Delivery Cannon Everything

A Factorio mod for Space Exploration that allows you to send all non-fluid items via Delivery Cannon, not just the basic materials.

What it does

By default, Space Exploration only allows very basic items (ores, plates, basic materials) to be sent via Delivery Cannon. This mod removes that restriction and adds support for:

All items: circuits, assembling machines, inserters, belts, etc.
All capsules: combat robots, construction robots, etc.
Delivery Cannon capsules: via a proxy item that can be converted before and after shipping
Equipment, modules, and tools
Items from other mods (automatically detected)

How it works

The mod scans all item prototypes during the data-updates phase and adds them to Space Exploration's delivery cannon recipe tables. When Space Exploration processes these tables in data-final-fixes, it automatically creates:

Capsule items for packing (e.g., se-delivery-cannon-package-electronic-circuit)
Packing recipes in the delivery cannon assembler

Delivery Cannon capsules themselves are handled through a proxy item. You convert a Delivery Cannon capsule into a normal proxy item, ship that proxy through the cannon, then convert it back into a Delivery Cannon capsule at the destination.

Delivery Cannon Capsule Proxy

Space Exploration's delivery cannon runtime expects a packed payload to contain one non-capsule item. Because of that, a Delivery Cannon capsule cannot be shipped directly as its own payload.

This mod solves that by adding a proxy item:

Convert se-delivery-cannon-capsule into the proxy item
Ship the proxy item through the normal Delivery Cannon workflow
Convert the proxy item back into se-delivery-cannon-capsule at the destination

This keeps the behavior compatible with Space Exploration while still letting Delivery Cannon capsules be transported between surfaces.

Compatibility

Requires: Space Exploration 0.7.0 or higher
Factorio Version: 2.0
Mod Compatibility: Automatically detects and adds items from other mods

Technical Details

Load Order

Space Exploration's data.lua defines the initial delivery cannon tables
This mod's data-updates.lua adds all available items to those tables
Space Exploration's data-final-fixes.lua processes the tables and creates recipes
Delivery Cannon capsules use a proxy item so they follow Space Exploration's normal payload logic

Excluded Items

The following items are intentionally excluded to prevent issues:
- Delivery cannon items themselves
- Blueprint and planning tools (selection tools, copy-paste tools, etc.)
- Fluids (delivery cannons only support items)

Credits

Created in about 30 minutes using Claude. No human brains were utilized in making this work.