it uses the plant growing timer). I've also added water faucets that the player can craft that provide fresh water, and you can get murky water from fire hydrants. That's about as realistic as I've been able to make water collection.

That's a lot of good ideas! And it covers collection methods I hadn't considered. Is that just personal code tweaking, or have you turned it into a mod?

It's a personal mod that I use in my games. I haven't put it out on any of the mod sites.

[Roughtymes]

This one speed up collection when it rains or is foggy. Nice touch.
https://7daystodiemods.com/rain-collector/