Rain's Clothing Mod V2

I had thought about including the net entry but thought it was too far removed from "clothing" and it's also a huge balance issue - once you get about 3 nets you are permanently fed forever.

My recipe (which I never use but is in my diy) uses loads and loads of string.

Woollen should be Woolen. Other than that, awesome mod!

Yeah it bothered me too but apparently it's correct spelling if you're using British English and Canadian English, I still think Woolen sounds better though.

Woollen is acceptable.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/woollen

I just tried the mod for the first time with some Hemp and it didn't seem to work. I soaked them and then did Extract Fibre and it left me with an item called "Extract fibre" which wasn't accepted as "Plant Fibres" when trying to spin thread. I was able to soak them again which seems to be making them turn into "Soak hemps" again.

Am I doing it wrong?

edit: Something is definitely off. When I soaked it again it won't let me extract fibers as it says "Soak hemp doesn't work as soaked plants!"

I'm also getting the error with the fiber getting named "Extract Fibres" which then can't be used for anything. The weird thing is that it seemed to be working just fine earlier. I'm trying to figure out what I might have done differently this time.

Edit:

I did some experimenting (extracting fiber inside a building, outside a building, with different amounts at a time) and so far it appears to be completely random. I could get "fibre from hemp" on one try and "extract fibre" on the next under otherwise identical conditions. I also got a similar error in the spinning step where the game told me "Ok, you made yourself 4 spin threads!"

I don't think it's a problem with mixing the two types of fiber since these two steps ("Extract Fibre" and "Spin Thread") are not specific to the type of fiber.

It seems that the naming problem discussed above keeps cropping up. I made a temporary fix of sorts by simply editing the file so that there are two menu options for each, with the menu title being the end product (e.g. "Fibre from Hemp" or "Thread from Hemp"). It does mean more "menu clutter" which you were trying to avoid but so far it seems to have fixed the issue. I don't know much about modding (in fact fiddling with this file was my first attempt of any kind), but I wish I could offer a solution for the issue at the root of this. Your original menus were certainly more aesthetically pleasing!

I also just wanted to offer my compliments on the mod. I've been having a lot of fun with it, but now I wish we could shear sheep and make our own woolen clothing from the start as well! I can already imagine some of the steps (shear wool from sheep, wash fiber, comb fiber, then spin and weave as before). If this kind of thing ever became a part of the game, it would be so nifty if we could make some of our own tools (i.e. carve a wooden spindle, or make flax combs from bone or create an actual loom by carving various pieces out of wood and then fitting them together) or maybe trade for spindles and combs and looms with the village women!

Yes, the trick I used seems to intermittently fail despite more than a few attempts to work around it. The only situation that I was able to get it occur without fail was when materials of two types were used (it asks for 5lbs of fibre and you use 2lbs of hemp and 3lbs of nettle).

BTW I went with woollen because that is the spelling Sami used.

I do intend at some point to revisit the project and tinker some now that I have the time.

A question to all those that use and enjoy this mod:

Would your experience be better or worse if support for nettle cloth was abandoned?

What this would mean is:

• Both hemp and nettle would be convertible into linen cloth.
• Existing nettle clothing would not be usable with this mod in any way.
• The issue with bugged fibre names should go away for good.
• The total menu complexity of the mod would be reduced.

Rain, with all due respect, I think it would be completely nuts. I understand your motive, but to have two different plants (hemp and nettle) magically transform into flax, IMHO, would be completely OOC for URW.

Anyway, its just my 2 cents. Ether way you'll choose to proceed with your mods, would earn nothing but thanks from my side.

Maybe we can Sami to add flax into game? Or even, after some reworking, incorporate your mods into it?

I tend to use nettle just for the cords and hemp for making clothes, so it would be okay if I could only use hemp and there wasn't anything to do with nettles but eat them.

I use a modified version of your mod which is more complex but eliminates the bug:

Is this mod compactible with 3.15 version?

Yes it is.

Sorry to not be available, with the holidays and a busy work schedule over the next few months my attention is going to be elsewhere.

Just started back up. I never actually used any mods in my previous games. How exactly do I get this mod to work? Copy code of both in notepad++ and save as described above the code...named menudef and diy txt files?