Chest Loot Extender

About

This mod is aimed for

Mod pack creators who wants to make their items appear in world chests

Players who want to adjust the loot pool for chests

How it works

The plugin is able to extend the loot pool of world chests through the use of ItemDropLists.

The ItemDropList just need to use an ID that starts with "Drop_ChestLootExtender_" as well as some added metadata in order to specify which chests the ItemDropList will be used for.

There can be any number of ItemDropLists from any number of mods. The plugin will simply randomize the ItemDropList to use if there are multiple that can be used for a given chest.

Precausion

By default, this plugin will extend the loot for any existing chest, which includes any chests you have placed before installing the plugin.

To prevent it from adding extra items to your own chests, you can use the /cle-exclude-nearby command while in your base, to make the plugin ignore any chests in a 100 block radius.

Creating the ItemDropList

In the Asset Editor, click '...' and select Add Pack (or use an existing one if you have one)

Click '+' to open the create item menu

Set Asset Type to Item Drop List and use an ID that starts with "Drop_ChestLootExtender_", such as "Drop_ChestLootExtender_YourMod_Chests"

Click Create

In the Source tab, replace everything with the following: { "Container": { "Type": "Choice", "Containers": [ { "Type": "Single", "Weight": 0, "Item": { "Metadata": { "ChestIds": [ "Furniture.*Chest.*" ] } } }, { "Type": "Empty", "Weight": 10 }, { "Type": "Single", "Item": { "ItemId": "Fish_Salmon_Item" }, "Weight": 1 } ] } }

Container 0 - Used for metadata, specifying which chests your Item Drop List will be used for.

Container 1 - Used for specifying how likely it is for no additional item to be added to the chest.

The remaining containers can be used for adding any items that you want.

ChestIds Metadata

This is a list of IDs that the Item Drop List will be used for.

IDs can include RegEx, such as "Furniture.*Chest.*" to select all chests.

"Furniture.*Chest.*" - All IDs that starts with the word "Furniture" and includes the word "Chest".

If you want to target 2 specific chests:

"ChestIds": [ "Furniture_Ancient_Chest_Small", "Furniture_Temple_Dark_Chest_Small" ]

Commands

The commands are optional, as you don't need to use any commands to use the plugin.

/cle-reset - Resets the state of all chests, allowing the plugin to extend the loot of any chest that is opened.

/cle-exclude-nearby - Prevents chest within a 100 block radius from getting extended loot.

Testing your ItemDropList

Place down a bunch of chests

Use the /cle-reset command (to clear the player placed state from the chests)

Open the chests

If the ItemDropList was created correctly, you should see items from your ItemDropList appear in the chests.

To test again, you should first break the chests, as otherwise the loot will be extended twice.