Introduction

• Collect and distribute resources(including ammo) automatically, just like playing RTS game!
• If you play sandbox mode, please create character first or it will lead script error. Open console, execute "/c game.player.create_character()"
• If you find a bug feel free commit issue with details
• Do not support Multiplayer, never tested.
• Do not support previous save because game don't give a API to read all entities. The script only can get notify event by player building or robot building. If you load a previous save, game will run but the mod will not able to recognize all entities you built, you need rebuild them.
• May not work with some Mod.

How it works

• When you build a furnace/chest/machine/... the mod will remember it and collect production, add ingredients preiodicty. Because the lua API don't give such a "production complete" event notify, the script check this every XX ms.

Performance

The entity number will affect the efficiency but I tested it with about 10000 entities it works well, CPU load <10%, 60 FPS stable

Feature list

• Supported resources: all items needed by all science pack + artillery shell. To avoid waste I set a max value for each type. Check code for details. If the resource reach the limit the script will not collect it from machine, you can still use belt+inserter+chest to collect.

    local store100M={
        "iron-ore",
        "copper-ore",
        "uranium-ore",
        "stone",
        "coal",
        "water",
        }
    local store1K={
        "iron-plate",
        "copper-plate",
        "steel-plate",
        "stone-brick",
        }

    local store25K={
        "crude-oil",
        "heavy-oil",
        "light-oil",
        "lubricant",
        "petroleum-gas",
        "sulfuric-acid",
        }
    local store200={
        "transport-belt",
        "pipe",
        "inserter",
        "copper-cable",
        "iron-gear-wheel",
        "electronic-circuit",
        "stone-wall",
        "firearm-magazine",
        "piercing-rounds-magazine",
        "grenade",
        "plastic-bar",
        "sulfur",
        "advanced-circuit",
        "engine-unit",
        "iron-stick",
        "rail",
        "electric-furnace",
        "productivity-module",

        "processing-unit",
        "battery",
        "electric-engine-unit",
        "flying-robot-frame",

        "speed-module",

        "rocket-control-unit",
        "low-density-structure",
        "rocket-fuel",
        "solid-fuel",
        "automation-science-pack",
        "logistic-science-pack",
        "military-science-pack",
        "chemical-science-pack",
        "production-science-pack",
        "utility-science-pack",
        "space-science-pack",
        "solar-panel",
        "accumulator",
        "radar",
        "explosives",
        "explosive-cannon-shell",
        "artillery-shell",
        }

• Supported "machine" types: chest/furnace/assemblemachine/oilrefine/chemicalplant/turret are all "machine" that will be managed by mod. Check code for details

local Kchest={}
Kchest["wooden-chest"]=true
Kchest["iron-chest"]=true
Kchest["steel-chest"]=true
Kchest["storage-tank"]=true
Kchest["pumpjack"]=true

local Kmachine={
    ["assembling-machine-1"]=true,
    ["assembling-machine-2"]=true,
    ["assembling-machine-3"]=true,
    ["stone-furnace"]=true,
    ["steel-furnace"]=true,
    ["electric-furnace"]=true,
    ["oil-refinery"]=true,
    ["chemical-plant"]=true,
    ["stone-furnace"]=true,
    ["steel-furnace"]=true,
    ["electric-furnace"]=true,
    ["rocket-silo"]=true,
}

• specific ingredient:

local _fuel={"coal","solid-fuel"}
local _fuel_list={
    ["gun-turret"]={{"piercing-rounds-magazine","firearm-magazine"}},
    ["artillery-turret"]={{"artillery-shell"}},
    ["flamethrower-turret"]={{"light-oil","heavy-oil","crude-oil"}},
    ["boiler"]={_fuel,{"water"}},
    ["burner-mining-drill"]={_fuel},
    ["stone-furnace"]={_fuel},
    ["steel-furnace"]={_fuel},
    ["heat-exchanger"]={{"water"}},
}

• Max fuel: default value is 3, it means if a machine has 1 fuel, script will add 2 fuel; if it has 4 fuel, the script will take 1 fuel away.

• "steam" will not be managed, because different temperature works different(nuclear power)

• Furnace batch mode: Click the FT button to select type and put furnace. If you don't like this select "none"

• Resources exchange: Click the button, follow the tips. Fluid types are not supported. If want give back the resource, put the resource to chest.