Packing Tape


Mining a chest allows players to pick it up with all the items inside and carry it in their inventory. Also supports vehicles, tanks, and accumulators.

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0.17 - 2.0
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Changelog

Version: 20.0.4
Date: 2024-12-09
  Minor Features:
    - Emptying a packed chest in your inventory turns it into a normal chest again.
Version: 20.0.3
Date: 2024-11-21
  Minor Features:
    - Packing/unpacking properly adds itself to the undo list.
    - Chests partially support quality. Packed chests have enough space for the highest quality, and items in excess slots are spilled when unpacked.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed issues with correctly packing fluids with the new fluid system.
Version: 20.0.2
Date: 2024-10-29
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when mining entities that don't return any items.
    - Fixed a crash when building entities without using any items.
    - Fixed a crash when using items created through the editor.
  Modding:
    - Factorissmo 3: fixed a conflict (also love those packing icons <3 )
Version: 20.0.1
Date: 2024-10-29
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when robot mining chests.
Version: 20.0.0
Date: 2024-10-28
  Features:
    - Updated to Factorio version 2.0
    - Accumulators can be packed.
  Changes:
    - Improved packing vehicles to better handle entity settings, ammo and fuel, and equipment grids.
    - Vehicles can no longer be opened in the inventory.
Version: 19.0.3
Date: 2021-06-07
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed crash when fed an invalid packed tank.
  Changes:
    - Slight change in label formatting.
Version: 19.0.2
Date: 2021-06-07
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed giving a whole stack of tanks when paired with a mod that increases stack size.
Version: 19.0.1
Date: 2021-03-08
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when packing a spidertron with no logistic request slots.
Version: 19.0.0
Date: 2020-11-28
  Features:
    - Updated to Factorio 1.1
    - Tanks can now be picked up, preserving the fluid inside.
    - Spidertron can now be packed up.
    - Any spider remotes in the player's inventory associated with that spidertron will be reassociated when it's unpacked.
Version: 18.3.0
Date: 2020-03-02
  Features:
    - Robots can now pack chests. Whether to pack is determined when the deconstruction planner is used.
    - Packing cars preserves currently burning fuel.
  Modding:
    - Bulk Rail Loader: Now properly handles loaders. Caveat: if the packed item is not placed on the rail grid it is lost.
Version: 18.2.0
Date: 2020-02-23
  Features:
    - Added a toggle to control whether to pack chests or just mine it normally.
  Bugfixes:
    - icons-final-fixes: fixed changing other mods' chest icons if they used an icons table.
    - script_raised_destroyed called when a chest is removed.
  Modding:
    - Blacklisted Bulk Rail Loader: they can no longer be packed.
Version: 18.1.2
Date: 2020-02-09
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed *another* conflict with mods that have chests without icons.
Version: 18.1.1
Date: 2020-02-07
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when placing an entity (instead of item) through the map editor.
Version: 18.1.0
Date: 2020-02-06
  Features:
    - Players can now pack up chests by mining them, no hotkey needed.
    - Players can now pack cars and tanks.
    - Containers maintain their health when picked up.
  Changes:
    - Packed chests are sent to players' inventory instead of cursor.
  Modding:
    - Mods can add a container::not_inventory_moveable property to have their container prototypes excluded from being moveable.
Version: 18.0.1
Date: 2020-02-03
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed conflict with mods that have chests without icons (that can't be created by players).
Version: 18.0.0
Date: 2020-01-27
  Features:
    - Updated to Factorio version 0.18.
  Graphics:
    - New icon for carried chests.
Version: 17.0.0
Date: 2020-01-16
  Features:
    - Adds a hotkey that allows players to pick up a chest with all the items inside it.
    - Keeps configuration on logistics chests.