This update contains the first version of Ammo Maker for B42.
While B42 is in beta we will introduce new concepts and test out ideas for Ammo Maker.
One of the goals for the new version is to make the crafting processes more realistic and to integrate them in the new B42 tech tree.

The B41 version of Ammo Maker is not affected by these changes and works as before.

• New features and changes:
  
  • Instead of crafting casings (ammo parts) from scratch, early and mid game now relies on recycling
    
  • Ammo Maker now drops casings whenever a gun is fired
    
  • The dropped casings correspond with the calibre classes as known from the ammo parts in B41 (Casing Bottleneck S, Casing Straight M, ...)
    
  • For revolvers and breech-loading firearms, the casings get added to the player inventory on reload
    
  • There are two versions of brass catchers that can be crafted to capture casings
    
  • By adding a brass catcher to the inventory, first some and later all casings will be captured and added to the player inventory
    
  • To reuse the collected casings they have to be combined with bullets and gunpowder grains
    
  • The bullets can be cast with the reusable Ammo Maker sand mold and the new B42 furnaces
    
  • There are three different sizes of bullets for rifles, three for handguns and loads for shotguns (currently not all in use)
    
  • The recipes to make gunpowder and grains are adjusted to B42 but the process is still the same
• Things to consider
  
  • Compatibility of Ammo Maker with other mods in B42 will be added over time
    
  • The bird feeder has not been converted to B42 yet and will come back in a future version (consider to increase the spawn rate for bird excrement in foraging mode with the sandbox settings)
    
  • Right now there is no way to hide the 'gather gunpowder' recipe of the base game (consider not using it together with Ammo Maker to maintain the gunpowder to ammo exchange rate)
    
  • Processes to craft casings from scratch will be added later
    
  • The resolution of the item icons has not been updated yet

• Compatibility Updates:
  
  • Real Firearms
• Additional recipes if Real Firearms is present:
  
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x51 NATO [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle .30-06 Spring [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x39 [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x54 R [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.92x57 Maus [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle .357 Mag [RF]
    
  • Make / Recycle 9x18 Mak [RF]
• Bugfixes and Tweaks:
  
  • 'Plastic Tray' is now a viable ingredient for the 'Recycle Plastic' recipe
    
  • Update on functions to hide arsenal gunfighter [AGF] scrap recipes

• Compatibility Updates:
  
  • Spent Casings for VFE
    
  • Spent Casings for Guns of 93
• Additional recipes for both Spent Casings mods:
  
  • Recycle Casing .223 Rem [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing 5.56x45 NATO [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing .308 Win [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing 9mm Luger [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing .38 SP [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing .44 Mag [SC]
    
  • Recycle Casing .45 ACP [SC]
    
  • Recycle Hull 12 G Buck [SC]
• Additional recipes for Spent Casings for VFE:
  
  • Recycle Casing 5.45x39 [SCV]
    
  • Recycle Casing 5.7x28 [SCV]
    
  • Recycle Casing .22 LR [SCV]
    
  • Recycle Casing 7.62x51 NATO [SCV]
    
  • Recycle Casing 7.62x39 [SCV]
    
  • Recycle Casing .357 Mag [SCV]
• Additional recipes for Spent Casings for Guns of 93:
  
  • Recycle Casing .22 LR [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .25 ACP [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .30-30 Win [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .30 Carbine [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .30-06 Spring [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing 7.62x39 [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing 7.92x57 Maus [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .380 ACP [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .357 Mag [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing 10mm Auto [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .40 S&W [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Casing .45 LC [SCG]
    
  • Recycle Hull 12 G Slug [SCG]
• Bugfixes and Tweaks:
  
  • Hiding 'Gather Gunpowder from .22' recipe from [VFE], and any other recipe with 'Gather Gunpowder' in the name
    
  • Renamed 'ShotgunSlugs' to 'Slugs' according to [G93] update, in 'Make 12 G Slug [G93]' and 'Recycle 12 G Slug [G93]'

• New Features:
  
  • Official translation files to simplify the creation of language packs for Ammo Maker. The translation files cover all aspects of the mod:
    
    • Items
      
    • Recipes
      
    • Crafting categories
      
    • Container titles
      
    • Context menus
      
    • Sandbox options
• Bugfixes and Tweaks:
  
  • Container title for the bird feeder gets displayed in the top right corner of the inventory UI now
• Compatibility Updates:
  
  • Updated [VFE] integration since [VFE] is using the base module now instead of VFExpansion1

• New Features:
  
  • Recipe to extract sulfur from chipped stones
• Bugfixes and Tweaks:
  
  • Extract sulfur recipes now accept empty vegetable bags
    
  • Reduced reloading XP for ammo making
    
  • Removed temporary 'Convert Obsolete Gunpowder Grain [TEMP]' recipe
    
  • Removed obsolete gunpowder grain item
    
  • Fixed typos in recipe names
    
  • 'Recycle 5.45x39' recipes for [CJ], [VFE] and [TF] get displayed again
    
  • 'Recycle 5.56x45 NATO' recipe for [Base] gets displayed again
• Compatibility Updates:
  
  • Firearms B41 Revamped [FAR]
    
  • Rain's Firearms & Gun Parts [RFG]
• Additional recipes if Firearms B41 Revamped is present:
  
  • Make / Recycle .44-40 WCF [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle .357 Mag [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x51 NATO [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x39 [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle .22 LR [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle .30-06 Spring [FAR]
    
  • Make / Recycle Parts Straight S
• Additional recipes if Rain's Firearms & Gun Parts is present:
  
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x51 NATO [RFG]
    
  • Make / Recycle 7.62x39 [RFG]

Ammo Maker is now fully compatible with the WiP version of CJ Firearms:

