Warehouse Cart Collection

• []Open a cart or sled and pick a warehouse in the new dropdown on its page. The labels are in Russian for now: Склад тележки means "cart warehouse", Не закреплена means "not assigned".[/]

  []Save the game.[/]

From then on, that warehouse's workers use the cart for loose resources at least 20 m from the unloading point, and keep filling it while there is room in the cart and in the warehouse. They still follow the warehouse's own tasks, priorities and collection area.

Carts without a warehouse are left alone, and trading post carts can't be assigned. You can change or clear an assignment while the cart isn't on a trip.

An assigned cart left unused more than 30 m from its warehouse for an in-game hour is brought back by one of its workers, cargo included.

Installation

Install BepInEx and ASKA Mod Core first (both are listed under Requirements), then install this mod with Vortex, or unpack the archive into the ASKA folder so the files land in BepInEx/plugins/AskaCarts/.

Linux / Steam Deck: add this to ASKA's launch options in Steam (Windows doesn't need it):

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winhttp=n,b" %command%

Edit BepInEx/plugins/AskaCarts/aska_mod.ini; changes apply while the game is running.

What it does

cart_collect

0 turns the mod off

cart_collect_max_workers

How many workers haul at the same time, 1 to 8

cart_collect_min_distance

A cart is used only for resources at least this far from the unloading point, metres

cart_collect_search_radius

How far a worker walks to fetch a free cart, metres

cart_collect_cluster_radius

Pickup radius around the first item, metres

cart_return_idle_hours

In-game hours before an abandoned cart is brought back

Good to know

• []Only items already lying on the ground are hauled. Chopping, mining and construction deliveries work as before.[/]

  []If a trip is interrupted, the cargo stays in the parked cart and can be taken out by hand. Trips don't resume after loading a save, so empty such a cart before it is used again.[/]

  []Assignments are saved per world in BepInEx/plugins/AskaCarts/aska_cart_assignments/. Copy that folder along with your save when moving a world to another PC.[/]

  []In co-op only the host can assign carts.[/]

  AI was used to write the code quickly. I designed the mod, thought through how it should behave and put real care into it, so this is not a mod made by AI alone: the AI was the tool that carried out the work and took the routine off my hands.