version 2.0.0

.timetracker

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.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
         {
             "label": "check env",
             "type": "shell",
-            "command": "[ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY is not set'; exit 1; }; [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_DATA\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA is not set'; exit 1; }",
+            "command": "if [ \"${input:buildConfig}\" = \"Version22\" ]; then [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_22\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_22 is not set'; exit 1; }; [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_22\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_22 is not set'; exit 1; }; else [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_21\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_21 is not set'; exit 1; }; [ -n \"$VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21\" ] || { echo 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21 is not set'; exit 1; }; fi",
             "windows": {
-                "command": "if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY is not set'; exit 1 }; if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_DATA) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA is not set'; exit 1 }"
+                "command": "if ('${input:buildConfig}' -eq 'Version22') { if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_22) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_22 is not set'; exit 1 }; if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_22) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_22 is not set'; exit 1 } } else { if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_21) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_21 is not set'; exit 1 }; if (-not $env:VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21) { Write-Host 'ERROR: VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21 is not set'; exit 1 } }"
             },
             "problemMatcher": []
         },

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/ChestPreview.csproj

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\Mods\mod</OutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Version22</Configurations>
+    <VINTAGE_STORY>$(VINTAGE_STORY_21)</VINTAGE_STORY>
+    <VINTAGE_STORY_DATA>$(VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21)</VINTAGE_STORY_DATA>
     <VS_CONFIGLIB Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' == ''">$([System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('VS_CONFIGLIB'))</VS_CONFIGLIB>
     <ConfigLibAvailable Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' != '' and Exists('$(VS_CONFIGLIB)')">true</ConfigLibAvailable>
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(ConfigLibAvailable)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);CONFIGLIB</DefineConstants>

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/Configs/Config.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ public sealed class Config
 {
     public string Mode { get; set; } = PreviewModes.UNDER_CURSOR;
 
-    public bool HoldKey { get; set; } = true;
-
     public bool BillboardIgnoreFront { get; set; } = false;
 
     public int BillboardColumnsPerBlock { get; set; } = 4;

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/Configs/State.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace ChestPreview.Configs;
+
+public class State
+{
+    public bool PreviewNearbyToggleActive { get; set; } = false;
+    public bool PreviewToggleActive { get; set; } = false;
+}

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/Core/ChestPreviewModSystem.cs

