Configurable Quick Start

A Factorio mod that lets you (or a server admin) configure exactly what items
players receive:

• the first time they spawn into the world, and
• separately, every time they respawn after dying.

Works with vanilla items and items from any other enabled mod.

Configuring

• Grant items on first spawn - master on/off switch for the starting items.
• Starting items - list of items to grant on first spawn.
• Grant items on respawn - master on/off switch for respawn items.
• Respawn items - list of items to grant on respawn after death.
• Clear inventory before respawn items - only relevant for custom
  scenarios that don't use the Freeplay scenario (see "How it works" below).

Item list format

Both item-list settings use the same simple format:

item-name:count, item-name:count, item-name:count

You can separate entries with commas, semicolons, or newlines - whichever is
easiest to read. For example:

iron-plate:50
copper-plate:50
iron-gear-wheel:20
burner-mining-drill:2
stone-furnace:2
some-modded-item:5

Item names must match the internal prototype name (not the display/localized
name). For vanilla items this generally matches what you'd expect
(iron-plate, pistol, firearm-magazine, etc). For modded items, check
the mod's data files, or in-game hover over the item and check the tooltip's
internal name if you have a mod that shows it, or search the mod's page on
the Factorio mod portal.

If an entry is misspelled or refers to an item from a mod that isn't
installed, it is simply skipped and a warning is written to the game log -
it will never crash the game.

Quality

Additionally, if you have the Quality mod installed, you can append an
additional int to your items to give them a specific quality. (starting at 1)
For example:

iron-plate:50:1,
copper-plate:50:3,
some-modded-item:5:5

How it works

Factorio's built-in Freeplay scenario (the default scenario used by
"New Game") already exposes a remote interface for exactly this purpose:
set_created_items and set_respawn_items. When Freeplay is present, this
mod simply feeds your configured item lists into that interface, so:

• Freeplay's own logic still does the actual granting (respecting its usual
  timing, intro sequence, crash site behavior, etc).
• Your configured lists replace Freeplay's default starting/respawn
  items.

If you're playing a custom scenario/map that doesn't use Freeplay (so that
remote interface isn't available), the mod falls back to granting items
itself on the on_player_created and on_player_respawned events.