B41 + B42: Small updates:

• B41:
  
  • Bird feeder no longer requires extra space in the inventory next to the seeds to spawn bird excrement
    
  • Bird feeder now also works with expanded inventory for survivors with the organised trait
• B42:
  
  • Updates and tweaks on tooltips

B42: Big content update introducing the Ammo Maker Reloading Press for bulk ammo crafting:

• Reloading Press:
  
  • Available in 15 different colors
    
  • 'Make Reloading Press' recipe for the initial assembly
    
  • 'Repaint Reloading Press' recipe to repaint reloading press in a different color after assembly
    
  • Components forgeable with simple forge and blacksmithing level 5 ('Ammo Maker Tools' category):
    
    • 'Reloading Press Base'
      
    • 'Reloading Press Die Plate'
      
    • 'Reloading Press Die Set'
      
    • 'Reloading Press Linkage'
      
    • 'Reloading Press Handle'
  • Additional 'Produce Ammo' recipes for bulk crafting of all calibres (except 40mm grenades)
    
  • Sandbox option to define the bulk size for 'Produce Ammo' recipes:
    
    • 'Produce Ammo Bulk Size' range: 10-100pcs, standard: 10pcs
  • Ingredients amounts and crafting times of the 'Produce Ammo' recipes scale dependent on the 'Produce Ammo Bulk Size' sandbox option
    
  • 'Produce Ammo' recipes use the 'Can Be Done From Floor' tag on the 'Reloading Press' to allow permanent placement
• Visual Updates:
  
  • Updated world item textures and/or models for: 'Brass Catcher Improvised', 'Brass Catcher Advanced', 'Mold', 'Mold Bullets' and 'Pot Of Bird Excrement'
    
  • New item icons for: 'Brass Catcher Improvised', 'Brass Catcher Advanced', 'Gun Powder Scale', 'Mold', 'Mold Bullets' and 'Pot Of Bird Excrement'
    
  • Updated item icons resolution to 64x64 pixel for most icons
• Bugfixes and Tweaks:
  
  • Global fix for weapons defined as firearms that do not drop casings (e.g. bows and crossbows)
    
  • 'Weigh Gunpowder Grains' and 'Weigh Gunpowder Unit' recipes now use the 'Can Be Done From Floor' tag on the 'Gunpowder Scale' to allow permanent placement
    
  • Updates on tooltips

If you would like to give general feedback, repot bugs or think the new features need more balancing: Please let me know on discord!

B42: Small recipe update:

• 'Dissolve Bird Excrement' recipe now also accepts forged pots as viable fluid container

B42: Tooltips, tweaks and optimisations:

• Tooltips for all items with hints regarding usage and crafting
  
• Tooltips for all core, forge, furnace and recycle recipes
  
• Tooltips for all make ammo recipes with alternative ammo designations and year of invention
  
• Brass catcher now also work if in any player sub inventory (e.g. bags, backpacks, etc.)
  
• Dropping of extra items when firing guns (e.g. belt links) is now dependent on gun mod active (e.g. fixes Rain's Firearms M60 and M249 that don't use belt links)

If you find any bugs or have questions, I always appreciate your feedback on discord very much!

B41 + B42: Mod support for 'Escape From Kentucky 2', tweaks and optimisations:

• General:
  
  • Ammo definitions for two additional calibres (B41+B42):
    
    • 5.8x42mm
      
    • 8.6mm BLK
  • Projectiles for 40mm grenades: 'Projectile 40 HE' and 'Projectile 40 INC' (B42)
    
  • Advanced forge recipes to craft 'Projectile 40 HE' and 'Projectile 40 INC' (B42)
    
  • Updated world item textures for bullets, casings and hulls (B42)
    
  • Updated mod load order to load Ammo Maker after supported gun mods (B42)
    
  • Dynamic recipe system feature to handle modded calibres that override base game ammo types (B42)
    
  • Centralised Ammo Maker utility functions to get ammo data (B42)
• Mod support:
  
  • Escape From Kentucky 2 (B41+B42)
• Bugfixes:
  
  • Disabled recipes now display a 'N/A' icon (prevents crashing of the UI when selecting recipes without inputs defined, issue since PZ 42.5.0) (B42)

Again, quite a big update behind the scenes: In case of issues, please let me know on discord as always.

