PetPantry

The PetPantry mod for Valheim automatically feeds tamed animals from nearby containers, ensuring your pets stay happy and healthy without manual intervention. This mod is optimized for performance, reducing the overhead typically associated with continuous checks for nearby containers and food items.

Version checks with itself. If installed on the server, it will kick clients who do not have it installed.

This mod uses ServerSync, if installed on the server and all clients, it will sync all configs to client

This mod uses a file watcher. If the configuration file is not changed with BepInEx Configuration manager, but changed in the file directly on the server, upon file save, it will sync the changes to all clients.

Made this quickly since people asked for it and most of the other alternatives are either broken or have issues.

PetPantry Mod

Benefits

Compared to Counterparts that are usually a named variation of "AutoFeed" or reuploads of Aedenthorn's AutoFeed mod, PetPantry offers the following advantages:

• Event-Driven Feeding: Unlike other mods that constantly check for food, PetPantry only checks when an animal becomes hungry.
• Efficient Container Management: Registers and unregisters containers dynamically, avoiding unnecessary checks on non-food containers.
• Cooldown Mechanism: Introduces a cooldown for feed checks to prevent frequent and redundant operations.

Performance:

• Reduced Overhead: By leveraging a cooldown mechanism and event-driven checks, the mod minimizes the frequency of potentially expensive operations.
• Optimized Filtering: Efficiently filters and processes containers and items, ensuring only relevant data is handled.
• Caching Mechanism: Utilizes caching to store last feed check times, preventing repeated processing for the same animal within short intervals.

How It Works

Key Mechanisms:

1. Container Registration: Containers are registered when they are created and unregistered when destroyed. This ensures the list of containers is always up-to-date.
2. Hunger Check: The IsHungry method is patched to trigger a food search only when an animal becomes hungry, ensuring checks are made only when necessary.
3. Food Search and Feeding: When an animal is hungry, the mod searches nearby registered containers for suitable food and feeds the animal if found.

Configuration

ContainerRange: Defines the range in meters within which containers are checked for food items.

RequireOnlyFood: Ensures only containers with acceptable food items are considered for feeding.

FeedCheckCooldown: Cooldown in seconds between feed checks. Checks only occur when the pet is hungry.

Objectively shite code here: PetPantry on GitHub

Feel free to reach out to me on discord if you need manual download assistance.

Author Information

Azumatt

DISCORD: Azumatt#2625

STEAM: https://steamcommunity.com/id/azumatt/

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