• Additional recipes if CJ WIP is present:
  
  • Make / Recycle 9x39 [CJ]
    
  • Make / Recycle .50 BMG [CJ]
    
  • Make / Recycle Parts Bottleneck L
    
  • Recycle Casing 9x19mm [CJ]

More recycling updates:

• Recycle plastic recipe now accepts 'Grocery Bags' types 1-5 (all displayed as 'Plastic Bag' in-game)
  
• Recipes to recycle AGF casings and hulls into Ammo Maker ammo parts and shotgun hulls:
  
  • Parts need half the amount of scrap metal required for the initial crafting
    
  • Hulls need half the amount of recycled plastic required for the initial crafting

This release adds the drainable 'Gunpowder Grains' item, updates most recycling recipes, hides more recipes dependent on mods present, updates the archery sandbox option, and adds mod support for Sprout's Farm and Garden.

• Gunpowder grain updates:
  
  • New drainable 'Gunpowder Grains' item containing 100 units (1 unit == 1 grain)
    
  • Replacing the single grain 'Gunpowder Grain' item
    
  • Temporary recipe to convert 100 'Gunpowder Grain' into one 'Gunpowder Grains'
  
  
• Recycling updates:
  
  • New recipes to recycle ammo parts
    
  • New recipes to recycle viable archery parts
    
  • Recycle ammo recipes now return all initial ingredients
    
  • Recycle plastic recipe now accepts credit cards and plastic cutting boards
    
  • Recycle plastic recipe no longer accepts empty buckets
    
  • Fix for Scrap Guns recycle recipes
  
  
• Recipe manager updates:
  
  • Showing ammo parts recipes only if required by mods present
    
  • Showing recycle rubber recipe only if Swat Pack mod is present
  
  
• Archery sandbox option updates:
  
  • Enabled by standard
    
  • If disabled all Ammo Maker archery recipes are hidden and bird feathers do not spawn in the bird feeder or as foraging items
    
  • If the Arsenal Gun Fighter mod is present, AGF archery parts recipes and bird feathers are enabled even if the archery option is disabled
    
  • Sandbox option is now called 'ActivateArchery' (before 'ActivateAgfArcheryConversion')
  
  
• Bird feeder updates:
  
  • Now accepts viable seeds from the Sprout's Farm and Garden mod
  
  
• Other updates:
  
  • Reduced foraging XP for bird excrement and bird feathers
    
  • Using scissors instead of knifes for arrow fletching recipes
  
  Comments are open for feedback!

This update introduces major changes on ammo crafting to represent the amount of source materials used, in a more accurate way. As before, all new items come with placeable 3d models.

• Gunpowder: All ammo crafting recipes now use the new 'gunpowder grain' item instead of the base game gunpowder units (10g). This allows to use accurate amounts of gunpowder for each ammo type. Furthermore, it allows to make rounds one-by-one instead of generating the number of rounds per 10g of gunpowder.
  
• Metal: There are now 13 different classes of ammo parts representing casing, projectile and primer in one item. The number of ammo parts generated per scrap metal is based on the average metal weight of the ammo types in each class.
  
  
• New gunpowder related items:
  
  • Gunpowder Grain - Small gunpowder unit (1 base game unit (10g) = 154 grains)
    
  • Gunpowder Scale - Tool required to weigh gunpowder grains. Useable when placed in the world
    
  • Jewelry Chain - Gunpowder scale build material
  
  
• New Parts for small, medium and large ammo types with bottlenecked, straight and rimmed casings:
  
  • Parts Bottleneck S - 15 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Bottleneck M - 8 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Bottleneck M Rim - 8 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Bottleneck L - 2 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight S - 30 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight S Rim - 20 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight M - 15 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight M Rim - 8 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight L - 10 pcs./scrap metal
    
  • Parts Straight L Rim - 5 pcs./scrap metal
  
  
• New Hulls for small and large shotgun shell types:
  
  • Hull Shotgun S
    
  • Hull Shotgun L
  
  
• New Loads for shotgun shells:
  
  • Ball 00 - Buckshot balls for shotgun shells
    
  • Slug 12 - Slugs for 12 gauge shotgun shells
  
  
• New Parts for 40mm grenades:
  
  • Parts Grenade
  
  
• New Archery related items:
  
  • Bird Feather - Source material spawning in bird feeders and as foraging item
    
  • Arrow Wooden - Generic arrow made from source materials for conversion into mod equivalents
    
  • Bolt Wooden - Generic bolt made from source materials for conversion into mod equivalents
    
  • Arrow Fletching - Arrow material made from bird feathers
    
  • Arrow Head - Arrow material made from scrap metal
  
  
• New AGF archery integration:
  
  • Recipe to make AGF arrow fletching from bird feathers
    
  • Recipe to make AGF arrow heads from scrap metal
    
  • Recipe to make AGF arrow and bolt shafts from fishing rods
    
  • Sandbox option to allow conversion of Ammo Maker wooden arrows and bolts into AGF equivalents
  
  
• New recipe category:
  
  • Ammo Maker Parts - ammo parts recipes
  
  
• Bugfixes:
  
  • Disable bird feeder if built indoors
    
  • Disable 'gather gunpowder' recipes if playing in non-English versions
    
  • Remove charcoal recipes from right click menu if disabled by sandbox option
  
  Looking forward to your feedback! As always: If you encounter any bugs, please let me know in the comments or start a discussion.

• Bugfix Multiplayer: Client bird feeder container didn't update contents anymore
  
• Updates on Ammo Maker build menu:
  
  • Build menu and bird feeder option in red if needs aren't fulfilled
    
  • Bird feeder option can't be selected anymore if needs aren't fulfilled