B41 + B42: Small foraging update:

• B41 is now using the updated Ammo Maker foraging functions from the B42 version
  
• 'Bird Excrement' search focus / category has been renamed to 'Bird Products'
  
• The 'Bird Products' search focus / category is now available in B41 as well
  
• Adjusted foraging chances for 'Bird Excrement' (B41+B42) and 'Bird Feathers' (B41)

B42: This update includes the all-new dynamic recipe management system to provide support for gun mods:

• General:
  
  • New ammo definitions for additional 37 calibres (45 in total)
    
  • Base game chicken and turkey dung are now viable ingredients for the 'Dissolve Bird Excrement' recipe
    
  • Adjusted foraging chances for casings
    
  • 'Disassemble Ammo' (previously 'Recycle Ammo') recipe is now in the main 'Ammo Maker' recipe category
    
  • 'Repair Hull Fired Shotgun ...' recipes are now in the main 'Ammo Maker' recipe category
    
  • 'Disassemble Ammo' recipe now returns multiple gunpowder grains items if resulting grains amount > 1 (100 units)
• Mod support:
  
  • Supported B42 gun mods:
    
    • CJ Firearms
      
    • Firearms + Firearms Beta
      
    • Guns of 93 Test Build
      
    • Rain's Firearms & Gun Parts
      
    • Real Firearms
  • New 'Make Ammo ...' recipes with dynamic management of inputs and outputs (dependent on active gun mod)
    
  • New 'Disassemble Ammo' recipe with dynamic management of inputs and outputs (dependent on active gun mod)
    
  • All types of casings and fired shotgun hulls can now be found in foraging mode (dependent on active gun mod)
    
  • Gun mods ammo conversion recipes are deactivated when using Ammo Maker
    
  • New sandbox option to allow ammo conversion recipes from gun mods 'Allow Convert Recipes'
    
  • Spent round count fix for 'Real Firearms' revolvers
• Limitations:
  
  • Currently it's not supported to use multiple gun mods at the same time with Ammo Maker
    
  • Inactive 'Make Ammo ...' recipes are not completely hidden but get marked as 'Deactivated by Ammo Maker' and appear on the bottom of the recipe list

More updates are in the works, stay tuned :) In case of issues, please let me know on discord.

B42: Hotfix:

• Breech-loading firearms now return casings on reload again
  
• Update on 'Recycle Plastic', 'Make Filter Paper' and 'Recycle Jewelry Chain' recipe code

B42: Optimisations and bugfixes:

• 'Make Casing ...', 'Make Bullet ...' and 'Make Hull Shotgun ...' recipes now accept all items with the 'Small Smeltable Iron' tag instead of 'Scrap Metal' only
  
• 'Recycle Metal' recipe has been removed
  
• Yields of the 'Make Bullet ...' recipes have been adjusted
  
• 'Make Mold Bullets ...' recipes have been condensed into one recipe that allows the selection of the bullet type when crafting
  
• 'Make Mold' and 'Make Mold Bullets' recipes are now in the main 'Ammo Maker' recipe category
  
• 'Ammo Maker Molds' recipe category has been removed
  
• 'Recycle Ammo' recipes have been condensed into one recipe that allows the selection of the round type when crafting
  
• 'Recycle Hull Fired Shotgun ...' recipes have been renamed to 'Repair Hull Fired Shotgun ...'
  
• 'Repair Hull Fired Shotgun ...' recipes are now in the 'Ammo Maker Parts' recipe category
  
• New recipes to recycle casings back into 'Scrap Metal'
  
• 'Dissolve Bird Excrement' recipe now consumes the pot
  
• 'Extract Nitre' recipe now returns the pot with the same condition as used for the initial 'Dissolve Bird Excrement' recipe
  
• General code maintenance (e.g. central ammo data table (simplifies future support for gun mods); major recipe code optimisation; implementation of b42 features)

Many things have changed behind the scenes with this update: In case of issues, please let me know on discord.
Up next: Implementation of calibres from other gun mods.

B42: Foraging update, new casings clean-up function and bugfixes:

• Foraging Update:
  
  • Casings can now be found when using the foraging (search) mode
    
  • New definition of the chances to find bird excrement and casings in different zones
    
  • New search foci for bird excrement and casings
    
  • New sandbox options to define the foraging stack sizes of casings:
    
    • 'Casings Spawn Min' range: 1-20pcs, standard: 1pcs
      
    • 'Casings Spawn Max' range: 1-20pcs, standard: 3pcs
• Casings clean-up function:
  
  • Automatically removes casings that are dropped when firing guns from the world after a given time
    
  • Casings that were placed or manually dropped by players are not affected
    
  • New sandbox option to define the lifetime of dropped casings in hours:
    
    • 'Dropped Casings Lifetime' range: 1-720h, standard: 168h (one week)
  • Limitation: The function removes the casings whenever the map chunks are loaded
• Bugfixes:
  
  • Recycle plastic recipe now consumes fluid containers (e.g. plastic cups)
    
  • M625 revolver now returns 'Casing Straight M' on reload
    
  • Fixed world item textures for Ball 00 and Slug 12

Looking forward to your feedback, especially on foraging spawn rates, thank you in advance!