Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor

Version 1.2.1 | Hytale 0.7.2 | Server-Side Plugin

Take complete control of your server's crafting system with Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor, a powerful, admin-only recipe management plugin for Hytale.

Modify existing crafting recipes, change ingredient requirements, adjust crafting quantities, disable unwanted recipes, and manage crafting stations—all through an intuitive in-game interface.

Whether you're building an economy server, survival experience, RPG, or MMO, Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor gives you the tools to customize crafting progression without manually editing recipe files.

What Is This?

Hytale includes an extensive crafting system, but customizing recipes across hundreds or thousands of items can become complicated.

Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor simplifies the process by providing a visual crafting management interface directly inside the game.

Administrators can browse recipes, inspect their ingredients, make changes, compare original and modified configurations, and save their adjustments.

The plugin is designed for both everyday administration and large-scale crafting balance changes.

Key Features

Visual Recipe Editor

• Browse crafting recipes using a visual inventory-style grid.

• View item icons, ingredient requirements, and crafting quantities.

• Add, remove, or replace crafting ingredients.

• Modify ingredient quantities and crafted output amounts.

• Adjust crafting stations and supported crafting settings.

• Manage recipes without manually editing JSON files.

Advanced Recipe Searching

• Search recipes by item name or recipe ID.

• Find recipes based on the ingredients they require.

• Browse recipes using category filters.

• Filter between enabled, disabled, modified, and pending-restart recipes.

• Quickly locate specific recipes within large crafting databases.

Enable and Disable Crafting

• Disable individual crafting recipes.

• Re-enable previously disabled recipes.

• Manage multiple recipes associated with the same output item.

• Use confirmation prompts for bulk operations.

• Reset recipes to their original configurations.

Disabled recipes are blocked through server-side crafting enforcement.

Original vs. Modified Comparison

Easily compare a recipe's original configuration with your customized version.

Review changes to:

• Ingredient requirements

• Ingredient quantities

• Crafted output

• Crafting stations

• Crafting time

• Recipe availability

This makes balancing an economy or progression system much easier.

Undo and Redo

Made a mistake while editing?

Use the built-in Undo and Redo controls to reverse or restore recent changes before saving.

The editor supports a 32-step editing history.

Visual Crafting Station Selector

Manage crafting station requirements through a visual selection interface.

• Browse available crafting stations.

• Search for specific stations.

• Select compatible stations without manually entering IDs.

• View station icons where matching assets are available.

Favorites and Recently Edited Recipes

Spend less time searching for frequently managed recipes.

• Mark important recipes as favorites.

• Quickly revisit recently opened recipes.

• Maintain individual preferences for each administrator.

• Save favorites and recent history across sessions.

Recipe Validation

Before applying modifications, the editor checks recipes for potential configuration problems.

• Validate ingredient selections.

• Check quantities.

• Identify invalid or missing item references.

• Review recipe requirements before saving.

A dedicated Validate Recipe button helps prevent accidental configuration errors.

Pending Restart Dashboard

Some crafting modifications require a server restart before they can be fully reflected in the game's crafting assets.

The built-in dashboard helps administrators track changes awaiting activation.

• Review pending recipe modifications.

• See which recipes require a restart.

• Identify changes awaiting synchronization.

• Manage recipe changes without forcing live asset reloads.

Automatic Backups and Rollback

Protect your custom crafting configurations with versioned backups.

• Automatic configuration snapshots.

• Up to 30 saved backup versions.

• Restore previous configurations.

• Confirmation before rollback.

• Preserve existing recipe data during upgrades.

Rollback operations follow the same safe-restart system used by the recipe editor.

Performance Optimizations

Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor is designed to manage large recipe collections efficiently.

Optimizations include:

• Cached recipe search indexes

• Cached item names and metadata

• Reduced repeated item lookups

• Incremental user interface updates

• Optimized bulk recipe operations

• Atomic configuration saving

• Efficient server-side crafting restriction checks

These improvements help reduce unnecessary processing while navigating and editing recipes.

Administration and Commands

The management interface is restricted to authorized administrators.

Commands:

/dmerecipe — Opens the Recipe Editor interface.

/dmerecipes — Alternative command to open the editor.

Administrators can manage supported crafting recipes directly through the interface without manually editing server configuration files.

Safe Recipe Management

Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor is designed to protect server stability while modifying Hytale's crafting system.

How changes work:

• Crafting restrictions are enforced server-side.

• Recipe configuration changes are saved persistently.

• Changes requiring recipe asset updates are applied on server restart.

• The plugin avoids forcing live recipe asset reloads while players are connected.

• Existing saved recipe configurations are preserved between compatible updates.

This approach helps prevent client loading problems caused by modifying crafting assets during active gameplay.

Installation

1. Download Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor v1.2.1.

2. Stop your Hytale server.

3. Place the plugin JAR in your server's mods folder.

4. Remove older versions of DME Recipe to prevent duplicate plugins.

5. Start your server.

6. Use /dmerecipe to open the administration interface.

Upgrading from DME Recipe?

Version 1.2.1 includes automatic migration from the previous DarkMatterEcon_Recipes data folder.

Existing recipes, preferences, favorites, and backups are copied into the renamed plugin's data directory without deleting the original files.

Back up your server data before upgrading.

Compatibility

Game: Hytale

Supported Version: 0.7.2

Plugin Version: 1.2.1

Installation: Server-side

Access: Administrator-only interface

Configuration: Persistent recipe settings with automatic migration support

What's New in v1.2.1?

Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor — Official Renaming Update

• Renamed the plugin from DME Recipe to Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor.

• Updated the plugin identity, branding, and interface heading.

• Added automatic migration for existing recipe data.

• Preserved all v1.2.0 editing and management features.

• Retained the existing configuration format.

• Maintained safe-restart crafting behavior.

Included from v1.2.0

• Original vs. modified recipe comparison

• Ingredient-based searching

• Undo / Redo functionality

• Visual crafting station selection

• Favorites and recently opened recipes

• Incremental UI updates

• Improved item metadata caching

• Recipe validation

• Pending-restart management

• Versioned backups and rollback

Built for Custom Hytale Servers

Dark Matter Econ Recipe Editor is especially useful for:

• Economy Servers: Balance material costs and crafting progression.

• RPG & MMO Servers: Create controlled item progression and crafting requirements.

• Survival Servers: Adjust crafting difficulty and resource consumption.

• Adventure Servers: Restrict recipes to support custom progression.

• Custom Modded Servers: Manage supported crafting recipes from vanilla Hytale and compatible custom content.

Customize crafting. Control progression. Build your economy.

Developed for the Dark Matter Economy Hytale server project.