07/07/25 Update:
Updated for 1.6

12/24/2024 Update:
In the last patch I accidentally changed match to nomatch for Vanilla Helixien Gas Expanded which caused the gas pipes/valves/tank/etc to not be grouped. Whoops! Don't drink and mod, friends. This has been fixed.

12/23/2024 Update:
Updated patch for Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded - Unofficial Expansion, fixed more harmless red errors in certain compatibility patches if you weren't running Biotech.

12/16/2024 Update:
Updated patch for Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded - Unofficial Expansion, fixed harmless red error talking about patching the same thing twice.

@-=GoW=-Dennis that is really odd. I booted up a quick devtest map and my hemogen pipe from VRES is in the same dropdown group as the rest of them. Perhaps try to manually update the mod? It may or may not be some other mod in your list that touches "VRE_HemogenPipe" def

Thanks for the report, I'll get this fixed

The hemogen pipe when using with VCE UO is still separate, the hidden hemogen pipe is not, though.

12/15/2024 Update:
Updated patch for Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded - Unofficial Expansion, it now changes those categories to the ones from my mod so that it retains compatibility long term.

12/14/24 Update:
Added compatibility patch for https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231387549 - Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded - Unofficial Expansion

I recently gave the Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded - Unofficial Expansion a try and was blown away by how much effort has gone into their mod. I highly recommend checking it out @ https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231387549 . I liked it so much that it inspired me to start writing a compatibility patch with their mod.

Added Hidden Neutro pipe from VRE: Androids to the hidden pipe right click category.

Added compatibility for Ancient hydroponic farm facilities

I could not remove the "Deconstruct" designation for any of the mods via XML, so those will remain unfortunately.

09/09/24 Update:
Added compatibility for Vanilla Temperature Expanded

Hey man no need to apologize! I will add this listed as incompatible to this mod. Thanks for sharing the root cause.

@Broms hi, I am very fool, sorry for wasting your time, I had another mod that was "Vanilla Chemfuel unnofficial expansion" and that mod patched drop-down menu, sorry.

@Yekaterinnani I have not been able to replicate your error. You have almost 500 mods installed, one of them must change the drop down designators causing my xml patch to fail. If I were to take a random guess it may be the research reinvested mod since it looks like it is patching that dropdown gizmo. Can you try your save without that mod?

Designator_Dropdown.GizmoOnGUI: post: PeteTimesSix.ResearchReinvented.HarmonyPatches.Prototypes.Designator_Dropdown_GizmoOnGUI_Patches.Postfix

Hi, i have this error on startup:

[Vanilla Expanded Pipe Network Categories - Start of stack trace]
Verse.PatchOperationAdd(xpath="Defs/ThingDef[defName="VCHE_ChemfuelDrain" or defName="VCHE_DeepchemDrain"][not(designatorDropdown)]"): Failed to find a node with the given xpath
Verse.PatchOperationSequence: Error in the operation at position=1
Verse.PatchOperationFindMod(Vanilla Chemfuel Expanded): Error in <match>
[End of stack trace]
The top operation is the one that failed, the ones below it are the parents

Full log: https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/39cca247c3eb10b8cbf3e95fe4e3bb65

If i just play the mod with dependencies (Vanilla expanded) these errors does not appear.

Anyone knows why the max amount for the tap is limited?

Incredible mod! Please consider adding support for this neat one:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3075384838

Also, deconstruct hemogen pipes appears under the biotech tab

Will do!

Also take a look this little fancy thing:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2809422332

Added support for [AP] Wooden Pipe Network. The wood pulper is found in the same category as the wood drain.

@renegade sure, I will work on it later today if I get time.

Could we get a patch for this
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2980383022
and this
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895826937 ?

Added compatibility patch for Dropdown Production Menus. Thanks loveboy_lion from the Dubs Mods discord server

This mod has a temporary conflict with Drop down Production Menus https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885022155 with the chemfuel drain and tap. I'll look into this at some point in the near future when I'm free. If you're running both for now, whichever is loaded second will fail to apply the xml patch.

Its a series of tubes

Ahhh good old windows 98 pipe screensaver.

Added support for Vanilla Milk Expanded;
I did not move the tanks to the Pipe networks tab as they are stuffable and cannot be combined in the other tank drop down menus.

Oh wow, I had thought the one I linked was the only one my bad

Well when I made this mod I wasn't aware of any. As of right now I'm only aware of two; BK's Piped Milk (supported), and Vanilla Milk Expanded(support TBD).

How many milk mods are there?

@Rengeade sure thing you're not the first to ask. I'll take a look at this later tonight when I am free.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931216924

Can you add the milk mods pipes?

6 pipe mods. what the fuck

Added support for Vanilla Races Expanded - Android for Neutroamine pipe networks.

YES!!!!!!!

Mani Moka is right, Dubs mods have their own pipe system and don't use the VE Framework so would be outside the scope of this mod.

i dont think those pipes are built off the same framework as he VEF pipe stuff

How about support for Dub's Bad Hygiene?

i love the thumbnail, the old windows screensaver pipes are the best

Added support for BK's Piped Milk.

..milk pipes? I'll look into it

You forgot to add support to the most important one: the milk pipes. Great mod!

Added support for Vanilla Races Expanded - Sanguophage blood pipes.

I created this mod to declutter the Pipe network tab, would other people find it more consistent to see the blood pipe/vat/etc in the Pipe network tab dropdown group?

I thought about the blood pipes, however those are already secluded to the Biotech tab where they are the only pipe network items.

what about the blood pipes?

Neat mod. A+