Inserter Reference

by Jhorr

Inserter throughput values at hand in-game. Items per second for: [item=steel-chest] → [item=steel-chest] Chest to chest [item=steel-chest] → [item=transport-belt] Chest to belt [item=transport-belt] → [item=steel-chest] Belt to chest inserter throughput | item throughput | inserter speed

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Changelog

Version: 1.5.0
Date: 11. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Require GUI_Unifyer.
    - Add disabled-by-default startup setting to opt into the experimental selection tool.
    - Experimental selection tool is for the mod author’s use only for now.
    - Disabling removes the window button, tool and toolbar shortcut; selection events are ignored.
Version: 1.4.0
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Add endpoint item icons to transfer options.
    - Capitalize words in filter labels and transfer captions.
Version: 1.3.9
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Enlarge thumbnail title and place it on two lines.
Version: 1.3.8
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Add thumbnail.png at mod root, illustrating the three transfer cases.
    - Format mod descriptions with separate transfer rows.
Version: 1.3.7
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Simplify the description and illustrate transfer types with native item icons.
Version: 1.3.6
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Clarify that the mod provides a small in-game throughput cheatsheet.
Version: 1.3.5
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Use belt capacity research icons in stack-size filters and capacity options.
    - Align filter and grid widths.
    - Remove keyboard binding; retain selection button and toolbar shortcut.
    - Describe the chest/chest, chest/belt and belt/chest cheatsheet in mod info.
Version: 1.3.4
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Show resulting belt stack height 4 in the highest capacity option.
Version: 1.3.3
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Remove unused dropdown and window width while retaining compact table cells.
    - Rename filters to Transfer type, Belt type and Stack size.
    - Use full-size native stack-size virtual signal instead of padded research overlay.
    - All filter icons use the same 28-pixel square.
Version: 1.3.2
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Fixes:
    - Explicitly scale native GUI sprites to their assigned box.
    - Restore filter labels beside their icons and transfer option text.
    - Use virtual direction arrows for Transfer and native stack-size icons.
    - Retain selection measurements and compact integer table.
Version: 1.3.1
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Changes:
    - Tighten grid cells and window while preserving text and icon sizes.
    - Display rounded whole item rates; retain full precision in reference data.
    - Use native item and research icons for every filter.
    - Remove inserter names from headers; retain hover tooltips.
Version: 1.3.0
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Features:
    - Selection tool available from the window, shortcut toolbar and Ctrl+Shift+I.
    - Detect inserter type, quality, hand limit, connected transfer and belt stack height.
    - Measure only detected combinations; deduplicate repeated setups.
    - Update only matching cells, retaining all other reference and live values.
    - Highlight selection-generated values with a source tooltip.
  Changes:
    - Report ambiguous, empty or unsupported setups instead of guessing their parameters.
    - Tool use explicitly opts into a selection test; general manual measurements remain off by default.
Version: 1.2.0
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Features:
    - Compact portrait window with vertically arranged filters.
    - Factorio quality icons label the rows; black/yellow/red/blue/green/stack label columns.
    - Uniform one-pixel grid with consistent cell backgrounds.
    - Select moving or backed-up belts instead of displaying paired values.
    - Pin/unpin the window without stealing focus from other game windows.
  Changes:
    - Remove measurement controls from the reference window.
    - Optional measurements are off by default and accessible only in map mod settings.
    - Turning optional measurements off cancels a running test.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Features:
    - Show all five qualities side by side in a consistent table for each transfer type.
    - Select capacity stage, belt type and belt stack height 1 or 4.
    - Bundle real 2.1.21 Headless references for immediate display.
    - Measure chest-to-chest and chest-to-belt as well as belt-to-chest.
    - Remeasure all available qualities as a serial batch.
  Changes:
    - Preserve the window position when changing selectors.
    - Migrate old player settings and remove quality and legacy selectors.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Bugfixes:
    - Set the benchmark force bulk capacity bonus to 11, allowing 12-item bulk and 16-item stack hands.
  Changes:
    - Cross-check supported legendary stack-inserter cases with Abucnasty's Clock Generator.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Bugfixes:
    - Place benchmark belts and output chests at the correct tile centers after engine snapping.
  Changes:
    - Validate belt-to-chest measurements using Factorio 2.1.21 Headless.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 10. 10. 2026.
  Features:
    - Chest-to-chest and chest-to-belt wiki reference tables with five quality selections.
    - Historical 1.1 belt-to-chest table plus optional live 2.1 measurements.
    - Turbo belts, stack inserters and belt stack heights supported by live measurements.
    - Top-left mod-gui button follows GUI Unifier per-user button style.
    - English and German translations.