Auto Trash Reborn

Presets and tools for personal logistics — without replacing vanilla sections.

Auto Trash is a companion dialog for Factorio 2.0 and 2.1 personal logistics. Vanilla already has logistic sections and groups. This mod fills in the workflow around them: named presets, blueprint import/export, inventory import, network-gated trash, spidertron presets, and request status.

On Apply, only a dedicated logistic section named AutoTrash is rewritten. Your other vanilla sections stay intact.

Gallery

Docked beside the character inventory — configure requests, trash amounts, and presets.

Floating window — same companion GUI, with the toolbar shortcut visible in the shortcut bar.

Collapsed while docked — expand when you need the full logistics panel.

About this revival

Factorio 2.0 brought a lot of what older AutoTrash existed for: logistic sections and groups, a clearer request/trash UI, and built-in options such as trashing unrequested items. There is real overlap — and that is fine.

This fork is revived mostly for nostalgic reasons: the familiar companion dialog and workflow many players were used to. It is not meant to replace vanilla logistics.

What Auto Trash still adds beyond the base game:

Named presets (including load-on-respawn)
Blueprint / blueprint-book import and export of configurations
Import from inventory or merge-from vanilla logistics into the mod GUI
Request status display (fulfilled / in transit / missing)
Network-gated autotrash (only trash inside selected roboport networks)
Independent pause for requests vs autotrash, plus temporary trash
Docked or floating companion GUI
Spidertron preset load/save from a relative panel

If vanilla sections already cover how you play, you may not need this mod. If you liked the old AutoTrash workflow, it is here again.

Highlights

Named presets (including load-on-respawn)
Blueprint / blueprint-book import and export
Import from inventory or from vanilla logistics
Request status: grey (fulfilled), yellow (in transit), red (missing)
Trash unrequested items (native logistic-point flag)
Pause autotrash outside selected networks
Pause requests and autotrash independently
Dock beside the character inventory, or float freely
Spidertron preset load/save from a relative GUI panel

Quick Start

Research personal logistics (vanilla).
Open Auto Trash (Control + L, the shortcut, or the top-left button).
Configure request and trash amounts in the grid.
Apply — writes only the AutoTrash logistic section.
Save a named preset for later (or for respawn).

Keyboard shortcuts

Control + L — Toggle Auto Trash GUI
Shift + P — Pause autotrash
Shift + O — Pause logistic requests
Shift + T — Add cursor item to temporary trash (or toggle pause if empty)
Unbound — Toggle trashing of unrequested items

How it works with vanilla

Auto Trash does not replace vanilla logistic sections.

Apply rewrites only the section named AutoTrash.
Edit other groups in the vanilla logistics tab as usual.
Import from logistics merges filters from all manual sections into the AutoTrash GUI.
Prefer keeping export strings as blueprints in the library.

GUI location

Mod setting GUI location:

Attached right (default) — docks beside the character inventory
Attached left — docks on the left
Floating — classic free window

Docked windows include collapse/expand and dock/undock controls. The shortcut opens the character GUI when the panel is docked.

Presets

Save and load multiple named configurations
Load a preset automatically after respawning
Export/import one preset or all presets (string, blueprint, or book)
Shift-click configured items to reorder them
Quick actions: clear requests/trash, set trash ↔ requests, import from inventory or logistics

Network-gated trash

Mark one or more roboport networks as main networks. Optionally restrict autotrash so it only runs while you are inside those networks.

Use the network selection tool or the in-GUI controls to add/remove networks.

Spidertron presets

When a Spidertron with logistics is open, Auto Trash shows a relative panel to:

Load player presets into the Spidertron
Save the Spidertron's current requests as a preset
Optionally trash unrequested items on the Spidertron

Presets are shared with the player's character presets.

Commands

/at_import — Import vanilla logistics (all sections) into the mod GUI
/at_reset — Reset GUI
/at_compress — Remove empty rows in the configuration GUI
/at_insert_row <n> — Insert an empty row after row n (rows are 10 slots)

Compatibility

Factorio 2.0 and 2.1 (one codebase; portal uploads set factorio_version per release)
Requires flib ≥ 0.15.0
Multiplayer compatible

Credits

This mod is based on Auto Trash by Choumiko.

Original Mod Portal: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/AutoTrash
Original source: https://github.com/Choumiko/AutoTrash

Auto Trash Reborn is an unofficial revival/port for Factorio 2.0/2.1 and is not affiliated with the original author. Released under the MIT license.

Source

GitHub

https://github.com/ashlessscythe/AutoTrash-Reborn

Issue reports and suggestions are welcome.