Any way to switch "Request from buffer chests" option for all Requester Chests in an area?
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:25 am
Hello all,
First of all: modded game, A&B specifically... in case it matters.
Second, I don't know if this is a common issue/request... I searched the forums for the phrase "Request from buffer chests" and I skimmed over the first ten pages that appeared, but none of the matches there seemed relevant. Also searched the same phrase as before but added the word "bulk" and it reduced the matches to just two, but they had nothing to do with what I'm asking for here.
Here it is: I would want to grab all requester chests in a big area and have their "Request from buffer chests" set to ON in bulk without affecting their specific requests. I can't use the copy function, since each requester is different and that would override them.
The situation is: I have a big manufacturing hub full of machines that use logistic bots for requesting mats needed for building items, there are at least 300 of them. When I made the hub initially, I used passive provider chests to provide the mats since that's what you have first, until you can unlock buffer chests, and I completely forgot to tick that option when I made the initial blueprint I used to stamp all the machines in the area (sadly... )
Now, at this point in time, I'd like to start recycling plates and other mats that have lying around in storage chests (due to A&B plates -> sheets transition, mostly) and in order to do that, I'd like to replace the passive providers that hold the plates that the machines in the HUB request with buffer chests, so I can set each of them to request a small amount of plates from the global storage, so I can start using the big pile of plates I have in the before chopping new ones.
Things is, I'm kind of lazy and I don't really want to go one by one for each chest ticking the option manually... that's insane! There has to be a better way to do this...
Is there some kind of mod that anyone knows that allows to do this? Luckily, Factory Search is a godsent here, since it allow you to search 'requests', so the few changes I already had to do manually, I used the help of that mod in order to see where requests for a given mat are.
If there's no mod, then... perhaps using the console? Is there some kind of script I could use in the console that would allow me to switch each and every one of the requester chests in the HUB (aka mall *ugh*) area to request from buffer chests?
Besides all of this, let me add that I think the base game should allow bulk changing of properties, maybe via some kind of restricted copy operation that only applies a partial change... it could be also useful in other situations, i.e. for example: changing the condition property of an inserter without affecting its drop/pick up locations (w/adjustable inserters) or applying a reduced inventory size (closing slots) without changing filters (for storage chests.) There's probably other uses too.
First of all: modded game, A&B specifically... in case it matters.
Second, I don't know if this is a common issue/request... I searched the forums for the phrase "Request from buffer chests" and I skimmed over the first ten pages that appeared, but none of the matches there seemed relevant. Also searched the same phrase as before but added the word "bulk" and it reduced the matches to just two, but they had nothing to do with what I'm asking for here.
Here it is: I would want to grab all requester chests in a big area and have their "Request from buffer chests" set to ON in bulk without affecting their specific requests. I can't use the copy function, since each requester is different and that would override them.
The situation is: I have a big manufacturing hub full of machines that use logistic bots for requesting mats needed for building items, there are at least 300 of them. When I made the hub initially, I used passive provider chests to provide the mats since that's what you have first, until you can unlock buffer chests, and I completely forgot to tick that option when I made the initial blueprint I used to stamp all the machines in the area (sadly... )
Now, at this point in time, I'd like to start recycling plates and other mats that have lying around in storage chests (due to A&B plates -> sheets transition, mostly) and in order to do that, I'd like to replace the passive providers that hold the plates that the machines in the HUB request with buffer chests, so I can set each of them to request a small amount of plates from the global storage, so I can start using the big pile of plates I have in the before chopping new ones.
Things is, I'm kind of lazy and I don't really want to go one by one for each chest ticking the option manually... that's insane! There has to be a better way to do this...
Is there some kind of mod that anyone knows that allows to do this? Luckily, Factory Search is a godsent here, since it allow you to search 'requests', so the few changes I already had to do manually, I used the help of that mod in order to see where requests for a given mat are.
If there's no mod, then... perhaps using the console? Is there some kind of script I could use in the console that would allow me to switch each and every one of the requester chests in the HUB (aka mall *ugh*) area to request from buffer chests?
Besides all of this, let me add that I think the base game should allow bulk changing of properties, maybe via some kind of restricted copy operation that only applies a partial change... it could be also useful in other situations, i.e. for example: changing the condition property of an inserter without affecting its drop/pick up locations (w/adjustable inserters) or applying a reduced inventory size (closing slots) without changing filters (for storage chests.) There's probably other uses too.