STOP! Read this before asking for help or reporting an issue. Common questions are answered here.
What happened to the "Don't take the last item" checkbox? Unfortunately that option isn't compatible with Stardew Valley 1.6. Automate now defers the low-level machine logic to the game code, which makes it compatible with any other mods using the new machine data (e.g. for new custom machines). That also means it can no longer control which items are taken out of the chest by a machine. I have ideas on how to re-add it in the future, but it'll be a bit complicated so there are no guarantees.
Does this mod work on Android? Currently no. It's affected by a bug in SMAPI on Android which breaks many other mods too. It's already been reported, so hopefully it'll be fixed in upcoming SMAPI updates on Android.
Some machines stopped pushing output to chests? If you have Better Chests installed, check if temporarily removing that mod fixes it. If so, double-check your Better Chests settings or ask for help on that mod's page.
Known issues:
When a shipping bin is moved, Automate won't update connections to it until the next day. You can pick up & put down a chest in the same location to fix it.
When a multiplayer farmhand constructs a building, machines inside it may not be automated until the next day.
Automate may cause lag in some specific cases, mainly when a large number of machines have output ready but are all connected to a chest that's full. You can free some space in the chest to fix that.
When asking for help here, please upload your SMAPI log and add a link to your message (even if you don't see an error). This has useful info like what versions you have, which mods are installed, what happened in the game, etc.
Hey guys, Automate isn't recognising the fish smokers in my shed. It will take smoked fish from them, but won't put new fish into them. All other functions are working fine. My error log is https://smapi.io/log/317fa7a7a7da4ade93e2375f64b25329
Would it be possible to make automate use bait if available, even if we have the Luremaster skill perk (or it's equivalent, in modded games)? With Deluxe Bait, I find baiting ocean crab pots still worthwhile - quality lobster and crab to smoke is decent, and the deluxe worm bins aren't all that difficult to make.
However, I don't want to bother baiting my fresh water crab pots, so I still like the Luremaster perk. Right now, if I Luremaster automate just ignores my bait entirely rather than pushing it into my crab pots - i'd like it to still take bait (or at least, take non-standard bait) when bait is available. Possibly as a toggle-able option?
Second this, it would also make automate more compatible with any mod that alters the profession like Walk of Life, saving plenty of headaches for users of both mods
I seem to recall in 1.5 this mod used to be able to connect a chest to the fridge in order to pull from the chest when cooking, but it doesn't seem to be working now with this 1.6 update.
Is that a bug? Or am I just remembering wrong or doing something wrong for it not to work? when I hit the overlay it shows that the fridge should be able to be connected to, but it stays red with a chest next to it still.
I can't figure out why the automation has stopped working. It looks like my chest is not connecting to the preserve jar within the configuration. I have double-checked that I have automators, PFM Automate, and Auto chest Mods installed. I have also removed Better Chest to be sure this is not the issue.
See logs - https://smapi.io/log/775f8f1816244545bb8bfed483777cf5
Do the Automate machines yield experience/mastery? I haven't been able to find an answer for this. If they don't is there a mod that would allow this as I'm having trouble getting mastery experience currently.
Custom machines are not appearing on the mod config menu. Settings for hay hoppers and silos are also missing. Here is my log: https://smapi.io/log/a59a5c4a58614d4aac98929b330044c0
Edit: Disabling "Feed Hoppers" apparently disables both hay hoppers and silos. Maybe change the wording there?
Yes, I use the Data/Machines asset, here is one set of machines in my mod. https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/5be7d16bb2794e29b7d638b5751097a6 Then I used this in content.json to load the machines. { "LogName": "Adds Tiered Cheese Presses", "Action": "Include", "FromFile": "data/machines/CheesePress.json" },
In the past they used the barrels outside the basement but currently when they are connected they are not being used. attached photos: Now: https://prnt.sc/xMb0nhsyCFrv Before: https://prnt.sc/ynBla5XOQRVc What could be happening? My logs: https://smapi.io/log/c139c67daa5f45fa83c2581fa01f71da
Hi, i think there's a bug with Heavy Furnaces and Geode Crushers at the moment, as they work a few days ago but now not anymore, i checked and still have plenty coal as well as ores (Geode for Geode crusher too) left but they dont get drawn from the chest (using big chest from robin atm). If you have time, could you please look into it? I will update if anything else fails, but sofar only those 2. Tree picking, dehydrator and smokers are working as intended.
