Tinker Settings

Description

Makes one tinkering item (Engineering), such as a crossbow, arbalest or stonebow. It studies the recipe, takes the lumber or bolt shafts and tools, and works the item through every step the game asks for: shaping, carving, rasping, gluing, clamping, staining, adjusting, and assembling parts such as backers, strings and mechanisms. It can also enhance a crossbow, or press metal into mechanisms at a gear press.

workorders runs it for tinkering work orders.

See Crafting Setup for engineering tools, toolbelts and books.

Settings

YAML Settings

Tools

tinkering_tools:
  - bellow
  - carving knife
  - clamps
  - drawknife
  - pliers
  - rasp
  - shaper
  - shovel
  - tinker tools
tinkering_belt:
engineering_belt:
crafting_container: backpack
crafting_items_in_container:
adjustable_tongs: false

Setting	Default	Purpose
tinkering_tools	bellow, carving knife, clamps, drawknife, pliers, rasp, shaper, shovel, tinker tools	Your tinkering tools. When a step needs a tool, the full name is taken from this list (so clamps finds steel clamps).
tinkering_belt		Toolbelt your tinkering tools hang on. Falls back to engineering_belt.
crafting_container	backpack	Where lumber, shafts, parts, glue, stain and the recipe book are kept.
crafting_items_in_container		Items to take only from crafting_container.
adjustable_tongs	false	Your tongs adjust into a shovel, for pressing mechanisms.

Consumables

Before starting it checks your wood stain and glue. If you have none, or one is down to fewer than 3 uses, it throws it away and buys a new one at the engineering supply shop in your hometown (or force_crafting_town). The skip argument turns this off.

hometown: Crossing
force_crafting_town:

Mechanisms

workorders_materials:
  mechanism_ingot_type: bronze

When an item needs mechanisms assembled, it uses <metal> mechanism from crafting_container, where the metal is the mechanism argument, else mechanism_ingot_type, else bronze. It assembles as many as the recipe needs.

The recipe

master_crafting_book:

It uses your master_crafting_book if set, otherwise a tinkering book from crafting_container. With the instructions form, it studies your instructions instead.

Magic and buffs

waggle_sets:
  tinker:
crafting_training_spells:

Before starting it casts your tinker waggle set, if you have one. It also casts your crafting_training_spells between steps, and releases them when it's done.

Other settings

Setting	Default	Purpose
mark_crafted_goods	false	Mark the finished item with your stamp. Not done for chapter 7 items or crossbow enhancements.
cube_armor_piece		The item your Hollow Eve cube is attached to. It's touched when work starts.

How it works

There are no settings for these; this is what to expect.

• Starting material. Most recipes start from <material> lumber. Chapter 7 starts from bolt shafts (bolt <material>). Crossbow enhancements start with the crossbow in your hands.
• Not enough material. It stops and says so.
• When it's done, the item goes into crafting_container, and anything you dropped is picked up and put away.

Argument Settings

Make an item from a book:

;tinker <chapter> "<recipe name>" <material> <noun> [skip] [mechanism]

Argument	Purpose
chapter	The recipe's chapter.
recipe name	The recipe name, in double quotes if more than one word.
material	The wood type, e.g. maple.
noun	The finished item's noun.
skip	Don't restock glue or stain at the start.
mechanism	Optional. The metal of the mechanisms to assemble, e.g. brass.

Make an item from instructions:

;tinker instructions <material> <noun> [skip]

Studies <noun> instructions from crafting_container, then starts on <material> lumber.

Enhance a crossbow:

;tinker <laminate|lighten|cable> <noun> [skip]

Hold the crossbow. laminate, lighten and cable are crossbow lamination, lightening and cable-backing.

Press mechanisms:

;tinker mechanisms <metal> [number] [s<speed>]

Walks to a shaping room with a gear press and presses <metal> ingots from crafting_container into mechanisms, using your shovel (or adjustable tongs). Each press uses 5 volume of metal. number is how many sets to make (default 1), and s<speed> sets the press speed from 1 to 12 (default s6). The finished mechanisms are combined and stowed.

Resume an item you're holding:

;tinker resume <noun> [skip]

Usage

;tinker 2 "a toy crossbow" maple crossbow

;tinker lighten crossbow

;tinker mechanisms bronze 3 s5

;tinker resume crossbow