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Started by Voeille, June 29, 2022, 10:39:40 AM

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Voeille

I would like to build a village that produces books for trade. The books don't need to have any extra function, just being there for flavour is good enough for me, however they could also be flagged as luxury so bannies could drink them in a tavern read them for a minor happiness boost. Is there a mod that adds books to the game? I haven't seen one, but it's not a particularly original idea so it's possible I just missed it.

Basically, what I imagine, is a chain like this (to keep it simple), using resources already present in various mods:


Logs (forester) ? Lumber (sawmill) ? Paper (paper factory)

Coal/Charcoal (mine / charburner)  + Water (water pump) ? Ink (ink factory?)

Paper + Linen/Leather (weaver/pasture etc.) ? Empty book (book maker)


This can then be taken into various directions, let's try fantasy for an example:

Empty book + Ink ? Spell tome (wizard tower); it would take a relatively long time to make one, but it would be worth a lot more than empty books and ink. Tomes could be also used as a requirement for buildings.

Paper + Ink ? Arcane thesis (wizard tower)

Herb + Water + Arcane thesis + Magic dust (could come from a special crop / orchard / mine) ? Health potion (alchemist); works the same as herb, but higher value.

Wool/Linen + Water + Arcane thesis + Magic dust ? Warming potion (alchemist); same as warm coat;

Roots + Water + Arcane thesis + Magic dust ? Enchanted food (alchemist); food item with all four food groups, output would be lower than the amount of food used to make it.

Iron tool + Arcane thesis + Magic dust ? Enchanted iron tool (wizard tower); lasts 3x as long as a regular iron tool (100 * 3)

Steel tool + Arcane thesis + Magic dust ? Enchanted steel tool (wizard tower); lasts 3x as long as a regular steel tool (200 * 3)

Hide coat / Linen clothes + Arcane thesis + Magic dust ? Enchanted coat (wizard tower); same as warm coat


Abandoned

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We have some magic with wizard tower and magic mana crystals in Kid Fairy Tale  :)

http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=536

Red Ketchup's Jamies Monastery makes books.  Old mod, maybe 106.  :-\


Edit:  Also, Kid Fairy Garden uses fairy dust from fairy dust plant in the gardens to grow fruits and vegetables.  magical :)

http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=3945.0

brads3

TOM has a papermill that uses linen.

Voeille

Thanks! Those mods will cover what I want fairly well. Kid's Fairy Tale is one of my favourites but I missed Fairy Garden. I found the monastery and it's indeed old, but that's fine, I'm sure it will work with no problems, just won't use the new limits. The paper mill doesn't seem to be available in the standalone list of Tom's mods, but I can try it when I try the North.

RedKetchup

there are good ideas in that
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Voeille

I'm not a tester/supporter so I don't have access to download it. I will try it with the North if it is / will be included there.

I might try to make those ideas from the first post into a mod at some point, but knowing me that would take ages, so if anyone else wants to have a go, it'd be very interesting to see the results.

I do have the library, It doesn't produce books but it's nice to build it just for flavour.