Cost-Calculator is a command-line program for Python 3 that calculates the costs of items in video games. It is designed around Minecraft.

You must have python3 (3.7 recommended) and pyyaml installed for this to work. You can install pyyaml using python3 -m pip install pyyaml.

To run the GUI version, you need flet installed. You can install flet using python3 -m pip install flet.

Usage

When using, make sure to separate your inputs with spaces. They should be in the format amount item_type, where amount is an int and item_type is a str. The amount should also not be a negative number or a decimal.

After everything is inputted and the stop command -r is entered, the program will output what materials you need to collect in order to craft the items listed. It will also show the amount of microcrafting needed.

Config Format

Configs are written in YAML. Programs must be restarted to respond to changes in configs.

Pack configs are used to define crafting recipes. packs/example.yaml provides an example of such a config. Using this format will allow you to determine which crafting recipes you want to use. You can change the current pack with the configs, and also determine what commands can be used to stop getting items from the user.

Application Config Format

stop commands: str[]
use already has items: bool
current pack: str

calchelper.py script

Use this script to make encoding recipes. It will ask you for a file name. The file is located in the packs directory, but the script does not ask for the packs part. Example: if your pack file is in packs/dj2.yaml, use (dj2) for the query. The script will create the new file automatically.

It will ask you for the output item first. The number of items goes before the item name, and is optional (presumed to be 1).

Then it will ask you for the input items, which are delimited by items.

Can quit out (saving data) with -r, or save data without quitting with -s.

Example of use:

output: diamond
inputs: 8 gold

missing: ['gold']

output: 3 emerald
inputs: 4 diamond, 6 gold

missing: ['gold]

output: -r

You may also overwrite entries, delete them with the delete prefix (example: delete gold), and check the contents with the check prefix.

You can use the raw_material prefix to add a new raw material, and use raw_materials to check the raw materials.

You can use the ae2_fluid prefix to add a new fluid, and use ae2_fluids to check the fluids. These fluids are used mainly for crafting byte calculation, as AE2 treats every item as a byte, but every 1000 mb of a fluid as a byte.

I could add a GUI version of the calchelper