Pneumatic Tube Transport
Fast, high-throughput item and player logistics via custom pressurized pipe networks. Route specialized capsules through pneumatic tubes, control flow with multi-port diverters, and blast across your factory in personal transit capsules.
Key Features
- High-Performance v2 Flow Engine: Powered by an event-driven delta wavefront architecture, the v2 engine is enabled by default. It completely eliminates building lag spikes, maintains zero-overhead (0-UPS) idle sleep, and scales active capsule capacity by 8x via discrete node hops. (Legacy v1 simulation remains available in startup mod settings during the transition period.)
- Specialized Transit Capsules:
- Standard Capsules: Reliable baseline item transport.
- Biodegradable Capsules: High-capacity single-use vessels with bonus capacity for organic cargo that dissolve automatically upon delivery.
- Refrigerated Capsules: Temperature-controlled shells that drastically slow down spoilage for perishable biological cargo during transit.
- Reinforced Capsules: Heavy-duty shells designed for heavy payloads.
- Player Transit Capsules: Hop inside the network to travel across your factory at high speed (press
SHIFT + Eto emergency eject!). - Smart Flow & Port Filtering: Route capsules using 4-port directional diverters with configurable push/pull flow modes, per-port item filters (whitelists & blacklists), and circuit network controls.
- Hub Circuit & Item Integration: Control container hub dispatching and receiving rules via manual toggles or red/green circuit network conditions. Cargo transfers preserve 100% of item quality, spoilage, durability, ammo, and installed equipment grids.
- Pneumatic Control Panel & Visual Debugging: Includes a dedicated Pneumatic Control Panel GUI (
/pneumatic-panel) and hotbar shortcuts to toggle flow vector overlays, pressure levels, entity port markers, capsule indicator rings, and real-time Alt Mode hover-peeking. - Space Age Integration: Fully integrated technology tree supporting Space Age science progression, organic cargo support, quality filtering, and space platform building compatibility.
Developer Note
I vibe coded this entire mod using AI to bring the vision to life in record time. Special shoutout to CatFireDragon for encouraging me to actually make this mod in the first place.
This is an early release because I wanted to get it out into the community to gather feedback. I plan to actively update the mod with more features, better balance, custom graphics, and performance optimizations. If you run into issues or have ideas, let me know!