Extended Storage

Zm0rd0w4ny Extended Storage Crates that actually open, a rack for long guns, a rack for wooden crates, and VirtualStorage that keeps big bases light. The mod changes the vanilla Wooden Crate and Sea Chest and adds two new items: the Gun Rack and the Crate Rack. Wooden Crate and Sea Chest with a working lid New models with an animated lid and an opening sound. New Open and Close actions when you look at the crate. A closed crate hides its contents – nothing can be put in or taken out. An open crate cannot be picked up or stowed. Close it first. A crate mounted on a vehicle (e.g. on a truck bed) is always accessible, no opening needed. After a server restart all crates are closed. Contents are kept. Gun Rack Holds three long guns standing upright. Guns are shown on the rack with their attachments: magazine, buttstock, optic. Fits any long gun, including modded ones, as long as it inherits from Rifle_Base and does not define its own slot list. The rack has no regular cargo – only three weapon slots. A rack with guns on it cannot be picked up. Take the guns out first. Placed the same way as a crate. Crate Rack A rough shelf rack made of raw planks: four shelves, one wooden crate on each. The shelves use the same slots and icons as the crate slots on a truck bed. A crate on the shelf works exactly like a crate on the ground: Open and Close actions, its contents are visible only while it is open, and VirtualStorage works on it. Third action on a crate on the shelf: Take to hands – only when the crate is empty and closed. The rack itself has no cargo. A rack with crates on it cannot be picked up – take the crates out first. Placed the same way as a crate. Crafting and dismantling Gun Rack and Crate Rack: combine 8 planks with 16 nails – the same as the wooden crate. The finished rack appears on the ground. Both racks are dismantled like a wooden crate (crowbar, axe, hatchet) and return part of the planks and nails, depending on their condition. A rack with something in it cannot be dismantled. Server admins can switch off crafting of each rack in the settings file. VirtualStorage – lighter bases Closed wooden crates (also on the Crate Rack), sea chests, barrels (including fire barrels) and pitched tents with all doors closed store their contents in a file on the server once no player has been nearby for 15 minutes. The items are removed from the world and come back as soon as the container is opened. Result: bases load faster, less desync when approaching large bases, lighter world saves. An open container with items in it closes by itself when nobody is around. Exceptions: regular barrels only close themselves under a roof (in the open they keep collecting rainwater), a burning fire barrel never closes or stores its contents, crates loaded on a vehicle are not affected. Time stands still inside a closed container: food does not spoil, temperature and wetness do not change. A full crate weighs as much as its contents, even while they are stored in the file. It can still be carried and transported. A full barrel still cannot be picked up, and a container with stored contents cannot be dismantled. A ruined container drops its contents on the ground, as in vanilla. Weapons come back with the round in the chamber and the magazine attached, and items keep their exact state. Easier placement The placement preview shows the lid raised, so you can see which side will open. By default the crate is placed with its opening side facing you. The crate disappears from your hands while placing, so it no longer blocks the preview. Crates can be placed on shelves, racks and furniture, and right up against a wall. Crates