Looking for a Minimalist Hopper Mod – Input & Output, No Full Automation

[FireBall]

Hi everyone,


I’m looking for a lightweight, minimal mod that improves how Hoppers work in Stardew Valley – something that adds output functionality.


Ideally, I’d love one of these three options:

1. A new type of Hopper that can both insert into and extract from machines (including Fish Ponds).
2. An output-only Hopper that pulls finished items out of machines or Fish Ponds and stores them or sends them to a chest.
3. A simple mod that modifies the vanilla Hopper to support both input and output.

I’m just looking for a version that works without bugs and stays close to the vanilla gameplay.
If anyone knows of a stable, updated mod that does this, I’d really appreciate it!


Thanks!

 

[SomeoneEls]

Ive been working on this for a while and it will be in the chaosmod It still is a WIP, so yeah. Ill also have it as a seperate download.

How it works is that it isnt actually hoppers, but directional chests that move objects in a direction. Sooo.. not quite what you asked for but yeah. It has some parts that are meant to be lightweight, so thats nice. (like not calling the initiating direction chests constantly and instead storing pairs in a dictionary.)


Edit: removed zip file, it isnt in a good place to be posted yet.

 

[SomeoneEls]

Also, I should probally say how to use this.

Direction chests move the items of the chest/machine before them to the chest/machine after them, and only items that match the items inside the direction chest.

Items move as time passes ingame.

Here are some examples.

1. A left direction chest will move the item right of it left.
2. That chest will move items that match the item inside of the direction chest.
3. Items move every 10 minutes by the clock.



Direction chests can be chained, but only in one direction. For chaining,

1.put the item of the id you want to move in the first chest above the donating chest.
2. Make sure there is a chest/machine at the start and end of the chain.

tbh this is just the automate mod but it is based on directions, less meta, and you get to pick what moves.

 

[SomeoneEls]

Here ya go, I decided on not putting in any new sprites so uh, they just look like chests. Ill do that in an update or something. Tell me if any issues arrise. To get items from a fish pond, put a normal chest next to it and it will take the items from the pond (including fish if there are more than two fish)


[better version is uploaded in next comment]

 

[SomeoneEls]

Doop. Here is a better version that allows for multiple items to be selected to input for a chest to machine relationship.
Its also up in the mods section now :D

 

[FireBall]

Thanks for sharing! This looks really cool — I’m going to try it out these days and I’m excited to see how it works. Really appreciate all the effort you’re putting into it!

 

[SomeoneEls]

Thanks!! Also, know that this is still a pretty new mod, so if there are any bugs just tell me :3