Sophisticated Item Actions in FTB StoneBlock 4

Sophisticated Item Actions is one of the mods bundled in the pack. This pack ships version 0.5.16, built for Minecraft 1.21.1 (file sophisticateditemactions-1.21.1-0.5.16.423.jar).^[1]

The mod was already in the pack by the 1.21.0 release, so it is not a later addition. The sources I have don't say when it was first added, only that it was included in this version or earlier.^[1]

Unverified The sources I was given don't describe what Sophisticated Item Actions does, who it is aimed at, or how it fits into the pack's progression. They also don't show any pack-specific recipes, config changes, quests or an ATM Star path connection for it. Until those are confirmed, treat any claim about its features or progression role as unverified.

Sophisticated Item Actions is about acting on the storages near you without walking up and opening each one. The only thing I can confirm about it in this pack is its on-screen hints, so this section stays short.^[2]

The actions to try first

1. Deposit: the game prompts you to press a key to deposit into nearby storages. Try it when your inventory is getting full.^[2]
2. Highlight: the game prompts you to press a key to find items in nearby storages. Use it when you can't remember where something is.^[2]
3. Restock: the game prompts you to press a key to restock from nearby storages.^[2]

Unverified The sources here show no recipes that produce this mod's items and no quests that involve it, so how you get started with it in the pack is not shown. Check your quest book and the in-game hints.

Sophisticated Item Actions is a quality-of-life mod, not a machine mod. From what the sources show, it adds actions that move items between your inventory and nearby storages: depositing into them, finding items in them, and restocking from them. This section covers the settings that control those actions in this pack.^[2]

Discovery nudges

The mod can show short hints, called discovery nudges, that tell you an action exists. Each hint says to press a key to deposit into, find items in, or restock from nearby storages. The master switch client.discoveryNudges.enabled is on in this pack, so you will see them until the limits below stop them.^[2][3]

• Deposit hint: appears after you have had 3 storage sessions where you moved items from your inventory into the storage. Controlled by client.discoveryNudges.depositEnabled and client.discoveryNudges.depositActionThreshold.^[2][3]
• Restock hint: appears after 3 storage sessions where you moved items from the storage into your inventory. Controlled by client.discoveryNudges.restockEnabled and client.discoveryNudges.restockActionThreshold.^[2][3]
• Highlight hint: appears after 4 storage opens without any transfers, which suggests you are hunting for something. Controlled by client.discoveryNudges.highlightEnabled and client.discoveryNudges.highlightActionThreshold.^[2][3]

Setting any of the three threshold options to -1 disables that hint. The pack keeps the mod's default for every value in this file.^[3]

How often nudges appear

Several limits stop the hints from nagging you. They are all in the client config, and the pack uses the mod defaults for each.^[3]

• client.discoveryNudges.maxNudgesPerSession is 3, so at most 3 nudges show during one world connection session.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.globalCooldownTicks is 144,000 ticks (2 hours) between any two nudges.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.actionCooldownTicks is 288,000 ticks (4 hours) between repeated nudges or successful uses of the same action.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.maxSuccessfulUsesBeforeSuppressing is 5, so once you have used an action successfully 5 times, its nudge stops appearing.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.checkIntervalTicks is 40, which is how often, in ticks, the mod re-evaluates the nudge state.^[3]

There is also client.discoveryNudges.debugLogging, which is off in this pack. When on, it logs nudge state transitions to the debug log. It is only useful for troubleshooting.^[3]

Recipe restock

The server config option server.recipeRestockEnabled is true in this pack. This means the restock buttons in the recipe viewer can pull recipe ingredients from nearby storage.^[4]

Unverified The sources do not say which key triggers each action, how far away a storage can be to count as nearby, or which storage blocks are supported. They also describe no machines, multiblocks, power or fluid handling for this mod, so none of that is covered here.

Good news: there's not much to fiddle with here. Sophisticated Item Actions has a server option and a group of client options for its "discovery nudges", which are little hints that point you toward the mod's actions. Every nudge value that lists a mod default is left at that default in this pack, so nothing here was changed from the mod's own values.^[3][4]

Server option

server.recipeRestockEnabled is set to true in this pack. It controls whether the restock buttons in recipe viewers can pull recipe ingredients from nearby storage.^[4]

Discovery nudges (client)

client.discoveryNudges.enabled is the master toggle for nudges, and it's on in this pack. If the hints bother you, this is the one switch to flip. Each hint type also has its own toggle, and all of them are set to true: client.discoveryNudges.depositEnabled, client.discoveryNudges.restockEnabled and client.discoveryNudges.highlightEnabled.^[3]

When a hint shows up

• client.discoveryNudges.depositActionThreshold is 3, the same as the mod default. That's the number of storage sessions where you moved items from your inventory into storage before the deposit hint can appear. Setting it to -1 disables it.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.restockActionThreshold is 3, the same as the mod default. It counts storage sessions where you moved items from storage to your inventory before the restock hint can appear. Setting it to -1 disables it.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.highlightActionThreshold is 4, the same as the mod default. It counts storage opens without any transfers before the highlight hint can appear. Setting it to -1 disables it.^[3]

Limits and cooldowns

• client.discoveryNudges.maxNudgesPerSession is 3, the mod default. It's the maximum number of nudges you'll see during one world connection session.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.globalCooldownTicks is 144,000 ticks, the mod default of 2 hours. That's the wait between any two nudges.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.actionCooldownTicks is 288,000 ticks, the mod default of 4 hours. It's the cooldown between repeated nudges or successful uses of the same action.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.maxSuccessfulUsesBeforeSuppressing is 5, the mod default. After you've successfully used an action that many times, its nudge stops appearing.^[3]
• client.discoveryNudges.checkIntervalTicks is 40, the mod default. It sets how often, in ticks, the mod evaluates nudge state.^[3]

Debugging

client.discoveryNudges.debugLogging is false in this pack. Turn it on only if you want nudge state transitions written to the debug log.^[3]