Useful Tools

Description:

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Feb 11 2020

This mod adds paint removal tools, a Selector to quickly swap weapons and tools, and several tools based on the old S+ tools. Many of those tools have been enhanced in some way.

There is no crafting station at this time. All items are crafted on the player.

There are no known conflicts running my mod alongside S+ or SuperStructures.

See the discussions section for detailed descriptions of each tool and their controls.

Selector – Place on your hotbar and use it to access a quick-selection menu for any tool or weapon in your inventory, up to a max of 25. It will also show basic consumables like cooked meat, soups, and brews.

Pressure Washer – A ranged tool to remove paint from any structure at a distance. Just point and shoot.

Paint Scraper – A melee paint removal tool for low level players. Remove paint from any structure by equipping it and attacking a structure at close range.

Paint Sprayer – Based on the S+ Spray Painter, modified to work better in single player. Now includes a dye menu to quickly equip dyes.

Paintbrush – Functions like the Paint Sprayer, but limited to the same range as the vanilla paintbrush. Good for lower level players or RP servers that don’t allow paint guns.

Pickup Gun – Works similar to the pickup mode of the original S+ Demo Gun.

Demolish Gun – Works similar to the demo mode of the original S+ Demo Gun.

Euthanasia Gun – Works like the original S+ Euthanasia gun. New visuals.

Remote Control – Similar to original S+ Remote Tool, with expanded functionality. Instead of cycling between modes, press R to open a menu which will let you set 8 different structure settings.
Note: I really wanted to add Pin Code setting and Structure Naming, but the Devkit does not seem to allow modders to set either.

Repair Tool – Works like the original S+ Repair Tool. New visuals.

Transfer Gun – Works like the original S+ Transfer Gun. New visuals.

Transfer Tool – Works like the original S+ Transfer Tool.

Inventory Assistant – Works like the original S+ Inventory Assistant.

Command Tool – Similar to original S+ Command Gun, with expanded functionality. Set many dino settings from a menu and then "shoot" the dino to apply the settings all at once. Create up to five presets. You can deactivate each dino setting to prevent changing those settings. You can name dinos with the tool. Tribe Admins can now also set Ranks on dinos. It now respects Pet Order Rank when applying commands.

[UsefulTools]
DisablePickupWhenDamaged=false
AllowAdminToDemolishAnyTribe=false
RequireDyeInInventory=false
TransferRangeInFoundations=(25-100)
TransferResourceRemovals=
TransferResourceAdditions=

For more details about what each setting does, see the related discussion.

Big thanks to ExileAcid for helping me become acquainted with the Ark Devkit, and providing guidance on my very first mod.

Thanks to Orionsun for open-sourcing his mods.

Thanks to the Ark Modding discord, especially Koz, for all the help, advice, tips and troubleshooting.

The new Beta release of the mod contains a Building Tool, which will eventually find its way to Useful Tools once it is tested a bit and finished. It can easily spawn any structure in game (including structures with no engrams) and streamline the building process for those who are fans of Ark building. Check it out here:

Feel free to join my discord to discuss the mod, make suggestions, report bugs, etc. If you use ASM, I’ve provided a gamedata file here as well.
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