ImprovisedWasher

WashingMachine — turn an Improvised Wardrobe into a washing machine

A server-side mod for SCUM dedicated servers. An Improvised Wardrobe, once activated with a build recipe, becomes a washing machine: load it with a full bar of soap and your dirty clothes, hold a full water bucket, and run one command — the clothes come out clean and damp, the soap is used up, and the bucket is emptied. Pairs with my ClothesDryer mod — wash the dirt out here, then dry the damp clothes there.

Everything is driven from normal in-game chat (type washer for the command list). No client mod — players need nothing installed, so client BattlEye stays on.

⚠ Scope

Designed for a dedicated server (runs inside the server process via UE4SS; players need nothing, client BattlEye stays on). It also works in client-hosted single-player, but that means modding your own client — see that install section's warning. It does nothing on a server you don't control; use it on your own / authorised setups only.

How it works

• []Build and place an Improvised Wardrobe in your flag.[/]

  []Put the recipe inside — 5× Metal Scraps + any Alternator + 1× Wire + 5× Bolts + 2× Hoses — and type washer activate. The recipe is consumed and the wardrobe becomes a washer (remembered by location, so it survives renames and restarts).[/]

  []To wash a load: put a full bar of soap and the dirty clothes inside, hold a full water bucket (buckets auto-empty in containers, so it must be held), and type washer wash. The clothes become clean and damp; the soap and a bucket of water are consumed. Water containers like canteens are never touched.[/]

  What you need (both setups)

  • []SCUM — a dedicated server you administer (SteamCMD app 3792580) OR, for single-player, your own SCUM client.[/]

    []UE4SS — the loader this mod runs inside. Get it from the RE-UE4SS experimental-latest page and download the file named UE4SS_v3. 0. 1-.zip (e.g. UE4SS_v3. 0. 1-954-g272ce2f8.zip; the build number changes over time).

    You need the experimental/latest build — it uses the modern ue4ss\ sub-folder layout that every path below assumes (dwmapi.dll next to the game .exe, everything else under ue4ss\). The older stable v3. 0. 1 download uses a flat layout and will not match these steps — don't use it. What makes UE4SS stable on SCUM is the shipped UE4SS-settings-SCUM.ini (step 2), not the exact build number.[/]

    Install — Vortex (easiest)

    If you use the Vortex mod manager with the SCUM (UE4SS) game extension, this is by far the simplest path — Vortex sets up UE4SS and enables the mod for you, so you can skip the manual UE4SS download, the settings file, and the mod-list editing below.

    • []Manage the game in Vortex — SCUM Dedicated Server (server-side, recommended) or SCUM (single-player). On first manage, the extension auto-downloads UE4SS and applies the SCUM-safe settings.[/]

      []Install this mod — click Mod Manager Download on this page's Files tab, or drag the mod's .zip onto Vortex's Mods tab.[/]

      []Enable the mod and click Deploy. Vortex installs it to …\ue4ss\Mods\WashingMachine\ and adds it to the UE4SS mod list for you.[/]

      []Launch — click the Play button; it runs with BattlEye off by default (modded play), for both server and single-player. A "with BattlEye" launcher tool is there if you ever need it. Type washer in chat to confirm it loaded.[/]

    Everything below is only needed for a manual install (without Vortex).

    Install — Dedicated server (recommended)

    Server-side only: clients stay vanilla, BattlEye stays on. Below, <Win64> = the …\SCUM\Binaries\Win64\ folder that contains SCUMServer.exe.

    (see image gallery for visual instructions)

    []Install UE4SS: extract the download into <Win64>\ so dwmapi.dll + the ue4ss\ folder sit next to SCUMServer.exe.[/]

    []Apply SCUM-safe settings: copy UE4SS-settings-SCUM.ini from this download into <Win64>\ue4ss\ and rename it to UE4SS-settings.ini[/]

    []Install the mod: copy th