OttoFuel
Auto-fuels smelters, kilns, ovens, torches, windmills and shield generators from nearby chests, and reloads ballistas with missiles.
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OttoFuel
Updated for Valheim 1.0
Version 1.7.1, built and Harmony-checked against Valheim 1.0.17.
OttoFuel keeps your production burning. It pulls fuel and ore out of nearby chests
and off the ground, then feeds them to the things that need them.
Maintainer: Paul Otto
What it fuels
- Torches, standing torches, wall torches, braziers and campfires
- Hearths and hot tubs
- Smelters, blast furnaces, charcoal kilns, windmills and spinning wheels
- Stone ovens and any other cooking station that burns fuel (new in 1.5.0)
- Shield generators
- Ballistas, which reload with missiles from nearby chests and the ground (new in 1.7.0)
Other features
- Stacked smelters. Removes most smoke and the "smoke blocked" check.
- The blast furnace accepts every ore.
- Kiln output limit, so a kiln stops once you have enough coal.
- Per-object switches, so you can turn any of it off.
- ServerSync. A server pushes its config down to the clients.
A config file BepInEx/config/potto007.OttoFuel.cfg is created after you run the game once with this mod.
Coming from AutomaticFuel? Your settings carry over. On first run OttoFuel looks
for TastyChickenLegs.AutomaticFuel.cfg and copies its values into its own file. It
never touches an OttoFuel config that already exists.
On a clean install OttoFuel writes a starter config with LeaveLastItem = true, so
it never empties a chest to zero. Every other setting keeps its stock value.
Every setting lives in BepInEx/config/potto007.OttoFuel.cfg, and you can change it in a
text editor or in game through Configuration Manager. Enabled and IsOn sit in the
unnamed section at the top of the file, which BepInEx writes as.
| Section | Key | Default | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (unnamed) | Enabled | true | Turns the mod on or off. |
| (unnamed) | IsOn | true | Whether fueling is currently on. |
| General | ToggleKey | F10 | The key that toggles fueling. Leave it blank to disable the key. |
| 1 - General | Lock Configuration | On | When on, only a server admin can change the settings. |
| General | DropRange | 15 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull dropped fuel. |
| General | Use Dropped Items for Fuel | true | Use fuel lying on the ground, not only fuel in chests. |
| Fireplace | FireplaceRange | 5 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull fuel from chests for fires. |
| Fireplace | FuelDisallowTypes | RoundLog,FineWood | Items never used as fuel, comma separated. |
| Fireplace | RefuelStandingTorches | true | Refuel standing torches. |
| Fireplace | RefuelWallTorches | true | Refuel wall torches. |
| Fireplace | RefuelBraziers | true | Refuel braziers. |
| Fireplace | RefuelFirePits | true | Refuel fire pits. |
| Fireplace | RefuelHearth | true | Refuel hearths. |
| Fireplace | RefuelHotTub | true | Refuel hot tubs. |
| Ballista | ReloadBallistas | true | Reload ballistas with missiles from nearby chests and the ground. |
| Ballista | BallistaRange | 10 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull missiles from chests for ballistas. |
| Oven | RefuelOvens | true | Refuel the stone oven and any other cooking station that burns fuel. |
| Oven | OvenRange | 5 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull fuel from chests for ovens. |
| Smelters | SmelterOreRange | 15 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull ore from chests for smelters. |
| Smelters | SmelterFuelRange | 15 | How far, 1 to 50 meters, to pull fuel from chests for smelters. |
| Smelters | OreDisallowTypes | RoundLog,FineWood | Items never used as ore, comma separated. |
| Smelters | LeaveLastItem | false | Leave the last item in a chest instead of emptying it. A clean install writes true. |
| Smelters | DistributedFueling | true | Add one piece of fuel or ore at a time, so it spreads across every smelter. |
| Smelters | AllowStackSmelters | false | Let smelters and kilns stack, which drops the smoke and the smoke blocked check. |
| Smelters | BlastFurnaceTakesAll | true | Let the blast furnace take every ore. |
| Smelters | RestrictKilnOutput | false | Stop fueling kilns
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: