Long-range Research

Tweak the range of research/crafting machines (individually per type), and access recipies from more than one machine at a time.

This mod lets you adjust two ranges from which you can use the research-machines; "Normal" and "Long". You can then apply one of these settings to each type of machine individually. With this mod, you can also benefit from multiple prototypers at once, meaning that the recipies of all prototypers you are within range of will all be available at the same time! No more scrambling to be closest to the machine you want to utilize. If you're in its range, you can build from its techtree.

Settings Information

'Long range' can be between 4 and 5000, with several increments! 'Normal range' can be between 2 and 20. Game default is 4.

A word of caution!!!

BE CAREFUL setting 'Long range' too high! For each player on the server, it multiplies the amount of processing power needed to scan for people close to research machines, and the resulting LAG AFFECTS ALL PLAYERS. For me, 5000 is a good setting for playing alone. Generally set it to maximum 5000 divided by potential number of players is to be considered the maximum setting. There's no way to be sure that one player with a slow machine won't lag, so if you're hosting a public server, best set it conservatively. About 20 will already give you quite a nice range to cover a small base, so unless you want to be able to craft from a REALLY long range, anything over 100-200 is overkill.

Usage notes

a. Does NOT require you to make a new world before taking effect. b. This mod only works if the host of the server has enabled it. c. When using this mod as a host, this will apply to all the players on the server. d. When using a dedicated server, enabling/disabling this mod requires a respawn of all players or a server restart. e. Only one prototyper can be "active" in the game at once, meaning only one of the prototypers within your range, will be running its animation. This is a game limitation, and fixing it, will mean changing too many classes.

Link to Don't Starve / Reign of Giants /Shipwrecked version

Links to my other DST mods (Steam pages)

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