Exteros Quality of Life System
A comprehensive, modular Quality of Life system for Factorio 2.0+. Designed to streamline gameplay without removing the core challenges of the factory experience.
🚀 Key Features (Quality of Life)
Every feature ships disabled by default. Turn on what you want in the mod settings, or in the in-game Settings Hub for the runtime ones.
⚙️ Settings Hub
A draggable settings menu for quick access to runtime options. Close with Escape or SHIFT+E. The top-left button can be hidden per player, in which case the hub still opens with the hotkey.
📦 Even Distribution
Automatically distribute items evenly among multiple entities. Perfect for early-game fueling or inventory management.
📥 Force Insert
Fast transfer (SHIFT+click, CTRL+click and their right-button split variants) normally stops at a container's red bar limit. Force Insert lifts that limit for the duration of the transfer and puts the items in anyway, both in open GUIs and while dragging across entities in the world. Machines that would immediately eat the inserted items are held for the same moment and returned to their previous state afterwards.
🏃 Squeak Through
Walk between pipes, solar panels, and other structures that usually block your path. No more getting stuck in your own design!
🏗️ Auto Deconstruct
Miners that have exhausted their resources are automatically marked for deconstruction. Keeps your factory clean and your logistics bots busy.
🛠️ Inventory Repair
If you have repair packs in your inventory, damaged placeable entity items in your inventory will be automatically repaired over time.
⏱️ Time Controls
A sleek GUI in the top-left corner allows you to adjust game speed on the fly. Great for waiting out long research or speeding up travel.
🔤 Auto Alt Mode
Automatically enables Alt mode (entity info overlays) when you join a game—whether starting fresh, loading a save, or connecting to multiplayer. No more pressing Alt every time!
📋 Auto Inventory Sort
Automatically sorts chests, cargo wagons, and vehicles when opened. Manual sort (SHIFT+I) for open containers.
🔢 Held Item Count
Shows the count of your held item in inventory and vehicle trunk in the center of the screen.
🔦 Player Searchlight
Your character automatically faces the selected entity for orientation when building or inspecting.
⚠️ Cheat Features (Optional & Configurable)
These features are disabled by default and can be enabled via the Cheat Mode toggle in startup settings.
⚡ Crafting & Mining Speed
Modify your character's manual crafting and mining speeds. Speed up those early-game hand-crafting sessions!
🎒 Inventory Expansion
Add a significant number of bonus slots to your character's inventory capacity.
📏 Stack Size Manager
Customize item stack sizes. Support for both multipliers (e.g., 10x stacks) and absolute values.
🧪 Productivity Overhaul
Unlock productivity modules for all recipes (including those that normally don't allow it) and set a custom productivity cap.
🏹 Advanced Reach
Massive bonuses to interaction, building, and loot pickup distance beyond the standard QoL reach.
⚙️ Installation
- Download the mod from the Factorio Mod Portal.
- Or install it directly via the in-game mod manager.
- Enjoy a smoother Factorio experience!
🧩 Compatibility
- Factorio 2.0+ (Required)
- Space Age (Supported)
- Quality (Supported)
- Elevated Rails (Supported)
- Compatible with most overhaul mods thanks to its modular core library.
📄 License & Contact
Developed by Exteros.
Project source: GitHub Repository
Contact: GitHub Profile
🌍 Localization
- 🇬🇧 English
- 🇨🇿 Czech
❤️ Inspiration & Credits
This mod was built upon the ideas and mechanics of several amazing mods from the Factorio community. Huge thanks to their original authors:
- Even Distribution Lite - For the core concept of equal item distribution.
- Squeak Through 2 - For the essential movement improvements.
- Auto Deconstruct - For the clever automation of exhausted miners.
- Picker Extended Reborn - For some quality of life features i did not thought of.
- Force Inventory Insert by _CodeGreen - For the idea of lifting the red bar limit during a fast transfer.
Their work has made Factorio better for years, and this system aims to bring those beloved features into a single, unified 2.0 experience.