[B42/41] Automatic Stove Shutoff

Master Your Kitchen with Project Zomboid’s Automatic Stove Shutoff Mod

Project Zomboid survivors know that in the relentless fight for survival, efficiency is key. Managing your resources, especially food, can mean the difference between a hearty meal and a burnt disaster. Introducing the Automatic Stove Shutoff mod, a simple yet incredibly effective tool designed to streamline your cooking process and prevent those frustrating culinary mishaps.

Never Burn Another Meal

This mod addresses a common annoyance in Project Zomboid: the risk of burnt food when cooking multiple items or simply forgetting about a simmering pot. The Automatic Stove Shutoff mod intelligently monitors your cooking appliances, ensuring they power down precisely when they should. Whether you’re preparing a multi-course feast or just a quick snack, this mod has you covered.

Intelligent Shutdowns for Various Scenarios

The mod’s intelligence extends beyond simply finishing a recipe. It’s designed to handle a variety of situations to prevent waste and potential hazards:

• Automatically shuts off stoves when cooking is fully complete.
• Prevents burning by keeping items in a cooked state if they finish before others in a multi-dish batch.
• Shuts down the stove when there is no food to cook, preventing unnecessary power drain or heat.
• Handles situations with burnt food already present.
• Turns off appliances if a character is unable to cook but frozen items have thawed.
• Manages reheating of items like stews that haven’t fully cooled.
• Prevents cooking attempts with incompatible items, such as metal in a microwave.
• Automatically turns off microwaves containing purified water, indicating the water is safe.

Enhanced Gameplay Features

Beyond its core function, the Automatic Stove Shutoff mod adds further quality-of-life improvements to your Project Zomboid experience. If you wander too far from your active cooking station – exceeding 50 tiles – the mod will cease monitoring and issue a warning, ensuring you don’t get caught off guard by a lingering stove. Furthermore, upon the stove’s automatic shutdown, your game speed will reset to normal, seamlessly integrating with your survival pace.

This mod is compatible with both Version 41 and the latest Version 42 of Project Zomboid, supporting ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffee machines (with specific functionality adjusted for Version 42’s changes to toasters and coffee machines). For Version 41, it covers ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffee machines. In Version 42, the mod’s features apply to ovens and microwaves, as toasters and coffee machines have been reclassified as crafting stations.

While generally seamless, some players might encounter a rare vanilla bug where oven or microwave temperatures get stuck at 0°C. If cooking doesn’t initiate, try adjusting the temperature manually to resolve this issue.