Overview

This mod lets you copy settings from assemblers and paste them onto inserters, buffer/storage chests, and belts so that the process of limiting input/outputs becomes much easier.

The primary use-case for this mod is when designing bot-malls. Connecting chests to wires and hunting down the item signal is something I've always found a bit grating. This mod turns those menu interactions into a simple shift-right-click shift-left-click combo (for most people).

Video Demonstrations

1) Shows various use-cases for pasting filters and inserter conditions in a factory.

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2) Shows off the new circuit auto-connection feature, while building a simple module production site from scratch.

Video Link

Explanation - Chests

This mod allows you to copy assembling machine settings and paste them onto inserters, logistic storage chests and logistic buffer chests. This is done using the native machine/entity settings copy-paste feature.

• When you paste on a storage chest: the locked inventory slots are cleared and the filter is set as the output item of the copied assembling machine.

• When you paste on a buffer chest: the locked inventory slots are cleared, all requests for the chest are cleared and a single request is set for 50,000 of the output item of the copied assembling machine.

Explanation - Inserters

When you paste on an inserter, the following happens:

• If the inserter has no circuit connections, it will connect to a container that it is taking items from or putting items into.

• If the inserter has a circuit connection (including the one made above), the inserter's enabled condition becomes "item < 1_stack_of_item", where the item is the copied assembling machine's output.

• If you paste on that same inserter a second time, the limit will be 2 stacks. If you paste again, 5 stacks. Then 10, then 20, then 40. If you paste once more at that point, the limit resets to just 1 stack, and can be increased in the same way again.

• If the inserter is taking items FROM a chest, the circuit condition will be enabled while GREATER THAN "x_stacks_of_item". The intended use case for this is when you want to buffer some quantity of items before using them.

Explanation - Belts

When a belt is facing immediately into/away from a loader, you can paste onto it much like an inserter. The belt will connect to a storage container (if present) on the other side of the loader and set the enable/disable condition accordingly, in the same way that pasting settings onto an inserter works.

Should work fine with all modded loaders!