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Logistica
WORK IN PROGRESS - PRE-ALPHA STATE
Logistica is an item transport, distribution and storage mod.
The core principle behind this mod is that item transportation is demand-driven: no item is moved unless it is needed somewhere.
Machines
All machines require to be connected to an active network to perform their tasks. Nodes without a network, or nodes with conflicting network connections will not do anything.
Controller
A Controller is the node required to create an active network. Exactly one controller can be conneted to a network, and removing it will disconnect all other devices connected to the network. Controllers allow you to rename the network.
Cables
Cables are used to connect a controller to other machines, allowing the establishing of a network. Placing a cable that bridges two different active networks will burn that cable. Burned cables can simply be picked up, and return normal cables. TODO Cables come in TODO variants, all being identical in function, but different variants do not connect to each other, allowing parallel networks.
Demander
A Demander is a machine that inserts items into almost any other node that has an inventory. The Demander takes items from the network and tries to keep its target's inventory full of the specific items and the exact count it's configured with. For example, a demander might be configured to target a Furnace's "fuel" inventory and always try to keep 2 coal in it.
There's two variation of the Demander:
- Item Demander: Moves 1 item at a time to fulfil the requested items.
- Stack Demander: Moves up to 1 stack at a time to fulfil the requested items.
Demanders check network storage first to fulfil their demand, and if not, they will check any suppliers.
Supplier
A Supplier acts as a source for specific items and must be configured. It takes items from other nodes' inventories (e.g. chests, furnaces) and makes them available to any demand in the network. Suppliers won't actively push items into the network, but Demanders and Storage nodes can both take items from Suppliers when needed. Note that if no items are configured in the Supplier's filter, suppliers will not provide any items at all.
Mass Storage
Mass Storage box provide mass-storage for items, and are the first place a Demander will look for to fulfil any demand. Mass Storage needs to be configured with the exact items to store, and can also be upgraded to store more items. Features:
- Can be dug and keeps its inventory when placed again
- Can quickly deposit items by punching it with a stack or shift-punching it for deposit all stack items.
- Select Front Image: Selects a stored node to display on the front of the storage box
- Reserves a number of items per slot. Reserved items won't be taken by other machines on the network.
- Toggle on/off: For this storage to try and pull items it can store from suppliers in the network
Item Storage
The Item Storage box provides a large number of storage slots, spread over 2 pages -- but it can only store tools (specifically, items that have a max stack size of 1). Item storage is also accessed by Demanders to provide items.
Storage Injectors
Storage Injectors are the only node that actively tries to insert items into the network its connected to. Storage Injectors, as their name suggest, only inject items into Storage (they don't inject into Demanders). Storage Injectors will scan its target inventory one slot at a time, rotating which slot it checks each time, and attempts to find a storage that can store the target node.
There's 2 version of the Storage Injectors:
- Item Storage Injector: Takes 1 item at a time from each slot it scans.
- Stack Storage Injector: Injects one stack at a time from each slot it scans.
Tools
Network Info Tool
Whe used on a Logistica node it will show which network, if any, the node is part of.