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Okay -- am I somehow looking past it, or is there not a way to create blueprint strings in the base game? I see how to import them, but not how to create or export them...which seems really odd to put in one and not the other. I can get the mod if I need to, just thought I had to missing something...

In a related question.. how does the "Shared blueprints" work? Do you only get what ever has been shared at the time of game creation?

To create/export one yo need to open a blueprint (by right clicking on it) and then there is an option in the top right corner of it to export Blueprint string.

Shared blueprints are ones that people have put n their Blueprint Library. It will update anytime a new blueprint is added I believe.

D'oh! Okay, that was a bit embarrassing...

Hmm, maybe I just goofed. But I put a blueprint in the share section, and then saved and left the game. Opened a second game but didn't see the blueprint. Maybe I failed to actually click or something, I'll try again.

Mr. Tact wrote:In a related question.. how does the "Shared blueprints" work? Do you only get what ever has been shared at the time of game creation?

I am curious about this also. I've made setups in creative mode a few times, then added them to my shared blueprints after deleting the non-vanilla entities, only to find that they no longer appear when I open my main save. It was working fine when 0.15 first came out but I figured I was doing something subtly different which was causing this behavior.

I always export my book and save the string in a file. I might place the book in the game section or my section but always from string. I have had to redo too many setups.

I always export the Blueprints in external files aswell because they use mod entities.
When i disable a mod and enable it again the blueprint in the ingame exchange is missing the modded entities...