I'm just adding to make it clearer: no crashing nothing, it just doesnt draw item out of the chest anymore ( Crystalarium works fine while pushing item back to chest) and if i put the material in manually, it works and push back to the chest fine, but doesnt autodraw anymore after that.
I see one machine group with a heavy furnace and geode crusher in the mines:
Mine: Group at (12, 5): 9 x Crystalarium (processing) 4 x HeavyFurnace (empty) 1 x GeodeCrusher (empty) 1 x Chest (57/70 full) [disable taking items]
It seems you told Automate not to take items from the chest. You can edit the chest again through Chests Anywhere, and set the dropdowns back to these values to fix it:
Also having this same issue with the fish smoker, furnace, geode crusher and recycling machines.. was working fine before and now it's not. I'm not using any chest mods besides convenient inventory. All other machines and chests are working fine :<
I have a mod that has changed the skills (walk of Life rebirth) and now sets crab pots to collect trash when not filled with bait, but now the crab pots will not longer grab bait from the chest and will only collect trash, bait has to manually be placed in the pots, is there a way to fix this?
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Read this before asking for help or reporting an issue. Common questions are answered here.
However, I don't want to bother baiting my fresh water crab pots, so I still like the Luremaster perk. Right now, if I Luremaster automate just ignores my bait entirely rather than pushing it into my crab pots - i'd like it to still take bait (or at least, take non-standard bait) when bait is available. Possibly as a toggle-able option?
Is that a bug? Or am I just remembering wrong or doing something wrong for it not to work? when I hit the overlay it shows that the fridge should be able to be connected to, but it stays red with a chest next to it still.
Edit: Adding flooring doesn't work either
I can't figure out why the automation has stopped working. It looks like my chest is not connecting to the preserve jar within the configuration. I have double-checked that I have automators, PFM Automate, and Auto chest Mods installed. I have also removed Better Chest to be sure this is not the issue.
See logs - https://smapi.io/log/775f8f1816244545bb8bfed483777cf5
Here is my log: https://smapi.io/log/a59a5c4a58614d4aac98929b330044c0
Edit: Disabling "Feed Hoppers" apparently disables both hay hoppers and silos. Maybe change the wording there?
Which custom machines aren't appearing in the menu?
https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/5be7d16bb2794e29b7d638b5751097a6
Then I used this in content.json to load the machines.{
"LogName": "Adds Tiered Cheese Presses",
"Action": "Include",
"FromFile": "data/machines/CheesePress.json"
},
attached photos:
Now:
https://prnt.sc/xMb0nhsyCFrv
Before:
https://prnt.sc/ynBla5XOQRVc
What could be happening?
My logs:
https://smapi.io/log/c139c67daa5f45fa83c2581fa01f71da
I'm just adding to make it clearer: no crashing nothing, it just doesnt draw item out of the chest anymore ( Crystalarium works fine while pushing item back to chest) and if i put the material in manually, it works and push back to the chest fine, but doesnt autodraw anymore after that.
Thank you for your contribution!
Connections: https://pasteboard.co/ntsvBRBV4FLk.png
Chest Contents: https://pasteboard.co/p4QNHL0lO6kS.png
If it still happens without that mod, can you do this so I can see what the machines are doing?
And here's the log. Thanks again!
https://smapi.io/log/86a731c6801e4b1cba06d72f23d083a7
It seems you told Automate not to take items from the chest. You can edit the chest again through Chests Anywhere, and set the dropdowns back to these values to fix it:
Looking at the configs, it is enabled, it just doesn't pick from the chest... any pointers?