IPL - Inter Platform Logistics

by SirPuck

Use IPL Antennas on your Space Platforms to allow them to exchange items when at the same space location, using cargo pods. Transfer items automatically, using circuits and antennas, directly between space platforms without having to send your items to the ground !

Content
3 days ago
2.0
344
Logistics Circuit network
Owner:
SirPuck
Source:
N/A
Homepage:
https://discord.gg/DBW37M34NX
License:
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Created:
20 days ago
Latest Version:
1.1.1 (3 days ago)
Factorio version:
2.0
Downloaded by:
344 users

How to use this mod

Unlock the corresponding tech. The research will be available after the logistic system and the space thrusters.

There are 3 antennas :
- Requester
- Provider
- Threshold

As a general rule, you can build only one of each type per space platform.

After V1.0.2 , setting logistic sections directly in the antennas is no longer supported !

This behavior was hard to maintain and caused performance... sinks... not really issues, but it made the code way more complex to handle this feature properly,
and it also introduced a lot of janky stuff. After a long reflexion, I decided to remove it.
You can still use the old mod version, it works, but I recommand going into the mod settings, in game, and set the amount of platforms and requests processed per tick to 2 maximum. (it's already a lot, believe me)

General

All antennas are also displays, allowing you to display an icon or a text
All antennas must be connected to a circuit network to work.
All antennas are built exclusively on space platforms.
You can have only 1 of each type per space platform.

Requester Antenna and Threshold Antenna

All signals received by an antenna are summed together. Meaning that if you send green : 100 iron-plate and red : 50 iron-plate, your antenna will request 150 iron-plates.

A threshold antenna will only serve for requests. The signal on a threshold antenna means "The requester must miss at least this amount of the item before trying to request it from another platform."

You should really use a threshold antenna, otherwise, you are at risk of sending a lot of pods with only a handful of items.

Provider Antenna

If you want a space platform to be allowed to provide items, you must build a provider antenna on it.

If a provider antenna has an item signal, it will allow it to provide for this specific item. The amount / count of the signal is handled like a provide threshold.
This means that the provider needs to have AT LEAST this amount of the item before being eligible to provide it. You can set it to 1 or whatever value you want.

Credits

Graphics : Galdoc

Testing : Quaitgor