Crafting Table Requirements

Crafting Table Requirements

SmartPack can require players to have access to a crafting table before larger recipes run.

These settings apply only when:

activation:
  mode: COMMAND

In SMART_PACKER_ITEM mode, the Smart Packer item itself is the activation requirement, so requirements.* crafting-table checks are ignored.

Modes

requirements:
  crafting_table_mode: NEARBY_ONLY

Mode	Behavior
DISABLED	No crafting table required
INVENTORY_ONLY	Player must carry a crafting table
NEARBY_ONLY	Player must be within range of a placed crafting table
INVENTORY_OR_NEARBY	Either carried or nearby crafting table works

Range

requirements:
  crafting_table_range: 5

crafting_table_range controls the radius used for nearby placed crafting tables.

Nearby crafting table accepted Standing within range lets recipes run when nearby mode is enabled.

Out-of-range protection Players get a clear message when a recipe requires a crafting table and none is close enough.

View larger crafting-table requirement screenshots

Nearby crafting table accepted

Out-of-range protection

Small Recipe Bypass

Small recipes can ignore the crafting-table requirement:

requirements:
  bypass_crafting_table_for_small_recipes: true
  small_recipe_bypass_max_ratio_in: 4

The default maximum is 4 because the vanilla player crafting grid has four slots.

Example: a 4-input custom storage recipe can still run from the player inventory, while a 9-input block recipe waits for crafting-table access.

Partial Packing

Crafting-table checks are evaluated per recipe. This means a player can still pack eligible small recipes even if larger recipes are blocked by crafting-table requirements.

If small recipes run but larger recipes are still available at a crafting table, SmartPack can show:

message:
  info:
    more_available_at_crafting_table: "More materials can be packed at a crafting table."

Auto-Pack And Nearby Tables

Auto-pack crafting-table triggers use the same requirement settings.

Trigger	Applies When
crafting_table_place	A player places a crafting table and nearby tables can satisfy requirements
crafting_table_nearby	A player walks into range of a crafting table

These triggers run only in COMMAND mode and only for NEARBY_ONLY or INVENTORY_OR_NEARBY.

When mode is INVENTORY_OR_NEARBY and the player already has a crafting table in inventory, SmartPack skips nearby-table scans.