Modding Help Need help adding custom item recipe to table

I've made a custom crafting table called 'spellaltar' and it works fine as far as placing it down. I have a custom item called 'etherlaser' which also works. I'm trying to make it so you can craft etherlaser at spellaltar. This is spellaltar's code:

Code:

{
  "objectName" : "spellaltar",
  "rarity" : "Legendary",
  "interactAction" : "OpenCraftingInterface",
  "interactData" : {
    "config" : "/interface/windowconfig/spellaltar.config",
    "filter" : [ "spellaltartable" ]
  },
  "printable" : false,
  "description" : "A fabled altar legend says was once used to embue books with spells.",
  "shortdescription" : "^orange;Spell Altar^white;",
  "race" : "generic",
  "category" : "crafting",
  "price" : 200,
  "lightColor" : [107, 107, 179],
  "flickerPeriod" : 0.3,
  "flickerMinIntensity" : 3.95,
  "flickerMaxIntensity" : 4.25,
  "flickerPeriodVariance" : 0.075,
  "flickerIntensityVariance" : 1.025,

  "apexDescription" : "Spells? No such thing.",
  "avianDescription" : "The stories were true! Magic can be wielded!",
  "floranDescription" : "This is heresy...",
  "glitchDescription" : "Observation. This is an altar.",
  "humanDescription" : "Huh... How is this gem floating? Why do I feel happy to see it?",
  "hylotlDescription" : "That gem sure is blue.",

  "inventoryIcon" : "spellaltaricon.png",
  "orientations" : [
    {
      "imageLayers" : [ { "image" : "spellaltar.png:<color>.<frame>", "fullbright" : false }, { "image" : "spellaltarglow.png:<color>.<frame>" } ],

      "imagePosition" : [-1, 0],
      "frames" : 5,
      "animationCycle" : 2.5,
  
      "direction" : "left",
      "flipImages" : true,
  
      "lightPosition" : [ -1, 1],

      "spaceScan" : 0.1,
      "anchors" : [ "bottom" ]

    },
    {
      "imageLayers" : [ { "image" : "spellaltar.png:<color>.<frame>", "fullbright" : false }, { "image" : "spellaltarglow.png:<color>.<frame>" } ],

      "imagePosition" : [-1, 0],
      "frames" : 5,
      "animationCycle" : 2.5,
  
      "direction" : "right",
  
      "lightPosition" : [ 0, 1],

      "spaceScan" : 0.1,
      "anchors" : [ "bottom" ]

    }
  ]
}

I have a custom recipe in recipes/spellaltartable called etherlaser.recipe. In the recipe file, I have:

Code:

{
  "input" : [
    { "item" : "dirtmaterial", "count" : 1 }
  ],
  "output" : {
    "item" : "etherlaser",
    "count" : 1
  },
  "groups" : [ "spellaltartable" ]
}

I realized I needed to have the player learn the recipe first, so I tried that. I made an item in items/generic/other called etherlaserbook and its code is:

Code:

{
  "itemName" : "etherlaserbook",
  "rarity" : "Common",
  "inventoryIcon" : "etherlaserbook.png",
  "description" : "This book contains the spell 'Ether Laser'",
  "shortdescription" : "Ether Laser Book"
  "learnBlueprintsOnPickup" : [ "etherlaser" ]
}

I'm trying to learn this stuff but I'm obviously not getting anywhere. It's been a couple hours and now my game is crashing as long as I keep that learnblueprintsonpickup line in the item code. Can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

 

The code for your block is 99% correct but I bet the game started crashing on you when you added it. You missed a comma after the short description line.

Code:

{
  "itemName" : "etherlaserbook",
  "rarity" : "Common",
  "inventoryIcon" : "etherlaserbook.png",
  "description" : "This book contains the spell 'Ether Laser'",
  "shortdescription" : "Ether Laser Book", <----------------------Right here
  "learnBlueprintsOnPickup" : [ "etherlaser" ]
}

You can also make it so the recipes are known right off the bat by patching your player.config file.

Code:

[
{"op":"add","path":"/defaultBlueprints/tier1/-","value":{"item":"recipeToKnow1"}},
{"op":"add","path":"/defaultBlueprints/tier1/-","value":{"item":"recipeToKnow2"}}
]

If you do it that way, you'll name the file player.config.patch

 

Oh my god... such a simple mistake. I looked at that one file for 20 minutes trying to figure out what I did wrong. No more 3 AM modding sessions... Thanks so much for pointing that out.

 

Don't worry, we ALL have done it before lol.