Timberborn

Timberborn

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12 Jul, 2024 @ 12:43am
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Pipette Tool

Description
Pipette Tool
Tired of searching for a building that you want to place? Then this mod is for you! You can use CTRL + CLICK to go into construction mode of that building.

How to use
The pipette button will be added to the bottom bar. But there are also several modes available in the Mod Settings, note the following:

- Hold Mode: Hold the Pipette Tool Key Bind button and use the Mouse Selection button to start pipetting.
- Press Mode: Pipette Tool is activated after the Pipette Tool Keybind is pressed and released.
- Direct Mode (Key Bind): This setting allows for direct pipetting without having to click. Using the key bind above, it will directly switch to the relevant building (Factorio player approved).
- Direct Mode (Middle Mouse Button): This setting allows for direct pipetting without having to use the Key bind. Using the Middle Mouse Button will directly switch to the relevant building (Minecraft player approved). (Suggested by @shsupercm on discord)
- Inverted Mode: When a building is selected, press the Pipette Tool Key Bind to switch the relevant object. (As requested by @SqL ツ in the comments)

I also added a Force Pipette option which will force pipetting even when you already have something else active. Can conflict with insta build (default key bind is also ctrl).

Problems?
In case you experience problems, please click THIS LINK [mod.io] to go to a page containing the most frequent issues and see if yours is included. If your issue is not there, it can be the game or something changed which makes it result in a crash. If you are savvy enough, try to look for the mods that is making the game crash. If you determine that its this mod, then please message me in the modding channel of the the Timberborn discord. Or you can leave a comment below asking for help.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to provide as much information as you can about the problem. Without more information, I cannot help you. Think about the following: What mods you have installed? What version you using? What happened before the crash? Anything the could help me reproduce and find the issue to be able to fix it. I will try to fix it as soon as possible. :D

Links
Source code: https://github.com/TobbyTheBobby/TimberbornMods
The mod is also on mod.io: https://mod.io/g/timberborn/m/pipette-tool

Support
If you've been enjoying my mods and appreciate the effort I've put into creating them and have the means, then I'd like to invite you to support me using the donation link below. Your support will help me continue developing and maintaining these mods, as well as exploring new ideas and improvements. By making a donation, you won't get access to exclusive content or features because I believe in freely sharing my mods with the community. Instead, your contribution will be a gesture of support, allowing me to dedicate more time and resources to creating high-quality mods that enhance your gaming experience. Thank you for considering making a donation!

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Patreon Link [www.patreon.com]
59 Comments
Khaim 15 Jul @ 9:22am 
Thank you for working on this! Hopefully the devs will eventually realize their mistake and add pipette to the main branch, and you won't have to squish bugs anymore.
Tobbert  [author] 15 Jul @ 1:14am 
Editor Crash should be fixed now. I'm sadly working through a burn-out and working on mods at least takes a lot of energy. Hope it works now, enjoy!
Nemo 11 Jun @ 2:31am 
Seems to be working so far in U7 when you're playing the game as opposed to using the map editor. I'll report if I run into any issues with it, but none so far.
Khaim 21 May @ 12:29pm 
Mod crashes when trying to load the map editor. Looks like it's pulling in the crop planter as a dependency, which isn't available in the editor. Quick(?) fix would be to just disable pipette in the editor.

Failed to create an exception map save due to exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at Timberborn.MapEditorScene.MapEditorSceneExceptionStateSaver.CreateExceptionSave () [0x00006] in <hex>:0
BinditoException: BottomBarPanel isn't instantiable due to missing dependency: PlantingModeService. Dependency chain: BottomBarPanel => IEnumerable<BottomBarModule> => PipetteToolButton => PipetteTool => PlantingModeService.
YosemiteSam 21 May @ 10:55am 
This mod is totally indispensable and absolutely in my top 5 for Timberborn. Thank you for it.

Something's happened on the experimental branch to make it a bit less useful though.

Previously when the pipette tool was selected, all the grey to-be-built items remained in view. Now, since maybe 5 days, the pipette makes them disappear until something's been copied.

Was this something caused by the game being tweaked? Is there any chance we could get it to include them again. Thank you if you can; no sweat if not!
Nommy 19 May @ 11:16pm 
Thanks for the mod, it's a real time saver.

Are you aware it crashes the game whenever you try to create/edit a map?
Gorplex 14 May @ 12:41pm 
Now depends on the mod "Mod settings". If launched without dependency crashes on launch. (better error message would be ideal). quick fix: Unsubscribe and resubscribe to ALL dependencies
Tobbert  [author] 14 May @ 12:30pm 
Yea, everything should work nicely out of the box now. Sorry for the inconvience, hope everyone can find a nice mode (or just use the old one but improved) which they really like!
Khaim 14 May @ 12:14pm 
Version 3.0.2 (with new dependency) works.
Kupie 14 May @ 10:58am 
Oh, I noticed the mod is at 3.0.0 while the modio version is 3.0.1. Steam workshop is just being dumb and not updating it, derp.

3.0.1 fixes the crash. Thank you so much for this necessary QOL mod!