Junimatic

This is a rewrite of Pathoschild's Automate mod that tries to keep the good part - getting rid of some of the grindiness of SDV - but in a way that's more fun and balanced.  If you either don't use Automate because it feels too overpowered or you do use Automate and it makes you feel kinda dirty, this mod might be for you.  It makes you do a modicum of work to enable the junimos and it comes with some limitations:

• []Junimos are scared of the villagers and don't work in areas where villagers roam.

  []All of the loading operations are done one-at-a-time, so it's not as efficient as Automate.   The speed limitation isn't seriously impactful - you can run hundreds of kegs and the Junimos will still keep up with it.

  []You need pathways for the Junimos to follow in outdoor settings.  (So you can't just pack a shed full of kegs and one chest.)

  []Unlike Automate, you get no XP or achievements or collection progress for work the Junimos do. That's by-design and won't change.

  []Junimos don't work if you don't.  That is, if you go right back to bed at 7am, the Junimos won't do anything that day either.

  Note!  This mod replaces Automate - you need to uninstall that mod for this mod to work properly!

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    Unlocking the Features

    Note!  In the settings page there is a way to unlock all the features and skip all the quests.  If you have an established game, it may make more sense to start that way.

    When you first load or start the game, there's no visible functionality at all.  The action starts after the first rain that occurs after the 7th Spring.  You'll get a message when you wake up that suggests that the rain might have washed the mud off of something. That's your clue to poke around your farm looking for an old and small Junimo portal.  If you have trouble finding it, don't worry, your pet will probably sniff it out.  Look for a HUD message on entering the farm to the tune of "I wonder what <pet> is up to".  Find the pet and you'll be close to the old portal.  (There's a low chance of that happening that's checked every time you zone into the farm.)

    Once you have the old portal there's an easy quest chain to gain the ability to craft portals.  There are several quests to convince Junimo "friends" to help you out.  Each quest grants Junimos that will work with certain kinds of machines.  Avert your eyes if you don't want spoilers, but the quests are not especially tricky to do, have villager chats that give you powerful hints, and are things that are likel