@@ -1,111 +1,157 @@
-using ChestPreview.Configs;
-using ChestPreview.Rendering;
-using System;
-using Vintagestory.API.Client;
-using Vintagestory.API.Common;
-using Vintagestory.API.Config;
-
-namespace ChestPreview.Core;
-
-public class ChestPreviewModSystem : ModSystem
-{
-    internal const string CONFIG_FILENAME = "chestpreview.json";
-    internal const string CONFIGLIB_DOMAIN = "chestpreview";
-    internal const string PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers";
-    internal const string PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers-nearby";
-
-    private Config config = new();
-    private CardRenderer? cardRenderer;
-    private ConfigLibBridge? configLibBridge;
-    private StorageHoverHudRenderer? storageHoverHudRenderer;
-    private WorldBillboardRenderer? worldBillboardRenderer;
-
-    public override bool ShouldLoad(EnumAppSide forSide) => forSide is EnumAppSide.Client;
-
-    public override void StartClientSide(ICoreClientAPI api)
-    {
-        config = LoadClientConfig(api);
-        RegisterHotkeys(api);
-        if (api.ModLoader.IsModEnabled(ConfigLibBridge.CONFIGLIB_MODID))
-            configLibBridge = ConfigLibBridge.TryCreate(api, config);
-        cardRenderer = new CardRenderer(api, config);
-
-        storageHoverHudRenderer = new StorageHoverHudRenderer(api, config, cardRenderer);
-        api.Event.RegisterRenderer(storageHoverHudRenderer, EnumRenderStage.Ortho, "chestpreview-storage-hover-hud");
-
-        worldBillboardRenderer = new WorldBillboardRenderer(api, config, cardRenderer);
-        api.Event.RegisterRenderer(worldBillboardRenderer, EnumRenderStage.AfterOIT, "chestpreview-world-billboard-preview");
-    }
-
-    public override void Dispose()
-    {
-        configLibBridge?.Dispose();
-        configLibBridge = null;
-
-        if (storageHoverHudRenderer is { } renderer)
-        {
-            renderer.Api.Event.UnregisterRenderer(renderer, EnumRenderStage.Ortho);
-            renderer.Dispose();
-            storageHoverHudRenderer = null;
-        }
-
-        if (worldBillboardRenderer is { } billboardRenderer)
-        {
-            billboardRenderer.Api.Event.UnregisterRenderer(billboardRenderer, EnumRenderStage.AfterOIT);
-            billboardRenderer.Dispose();
-            worldBillboardRenderer = null;
-        }
-
-        cardRenderer?.Dispose();
-        cardRenderer = null;
-    }
-
-    public Config LoadClientConfig(ICoreClientAPI api)
-    {
-        Config config;
-
-        try
-        {
-            config = api.LoadModConfig<Config>(CONFIG_FILENAME) ?? new Config();
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            Mod.Logger.Error("Error while loading config.");
-            Mod.Logger.Error(ex);
-            config = new Config();
-        }
-
-        config.Mode = PreviewModes.Normalize(config.Mode);
-        if (config.BillboardColumnsPerBlock <= 0)
-            config.BillboardColumnsPerBlock = 5;
-
-        if (config.ColumnsUnderCursor <= 0)
-            config.ColumnsUnderCursor = 10;
-
-        config.PreviewNearbyRadius = config.PreviewNearbyRadius;
-
-        api.StoreModConfig(config, CONFIG_FILENAME);
-        return config;
-    }
-
-    private static void RegisterHotkeys(ICoreClientAPI api)
-    {
-        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
-            hotkeyCode: PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE,
-            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-container"),
-            key: GlKeys.LShift,
-            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
-            altPressed: false,
-            ctrlPressed: false,
-            shiftPressed: false);
-
-        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
-            hotkeyCode: PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE,
-            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-containers-nearby"),
-            key: GlKeys.LShift,
-            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
-            altPressed: false,
-            ctrlPressed: true,
-            shiftPressed: false);
-    }
-}
+using ChestPreview.Configs;
+using ChestPreview.Rendering;
+using System;
+using Vintagestory.API.Client;
+using Vintagestory.API.Common;
+using Vintagestory.API.Config;
+
+namespace ChestPreview.Core;
+
+public class ChestPreviewModSystem : ModSystem
+{
+    internal const string CONFIG_FILENAME = "chestpreview.json";
+    internal const string STATE_FILENAME = "chestpreview-state.json";
+    internal const string CONFIGLIB_DOMAIN = "chestpreview";
+    internal const string PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers";
+    internal const string PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers-nearby";
+    internal const string TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers-toggle";
+    internal const string TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE = "chestpreview-preview-containers-nearby-toggle";
+
+    private Config config = new();
+    private CardRenderer? cardRenderer;
+    private ConfigLibBridge? configLibBridge;
