So with the whole discussion about skill-bypassing auto-feeders, can we get one of those as a semi-official mod?

For being able to add an autofeeder to a Terrarium, you need to use the Terrarium keyword like so:

"hosting": {
"hostedOn": ["floor"],
"hostedAdjacent":["tank","Terrarium"],
"hostedOnTop":true
},

That's okay, I'll see if I can play around with it! I wasn't sure what the function of hosting block char did and thought that may have something to do with it. Mods are a lot more complex than I thought for sure lol. But I thank you again for your assistance sooo much!

Honestly I have no idea! I'm afraid looking into interactions with individual mods is not something I can help with practically. Have a play and see what you find. :)

Yes!! I've put almost 40 hours into this save haha I've been saving it twice just to cover my butt. I have one last question! I was able to feed everything everywhere, the only problem I'm having is that the feeders won't connect to terrariums (mod). Now, I looked into the feeder data for base game as this is the ONLY feeder that actually will connect to it. :) I noticed one difference in the code which I think MAY be the reason,

"hosting": {
"hostedOn": ["floor"],
"hostedAdjacent":["tank"],
"hostingBlockingChar":"A",
"hostedOnTop":true

The middle option, "hostingBlockingChar":"A", is the difference I noticed between your large autofeeder code and the base game one. Is there any other thing I should look for and/or can do, or would adding that small line allow it to connect like the standard auto feeder?

Thanks so much, I am relieved at least most of my bigger project tanks are now settled. :)

70,000 prestige! :O

I finally got it!! Thank you so much for your help and patience. I have a 70,000 prestige aquarium. :') I'm so happy!!!

Thanks, that worked perfectly. I tested it after disabling all other mods to quickly boot the game up in a new file. However, when I load the same file I've been working on, the settings for the item remain unmodified. So I'm a lot closer now! Are settings not changed in current files, or is there a way to revise that? Also, cleared up the confusion. There was a second mod folder inside of the save folder. Just chucked it since I realized wait, don't need that, smh.

Don't lose heart! You'll get there. Here's a full version of it with the skill cap removed and it can feed all items:
https://pastebin.com/gBUZCL8F

I can confirm it works. Maybe do a comparison with yours and see what's different.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean about the 'save file folder'. In general, it's best just to put mods in the mods folder. :)

Super bummed out. I tried copy/pasting the code exactly as you stated. I had deleted the folders/unsubscribed and did a fresh slate. The item is at least appearing again, and when I edited the code, I modified it in both the save file folder and the standard mod folder. It's still not permitting me to use the object with animals requiring skill and still has the same icon showing it's unable to do so when I hover over item properties. I tried to put the food in the feeder anyways but the animals won't take it. :(

You're very welcome :)

Thanks, I'll give that a try! I appreciate your patience and help, I'm not really a coder by any means (clearly lol!) but determined to make it work. :)

The capacity multiplier has to be inside the autofeeder brackets like this:

"attraction":{"limit1Visit":true},"uglyEquipment":{},
"autofeeder":{
"maxSkillNumber":3,
"capacityMultiplier":2, // This is multiplied by the item's "howManyInPack" variable to give capacity.
},

So I tried to place the code exactly as you suggested, though I'm probably doing something wrong as it's just completely deleted the item from the store now, RIP. I placed it like this:

"attraction":{"limit1Visit":true},"uglyEquipment":{},
"autofeeder":{
"maxSkillNumber":3,
},
"capacityMultiplier":2, // This is multiplied by the item's "howManyInPack" variable to give capacity.

But yeah, just yeets the item into the abyss.

Thank you so much!!! Going to retry it now, the code I edited DID allow me to of course use other foods that didn't require skill. You're awesome.

Add:
"maxSkillNumber":3,

Within the autofeeder block e.g.
"autofeeder":{
"maxSkillNumber":3,
},

And it will allow autofeeding of skilled animals too. :)

So, I was able to edit the code but it still isn't pulling any items that require skill. :( The object itself still says something like, "cannot be used with items that require skill" even after deleting the code as you suggested. I see another mod when I typed "feeder" into the workshop, and someone had asked a similar question to the person who edited this mod as the baseline. They suggested that the "skill" thing is hard-coded into the item itself. Any suggestions?

@Nyx Saighdiuir That's great to hear. Thank you for your kind words and support. :)

Yeah that was a lot easier than I thought it'd be lol thanks so much, that was very helpful and simple. :)

Thank you so much for the prompt response, I'll give that a go. :) Seems easy enough. Love the game btw, going to be leaving a review! After playing, there are a few suggestions I'd love to provide that may help optimize things. Seeing how active you are with your game made me really happy, so I had gone straight to buying the base game with all DLC from the get-go. Cheers! :)

@NyxSaighdiuir Yes, that would be a very mod for you to create. Just download this mod, open up the 'large autofeeder.data' file and remove the 'includeOnlyItems' line, then it would work with every item (including items added in mods).

Hey, appreciate that you're also contributing to mods :) Is it possible to make an "auto feeder" available for any/all foods? I have the diverse diet mod, which that's been fine, but some of these tanks are really hard to feed if multiple fish eat the same diet :(

Seconding the suggestion for a version that uses veggies/brine shrimp/bloodworms.

Now that the Freshwatter DLC is out maybe this autofeeder should feed basic freshwater food... Bloodworms and Vegetables would be good.

Nice!

Finally reached rank 12 in the Megalopolis scenario to get this, and it's quite useful. It's missing the handy little informational tooltip, though! :)

It becomes available at Rank 12 like the original Auto-feeder. I'll add that to the description. :)

But how to use it? I didn't see it in the story mode.

Very neat indeed!

This is EXACTLY what I need! <3