Special Power Utility (SPU)
A categorized Special Items and Abilities tab to provide some behind-the-scenes utilities for modders dealing with abilities and books
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About this mod Machine translation
A categorized Special Items and Abilities tab to provide some behind-the-scenes utilities for modders dealing with abilities and books
Special Power Utilities (SPU)
✨ **A powerful tool that makes special ability management easier! **
🎯 Core Functions
This mod provides modders and developers with a revolutionary solution:
- **Category Management**: Display special items and ability tabs according to module categories
- **Clear Identification**: Easily see what abilities each mod adds
- **Separate Display**: Module abilities and basic game abilities are displayed separately
- **Developer Tools**: Provides new GameStateQueries, Tokens and TriggerActions
🎮 Player Guide
After installing this mod, your Special Items and Abilities tab will have a new look:
- Each mod that adds a special item or ability will get its own category on the left
- Unlimited number of categories, clearer organization
- The way to unlock abilities remains the same, but the way to view them is more optimized.
- Icons are automatically assigned even if the mod does not specifically support SPU
🛠️ Mod developer functions
**Content patch mod author**:
Click to view detailed documentation
**C# Module Author**:
Click to view API documentation
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⚙️ Configuration options
EnableCategories
- When disabled, no module categories will be displayed.
- All special items and abilities will be placed in the General tab
- Behind-the-scenes functionality still works normally
Parse module names (ParseModNames)
- Automatically resolve module names from standard named abilities and item IDs
- When disabled, uncategorized items will be placed in the "Miscellaneous" category
EnableMiscCategory
- When disabled, uncategorized items will be placed into the default "Stardew Valley" category
Use VanillaMenu
- When enabled will fully load the vanilla Special Items and Abilities tab
- Fixed compatibility issues with other mods that modify the same menu
StripelessBooks
- Removed two light stripes on book cover in "Reading Book" animation
- When enabled, books will use solid color covers
🔧 Mod Compatibility
- Compatible with any mod that adds custom special items or abilities
- Completely replaced the special items and abilities tabs in the menu
- If it conflicts with other mods that modify the same menu, you can enable "Use original menu"
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**Important Note**: This mod is designed to provide modders with a better special item and ability tab experience, and to simplify the basic ability workflow for developers. For more complex advanced capabilities, C# programming knowledge may still be required.
📚 **Official Resources**:
- source code
- Please check the above link for detailed documentation and API reference
Install & use Install: SMAPI mod (Stardew Valley standard)
- Install SMAPI first (Stardew Valley's mod loader): download it from smapi.io, run 'install on Windows.bat' and pick your game folder.
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and find the folder that contains manifest.json — that folder is the mod.
- Copy that whole folder into Stardew Valley/Mods/.
- Launch the game through SMAPI (run StardewModdingAPI.exe or set it as the launch option). The console before the title screen lists each mod's load result.
Cheat-style tools may not need SMAPI — unzip and run them as the readme describes. Back up your save before editing it; SMAPI lists failed mods in its console.