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A & A Cooking

Configuration

A & A Cooking uses a server/common configuration file for time, calendar, and climate behavior plus separate client settings for Recipe Book sound and Cutting Board preparation mode.

Main configuration file

Section titled “Main configuration file”

The main file is:

config/aandacooking.json

When the file does not exist, A & A Cooking creates it with the defaults below.

{
  "time": {
    "dayLength": "20m",
    "seasonalDaylight": true
  },
  "calendar": {
    "preset": "GAMEPLAY",
    "startingYear": 1,
    "startingMonth": "MARCH",
    "startingDay": 1,
    "customDaysPerMonth": 10
  },
  "climate": {
    "temperatureUnit": "F",
    "latitude": 35.0
  }
}

Time settings

Section titled “Time settings”

time.dayLength

Section titled “time.dayLength”

Default: 20m

Controls the real time length of one full 24,000 unit Minecraft solar day.

Accepted duration units are:

  • s for seconds
  • m for minutes
  • h for hours
  • d for days
  • w for weeks

Decimals and combined values are accepted. Examples include 30m, 1.5h, and 1h30m.

The duration must be greater than zero.

time.seasonalDaylight

Section titled “time.seasonalDaylight”

Default: true

When enabled, sunrise and sunset shift with the calendar season and configured latitude.

Calendar settings

Section titled “Calendar settings”

calendar.preset

Section titled “calendar.preset”

Default: GAMEPLAY

Accepted values:

  • GAMEPLAY
  • REALISTIC
  • CUSTOM

GAMEPLAY uses 10 days per month, for a 120 day year.

REALISTIC uses real month lengths and Gregorian leap year rules.

CUSTOM uses the value from customDaysPerMonth for every month.

calendar.startingYear

Section titled “calendar.startingYear”

Default: 1

Must be at least 1.

calendar.startingMonth

Section titled “calendar.startingMonth”

Default: MARCH

Accepted values are the twelve English month names written as their enum names, such as JANUARY, MARCH, or DECEMBER.

calendar.startingDay

Section titled “calendar.startingDay”

Default: 1

The value must be valid for the selected starting month, year, and calendar preset.

calendar.customDaysPerMonth

Section titled “calendar.customDaysPerMonth”

Default: 10

Used by the CUSTOM preset. Accepted range: 1-365.

Climate settings

Section titled “Climate settings”

climate.temperatureUnit

Section titled “climate.temperatureUnit”

Default: F

Accepted values:

  • F or FAHRENHEIT
  • C or CELSIUS

The normalized configuration value is written as F or C.

climate.latitude

Section titled “climate.latitude”

Default: 35.0

Accepted range: -90.0 to 90.0 degrees.

Latitude affects seasonal daylight and the climate temperature model.

Invalid configuration

Section titled “Invalid configuration”

If the configuration cannot be parsed or fails validation, A & A Cooking logs the error and falls back to default configuration values for that launch.

Older or incomplete files are normalized when possible. Missing time, calendar, or climate sections and several missing values are restored automatically and written back to disk.

Applying changes

Section titled “Applying changes”

The main configuration is loaded during mod initialization. The current v0.4.0-alpha.1 build does not expose a command that reloads aandacooking.json while the game is running, so restart the game or server after editing it.

Client configuration

Section titled “Client configuration”

The Recipe Book client setting is stored separately at:

config/aandacooking-client.json

Default:

{
  "recipeBookSounds": true
}

The speaker button on the Recipe Book toggles this setting and writes it immediately.

Verification commands

Section titled “Verification commands”
Command Useful for checking
/aacooking calendar Active calendar preset and current date
/aacooking time Day length, solar rate, and seasonal daylight
/aacooking daylight Latitude, declination, sunrise, sunset, and daylight duration
/aacooking temperature Temperature unit and climate calculation
/aacooking weather Local atmospheric state
Section titled “Related pages”

Preparation interaction setting

Section titled “Preparation interaction setting”

The client creates config/aandacooking-preparation-client.json to save the selected Cutting Board interaction mode. Its preparationInteraction field accepts SIMPLE or INTERACTIVE, with INTERACTIVE as the default. Press J in game to toggle the mode. See Cutting Board for the gameplay behavior.