+    private StorageHoverHudRenderer? storageHoverHudRenderer;
+    private WorldBillboardRenderer? worldBillboardRenderer;
+
+    public State State { get; } = new();
+
+    public override bool ShouldLoad(EnumAppSide forSide) => forSide is EnumAppSide.Client;
+
+    public override void StartClientSide(ICoreClientAPI api)
+    {
+        config = LoadClientConfig(api);
+        RegisterHotkeys(api);
+        if (api.ModLoader.IsModEnabled(ConfigLibBridge.CONFIGLIB_MODID))
+            configLibBridge = ConfigLibBridge.TryCreate(api, config);
+        cardRenderer = new CardRenderer(api, config);
+
+        storageHoverHudRenderer = new StorageHoverHudRenderer(api, config, cardRenderer);
+        api.Event.RegisterRenderer(storageHoverHudRenderer, EnumRenderStage.Ortho, "chestpreview-storage-hover-hud");
+
+        worldBillboardRenderer = new WorldBillboardRenderer(api, config, cardRenderer);
+        api.Event.RegisterRenderer(worldBillboardRenderer, EnumRenderStage.AfterOIT, "chestpreview-world-billboard-preview");
+
+        api.Input.SetHotKeyHandler(
+            hotkeyCode: TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            keycomb =>
+            {
+                State.PreviewToggleActive = !State.PreviewToggleActive;
+                api.StoreModConfig(State, STATE_FILENAME);
+                return true;
+            });
+
+        api.Input.SetHotKeyHandler(
+            hotkeyCode: TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            keycomb =>
+            {
+                State.PreviewNearbyToggleActive = !State.PreviewNearbyToggleActive;
+                api.StoreModConfig(State, STATE_FILENAME);
+                return true;
+            });
+    }
+
+    public override void Dispose()
+    {
+        configLibBridge?.Dispose();
+        configLibBridge = null;
+
+        if (storageHoverHudRenderer is { } renderer)
+        {
+            renderer.Api.Event.UnregisterRenderer(renderer, EnumRenderStage.Ortho);
+            renderer.Dispose();
+            storageHoverHudRenderer = null;
+        }
+
+        if (worldBillboardRenderer is { } billboardRenderer)
+        {
+            billboardRenderer.Api.Event.UnregisterRenderer(billboardRenderer, EnumRenderStage.AfterOIT);
+            billboardRenderer.Dispose();
+            worldBillboardRenderer = null;
+        }
+
+        cardRenderer?.Dispose();
+        cardRenderer = null;
+    }
+
+    public Config LoadClientConfig(ICoreClientAPI api)
+    {
+        Config config;
+        State state;
+
+        try
+        {
+            config = api.LoadModConfig<Config>(CONFIG_FILENAME) ?? new Config();
+            state = api.LoadModConfig<State>(STATE_FILENAME) ?? new State();
+            State.PreviewNearbyToggleActive = state.PreviewNearbyToggleActive;
+            State.PreviewToggleActive = state.PreviewToggleActive;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Mod.Logger.Error("Error while loading config.");
+            Mod.Logger.Error(ex);
+            config = new Config();
+        }
+
+        config.Mode = PreviewModes.Normalize(config.Mode);
+        if (config.BillboardColumnsPerBlock <= 0)
+            config.BillboardColumnsPerBlock = 5;
+
+        if (config.ColumnsUnderCursor <= 0)
+            config.ColumnsUnderCursor = 10;
+
+        config.PreviewNearbyRadius = config.PreviewNearbyRadius;
+
+        api.StoreModConfig(config, CONFIG_FILENAME);
+        api.StoreModConfig(State, STATE_FILENAME);
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    private static void RegisterHotkeys(ICoreClientAPI api)
+    {
+        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
+            hotkeyCode: PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-container"),
+            key: GlKeys.LShift,
+            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
+            altPressed: false,
+            ctrlPressed: false,
+            shiftPressed: false);
+
+        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
+            hotkeyCode: PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-containers-nearby"),
+            key: GlKeys.LShift,
+            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
+            altPressed: false,
+            ctrlPressed: true,
+            shiftPressed: false);
+
+        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
+            hotkeyCode: TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-container-toggle"),
+            key: GlKeys.Unknown,
+            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
+            altPressed: false,
+            ctrlPressed: false,
+            shiftPressed: false);
+
+        api.Input.RegisterHotKey(
+            hotkeyCode: TOGGLE_PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE,
+            name: Lang.Get("chestpreview:hotkey-preview-containers-nearby-toggle"),
+            key: GlKeys.Unknown,
+            type: HotkeyType.HelpAndOverlays,
+            altPressed: false,
+            ctrlPressed: false,
+            shiftPressed: false);
+    }
+}

