Busy Villagers in FTB StoneBlock 4

Busy Villagers is part of the pack's mod list, and the version you get is 2101.1.1 (the NeoForge build, busy_villagers-neoforge-2101.1.1.jar). It was already there in this pack version or an earlier one.^[1]

Unverified I can't confirm what Busy Villagers actually does in this pack. There's no in-jar guidebook and no platform description to draw on, so I won't guess at its features, recipes, configs or who it's best for.

Unverified Where Busy Villagers fits in the pack's progression is unconfirmed. The sources don't link it to any quest, and they don't place it on the ATM Star path, so I'm not claiming any progression role for it.

Busy Villagers doesn't give you a new machine or tool to craft first. In this pack it works through its config file, so "getting started" means knowing how villagers behave once the mod is active.^[2]

How villagers behave in this pack

• Villagers can still sleep at night? No. behavior.preventVillagerSleep is set to true, which stops villagers from sleeping at night. That is also the mod default.^[2]
• behavior.alwaysWorking is false in this pack, so villagers keep their normal daily schedule. If you turned it on, villagers would work all day with no more "Meeting" or "Idle" periods, and it would override the sleep setting above.^[2]

Restocking limits

The mod also limits how fast trades restock. The pack keeps the mod's default values here, so nothing is changed from vanilla-style expectations of the mod itself.^[2]

• restocking.maxRestocksPerPeriod is 2, so a villager can restock at most 2 times per reset period.^[2]
• restocking.restockCooldownMinutes is 2 minutes (2400 ticks) between individual restocks.^[2]
• restocking.restockResetMinutes is 10 minutes (12,000 ticks). After that time the restock counter resets.^[2]

Unverified No crafting recipes or quests for this mod could be confirmed from the available sources, so there is no first item to make. Everything above comes from the config file.

In this pack, Busy Villagers shows up through its config file, which changes how villagers behave: their daily schedule and how often their trades restock. That's what this section covers.^[2]

Villager schedule

behavior.preventVillagerSleep stops villagers from sleeping at night. The pack has it set to true, which matches the mod default.^[2]

behavior.alwaysWorking goes further. When enabled, villagers work all day with no schedule changes, so no more "Meeting" or "Idle". It overwrites the sleep setting. The pack leaves it at false, the mod default, so villagers still follow a normal daily schedule apart from not sleeping at night.^[2]

Trade restocking

The restocking options control how often a villager's trades can restock. The pack uses the mod default for each of them.^[2]

• restocking.maxRestocksPerPeriod is the maximum number of restocks allowed per reset period. It is 2 in the pack, and the config requires a value above 1.^[2]
• restocking.restockCooldownMinutes is the cooldown between individual restocks. It is 2 minutes, which the config notes is 2,400 ticks, and the config requires a value above 0.^[2]
• restocking.restockResetMinutes is the time after which the restock counter resets. It is 10 minutes, which the config notes is 12,000 ticks, and the config requires a value above 0.^[2]

In practice, restocking.maxRestocksPerPeriod caps how many restocks a villager gets within one period. restocking.restockCooldownMinutes sets the gap that has to pass between those restocks. Once restocking.restockResetMinutes has passed, the counter resets and the cycle starts again.^[2]

Busy Villagers keeps its settings in one common config file, and this pack leaves every option in it at the mod default. Nothing has been changed, so what you read here is also what the mod does out of the box.^[2]

Villager behavior

• behavior.preventVillagerSleep is set to true in this pack. Villagers are prevented from sleeping at night. This matches the mod default.^[2]
• behavior.alwaysWorking is set to false in this pack. If you turn it on, villagers work all day without schedule changes, so there is no more "Meeting" or "Idle". The config notes that it overwrites the sleep-prevention option. This also matches the mod default.^[2]

Restocking

The restocking options control how often a villager's trades can refresh. They work together, so it helps to read them as a set.^[2]

• restocking.maxRestocksPerPeriod is 2 in this pack. That is the maximum number of restocks allowed per reset period, and it is the mod default. The config lists the valid range as above 1.^[2]
• restocking.restockCooldownMinutes is 2 in this pack. That is the cooldown between individual restocks, in minutes, which the config describes as 2,400 ticks. It is the mod default, and the valid range is above 0.^[2]
• restocking.restockResetMinutes is 10 in this pack. That is how long it takes for the restock counter to reset, in minutes, which the config describes as 12,000 ticks. It is the mod default, and the valid range is above 0.^[2]