An excellent mod! Working well on Steam EE in 2020.
Since the instructions have been buried couple pages ago (and the author seems to not be maintaining the mod), here's how to install and use the mod.
INSTALLING: (do so AFTER you complete the tutorial or else it can glitch, as pointed out by PossiblePsycho) 1. Download manually and unzip the .zip archive. You should get a folder named 'items' with two .xml files inside. 2. Copy the 'items' folder into your CookedPC folder. For Steam users, this should be located './Program FIles (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/the witcher 2/CookedPC'. 3. If you have an existing 'items' folder and it contains pre-existing files that conflict, make sure to back up those ones by either moving them somewhere safe or adding .bak to the end of the file name.
USE 1. Make sure you have junk or traps in your inventory. 2. Find a smith or craftsman, basically any NPC that offers you the 'I would like to craft something' dialogue. There's a blacksmith standing around Flotsam in Act 1 who works. 3. Scroll down your crafting schematics as usual until you find schematics for raw materials (eg. 'silver ore'). When you click it, it should show you how much junk/traps will be consumed to craft. Go ahead and craft. 4. Voila! Useless junk is now valuable materials!
great mod, but a pain in the a** to integrate in emc:) two problems though: the tutorial stuff is missing and all the food is non stackable
this is easy to fix with winmerge, just open the def_item_misc.xml file from this mod and the original def_item_misc.xml file/ other modded def_item_misc.xml file (like from emc) and copy the tutorial stuff (it's at the bottom)
This mod (an awesome one, as far as i remember from my last playthrough) should be installed AFTER tutorial, otherwise it may glitch right at the beginning (there is no tournament announcement on the corpse).
So, how do I make this work? every time I try to do anything it says that no actions can be performed with this item. Everything seems to be properly labed as both a component and diagram, and I can see the recipie to breakdown multiple items, but I can't do anything with them.
I know you asked it a while ago, but someone might have the same question: it's done at any smith, they work with the blueprints. Just check the list next time you come up to one.
"Shouldn't be a problem, I've been having some computer problems for the last week or so though, and I'm not sure exactly when I'll be able to update everything. If anyone wants to take what I've done and use it as a starting point for something more comprehensive, please feel free."
Barrodin was answering question about adding Armor & Swords to the file. So anyone with the knowledge to make this happen, hope that person does it.
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Since the instructions have been buried couple pages ago (and the author seems to not be maintaining the mod), here's how to install and use the mod.
INSTALLING: (do so AFTER you complete the tutorial or else it can glitch, as pointed out by PossiblePsycho)
1. Download manually and unzip the .zip archive. You should get a folder named 'items' with two .xml files inside.
2. Copy the 'items' folder into your CookedPC folder. For Steam users, this should be located './Program FIles (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/the witcher 2/CookedPC'.
3. If you have an existing 'items' folder and it contains pre-existing files that conflict, make sure to back up those ones by either moving them somewhere safe or adding .bak to the end of the file name.
USE
1. Make sure you have junk or traps in your inventory.
2. Find a smith or craftsman, basically any NPC that offers you the 'I would like to craft something' dialogue. There's a blacksmith standing around Flotsam in Act 1 who works.
3. Scroll down your crafting schematics as usual until you find schematics for raw materials (eg. 'silver ore'). When you click it, it should show you how much junk/traps will be consumed to craft. Go ahead and craft.
4. Voila! Useless junk is now valuable materials!
Many thanks to Barrodin for the mod!
two problems though:
the tutorial stuff is missing
and all the food is non stackable
this is easy to fix with winmerge, just open the def_item_misc.xml file from this mod and the original def_item_misc.xml file/ other modded def_item_misc.xml file (like from emc) and copy the tutorial stuff (it's at the bottom)
"Shouldn't be a problem, I've been having some computer problems for the last week or so though, and I'm not sure exactly when I'll be able to update everything. If anyone wants to take what I've done and use it as a starting point for something more comprehensive, please feel free."
Barrodin was answering question about adding Armor & Swords to the file. So anyone with the knowledge to make this happen, hope that person does it.