CraftStation Tutorial 1: Resources

This tutorial will guide you through creating a CraftStationType and the related items and recipes. We’ll create a “Furnace” station type and recipes that can only be crafted at furnaces.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have:

Creating the CraftStationType

Step 1: Open the Database Editor

  1. In your project, open “Inventory” top menus

  2. Select “Database” to open the database editor

Step 2: Create the Furnace Station Type

  1. Navigate to CraftStationTypes

    In the database editor, click on the “CraftStationTypes” section.

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  2. Add New Station Type

    Click the “+” button to create a new craft station type.

    ../_images/add_craft_station_type.png

  3. Configure Station Type Properties

    Set the following properties:

    • ID: Enter “furnace” (this will be used in code)

    • Name: Enter “Furnace” (this will be displayed to users)

    • Icon: Optionally select a texture that represents a furnace

    ../_images/craft_station_type_editing.png

  4. Save the Database

    Save your InventoryDatabase resource (Ctrl+S).

Creating Station-Specific Items

Step 3: Create Smelting Items

For our furnace example, let’s create items for smelting:

  1. Iron Ore (ingredient)

    • In the “Item Definitions” section, add a new item

    • Set ID: “iron_ore”, Name: “Iron Ore”

    • Set Max Stack Size: 64

  2. Iron Ingot (product)

    • Add another item definition

    • Set ID: “iron_ingot”, Name: “Iron Ingot”

    • Set Max Stack Size: 64

  3. Coal (fuel - required item)

    • Add another item definition

    • Set ID: “coal”, Name: “Coal”

    • Set Max Stack Size: 64

  4. Stick (product)

    • Add another item definition

    • Set ID: “stick”, Name: “Stick”

    • Set Max Stack Size: 64

  5. Wood (crafting ingredient)

    • Add another item definition

    • Set ID: “wood”, Name: “Wood”

    • Set Max Stack Size: 64

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Step 4: Create Furnace-Specific Recipe

  1. Add New Recipe

    In the “Recipes” section, click “+” to create a new recipe.

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  2. Configure Recipe Properties

    • Time to Craft: Set to 5.0 seconds (longer for smelting)

    • Station: Select the “Furnace” station type we just created

  3. Add Recipe Components

    Ingredients (consumed during crafting): - Iron Ore: amount 2

    Required Items (needed but not consumed): - Coal: amount 1

    Products (created when crafting completes): - Iron Ingot: amount 1

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  1. Save the Database

Creating a General Recipe

Step 5: Create a Universal Recipe

To demonstrate the filtering, let’s also create a recipe that works on any station:

  1. Add Another Recipe

    Create a new recipe for crafting sticks from wood.

  2. Configure Universal Recipe

    • Time to Craft: 1.0 seconds

    • Station: Leave this EMPTY (no station type)

    • Ingredients: Wood: amount 1

    • Products: Stick: amount 2

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Note

When a recipe has no station type, it can only be crafted at stations that also have no station type assigned.

Next Steps

Now that you have created the resource foundations (CraftStationType, items, and recipes), you can continue to the next tutorial to learn how to set up the actual craft station nodes and implement the crafting logic.

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