How to make my custom item appear in the crafting tab

[doraexplora]

I made a recipe for my custom item and it's working, but it's not appearing in my character's Survivor Tab. I can search for it and craft it normally, but it doesn't have an image nor description either. How do I change all this?

[Chesed]

I have no idea if you've done something incorrectly or not done it at all as I can't see your code, but follow the example in AddCharacterRecipe. This specifically makes character items.

As an example, this is all the code I use to make one of my character's items appear properly in the crafting menu, with descriptions and icons.

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RegisterInventoryItemAtlas("images/inventoryimages/blankmask.xml", "blankmask.tex")

GLOBAL.STRINGS.NAMES.BLANKMASK = "Blank Mask"
GLOBAL.STRINGS.RECIPE_DESC.BLANKMASK = "A base for a face."

AddCharacterRecipe("blankmask", -- name
    { -- ingredients
        GLOBAL.Ingredient("papyrus", 1),
        GLOBAL.Ingredient("rope", 1),
    },
    GLOBAL.TECH.NONE, -- tech
    { -- config
        product = "blankmask",
        builder_tag = "maskmaker",
        numtogive = 1,
    },
    { -- filters
        "CHARACTER",
        "REFINE",
    }
)

 

If you have already done all of this and it does not work, you'll have better luck posting your mod files so people can look at the problem.

Edited August 14, 2024 by Chesed

[doraexplora]

5 hours ago, Chesed said:

I have no idea if you've done something incorrectly or not done it at all as I can't see your code, but follow the example in AddCharacterRecipe. This specifically makes character items.

As an example, this is all the code I use to make one of my character's items appear properly in the crafting menu, with descriptions and icons.

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If you have already done all of this and it does not work, you'll have better luck posting your mod files so people can look at the problem.

Thanks, it worked!

This is the code I used at first, I just found it online:

local Ingredient = GLOBAL.Ingredient
local RECIPETABS = GLOBAL.RECIPETABS
local TECH = GLOBAL.TECH
local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

Ingredient = GLOBAL.Ingredient
TECH = GLOBAL.TECH

GLOBAL.Recipe("name", {Ingredient("ingredient name",number of ingredients), Ingredient("ingredient name",number of ingredients)}, RECIPETABS.your recipe tab, TECH.(ex. TECH.SCIENCE_TWO) TECH LEVEL, nil, nil, nil, nil, "the tag you gave yourself")

[Chesed]

3 hours ago, doraexplora said:

Thanks, it worked!

This is the code I used at first, I just found it online:

local Ingredient = GLOBAL.Ingredient
local RECIPETABS = GLOBAL.RECIPETABS
local TECH = GLOBAL.TECH
local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

Ingredient = GLOBAL.Ingredient
TECH = GLOBAL.TECH

GLOBAL.Recipe("name", {Ingredient("ingredient name",number of ingredients), Ingredient("ingredient name",number of ingredients)}, RECIPETABS.your recipe tab, TECH.(ex. TECH.SCIENCE_TWO) TECH LEVEL, nil, nil, nil, nil, "the tag you gave yourself")

Yeaaah, this happens very commonly, don't worry! Basically there are some older methods of adding items that were used before the 2022 crafting menu update, and those methods are still listed in a lot of old threads and tutorials.They work, but they don't display properly with the newer crafting menu.

No problem, and good luck with your mod!

Edited August 14, 2024 by Chesed