Autocrafter destroys written books

[eigen-vectV]

Issue: critical book recipe problem:

Bug Report: Autocrafter Book Metadata Loss

I tested a crafting recipe under the assumption that it would preserve written book metadata. However, the autocrafter consumed the original written book and produced an empty book. This resulted in complete information loss (title, author, and content).

This issue is critical because it prevents photocopying of books via the autocrafter. While manual crafting of book copies correctly preserves metadata, the automated recipe does not.

Impact:

Breaks consistency between manual and automated crafting.

Prevents duplication of written books for libraries, archives, or gameplay mechanics.

Causes irreversible loss of player‑created content when using the autocrafter.

Expected Behavior:

Autocrafter should duplicate written books with full metadata preserved, identical to manual crafting.

Here a video which shows the issue :

Enregistrement.de.l.ecran.2026-07-16.190004.mp4

[OgelGames]

This should be fixed by #206

I will look into fixing #213, which is currently blocking that PR from being merged.

[eigen-vectV]

I'll share a fix , if you accept it.

[eigen-vectV]

pipeworks Original.zip
Here is a fix to the book recipe problem. Needs to be tested.

[eigen-vectV]

This should be fixed by #206

I will look into fixing #213, which is currently blocking that PR from being merged.

here

[OgelGames]

Sorry, I won't accept an AI generated fix. Also, this is already fixed in #206, which has already been tested.

[eigen-vectV]

The book recipe issue is still reproducible — crafting consumes the written book and returns an empty copy, losing metadata (title, author, content). Closing this now to avoid further debate.

[OgelGames]

Yes, on the master branch is is still broken, but on the autocrafter_rewrite branch it is fixed. This issue should be left open until the PR is merged.

[eigen-vectV]

Acknowledged: the bug is still present on master. Since the rewrite branch is not merged, the issue remains unfixed in release versions. and same condition for the version in content DB.

a polite notice: its little impolite to make Ai as a noise gen without knowing if works or not, if you want to keep tyour design choice, you are free, annd to avoid any conflict, i will removelmy issue from your issues branch

ihope you respect my choice and i hope you fix this and be in your words, and i hope you misunderstand ideas as labels you may think its true, but it doesnt

[eigen-vectV]

to be polite: i respect your choice but, its unwise to reduce issues as "low quality"