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/PreviewTargetProvider.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ internal partial class PreviewTargetProvider(ICoreClientAPI api, Config config)
     private readonly Config config = config;
     private readonly List<BlockEntity> nearbyContainerEntities = [];
     private float nearbyScanAccumulator;
+    private readonly Lazy<State> state = new(() => api.ModLoader.GetModSystem<ChestPreviewModSystem>().State);
 
     public void CollectTargets(float deltaTime, List<PreviewTarget> targets)
     {
@@ -83,13 +84,16 @@ internal partial class PreviewTargetProvider(ICoreClientAPI api, Config config)
 
     private string GetActiveMode()
     {
-        if (IsHotkeyHeld(ChestPreviewModSystem.PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE))
+        var previewKeyHeld = IsHotkeyHeld(ChestPreviewModSystem.PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE);
+        var previewNearbyKeyHeld = IsHotkeyHeld(ChestPreviewModSystem.PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_NEARBY_HOTKEY_CODE);
+
+        if (state.Value.PreviewNearbyToggleActive || previewNearbyKeyHeld)
             return PreviewModes.ON_NEARBY_CONTAINERS;
 
-        if (config.HoldKey && !IsHotkeyHeld(ChestPreviewModSystem.PREVIEW_CONTAINERS_HOTKEY_CODE))
-            return PreviewModes.NONE;
+        if (state.Value.PreviewToggleActive || previewKeyHeld)
+            return PreviewModes.Normalize(config.Mode);
 
-        return PreviewModes.Normalize(config.Mode);
+        return PreviewModes.NONE;
     }
 
     private bool IsHotkeyHeld(string hotkeyCode)

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/assets/chestpreview/config/configlib-patches.json

@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
             ],
             "clientSide": true
         },
-        {
-            "code": "HoldKey",
-            "comment": "config-desc-HoldKey",
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "default": true,
-            "clientSide": true
-        },
         {
             "code": "BillboardIgnoreFront",
             "comment": "config-desc-BillboardIgnoreFront",

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/assets/chestpreview/lang/en.json

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
     "hotkey-preview-container": "Preview container",
     "hotkey-preview-containers-nearby": "Preview containers nearby",
+    "hotkey-preview-container-toggle": "Toggle preview container",
+    "hotkey-preview-containers-nearby-toggle": "Toggle preview on containers nearby",
     "config-desc-Mode": "Preview mode. Valid values: None, UnderCursor, OnHoveredContainer, OnNearbyContainers.",
-    "config-desc-HoldKey": "Previews only show while the \"Preview containers\" key is held.",
     "config-desc-BillboardIgnoreFront": "With this set to false, in-world previews show on the front side of containers. By setting this to true, the previews show on the side determined to be most visible.",
     "config-desc-BillboardColumnsPerBlock": "Columns per block width used for world billboards. For containers 2 blocks wide it's doubled.",
     "config-desc-ColumnsUnderCursor": "Columns in the UnderCursor mode.",

ChestPreview/ChestPreview/modinfo.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         "OrekiWoof"
     ],
     "description": "see containers' contents without having to open them",
-    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "version": "2.0.0",
     "dependencies": {
         "game": "1.21.0"
     },

ChestPreview/ZZCakeBuild/CakeBuild.csproj

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RunWorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</RunWorkingDirectory>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Version22</Configurations>
+    <VINTAGE_STORY>$(VINTAGE_STORY_21)</VINTAGE_STORY>
     <VS_CONFIGLIB Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' == ''">$([System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('VS_CONFIGLIB'))</VS_CONFIGLIB>
     <ConfigLibAvailable Condition="'$(VS_CONFIGLIB)' != '' and Exists('$(VS_CONFIGLIB)')">true</ConfigLibAvailable>
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(ConfigLibAvailable)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);CONFIGLIB</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Version22'">
+    <VINTAGE_STORY>$(VINTAGE_STORY_22)</VINTAGE_STORY>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Cake.Frosting" Version="5.0.0" />

readme.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 ### Required env vars
 
-- `VINTAGE_STORY`: path to the 1.21 game install (on Windows default is %appdata%/VintageStory)
-- `VINTAGE_STORY_DATA`: path to the 1.21 game data directory (on Windows default is %appdata%/VintageStoryData)
+- `VINTAGE_STORY_21`: path to the 1.21 game install (on Windows default is %appdata%/VintageStory)
+- `VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_21`: path to the 1.21 game data directory (on Windows default is %appdata%/VintageStoryData)
 - `VINTAGE_STORY_22`: for 1.22 (`Version22` configuration)
 - `VINTAGE_STORY_DATA_22`: for 1.22 (`Version22` configuration)
 - `VS_CONFIGLIB`: path to `configlib.dll`. If not set, will compile with a warning and without configlib support