Easily create item insertion request for entities using a selection tool! Great for starting up builds that need some items to bootstrap. Requested by JigSaW on Discord.
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026-07-23
Features:
- Updated for 2.1
- Added a setting to enable/disable inserting to fuel slots
- Added a setting to enable/disable inserting to the output of furnaces
- Added a setting to prioritize input or output of furnaces when both are a valid locaiton for the item
- Added a generic insertion mode when no item is selected, will insert enough items for N recipe crafts (only works with assembling machines)
Changes:
- Merged the the GUI and selection tool shortcuts, again
- Updated license
- Rebuilt logic from the ground up to cover all the missing edge cases (damn you furnaces)
- Removed ghost support, for now
- Removed 'burnt output' of fuel support, for now
Bugfixes:
- Fixed that using the selection tool would override existing requests
Version: 1.0.10
Date: 2025-06-23
Changes:
- Updated thumbnail because Quezler had an aneurysm
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when no item has been configured yet. Resolves https://github.com/protocol-1903/item-inserter/issues/2
Version: 1.0.9
Date: 2025-06-22
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when undoing an insertion request
Version: 1.0.8
Date: 2025-06-20
Features:
- Added support to crafting result slots of assemblers and furnaces. Ghost support included.
Version: 1.0.7
Date: 2025-06-20
Features:
- Added support to burnt result of fuel inventories. Only applies to reactors in vanilla factorio
Version: 1.0.6
Date: 2025-06-20
Features:
- Added support to fuel inventories of standard and ghost entities. Includes stuff like reactors, inserters, mining drills, etc
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 2025-06-20
Features:
- Added ghost support to assembling machines and furnaces
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 2025-06-18
Changes:
- Separated the GUI and selection tool into two unique keybinds
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 2025-06-17
Features:
- Added shortcut buttons, one for the GUI and one for the selection tool
- Added proper localisation
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2025-06-16
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when trying to load a save
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2025-06-16
Changes:
- Added proper instructions on how to use the tool
- Clears the cursor when the GUI is opened, and readd the selection tool when the gui is closed.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash when holding an invalid item in the cursor
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-06-16
Features:
- Initial release