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Supercheese wrote:Cool implementation of the loader, but sadly they are very bad for game performance. Running just 4 interface chests costs ≈0.35 in time_used, and this just gets more painful as you add more chests.

Choumiko wrote:Without having used it, i can maybe give some hints:

You seem to use LuaSurface:find_entities_filtered up to 24 times per chest per tick (12 times for getInputBelts, 12 times for getOutputBelts) in the worst case, i guess you could save a lot of time if you do this in the various events related to placing/mining/rotating/dying entities and save them along with the InterfaceChests in global. It's unlikely that they change every tick, so the more complex work might be worth the effort.

Maybe as a first test change the code so it only looks north for input and only south for output and place a few dozen chests along with belts, etc and observe the timing of your mod.

	local entity = game.get_surface(1).find_entities(area)
	if entity[1] then
		if (entity[1].type == "transport-belt" or entity[1].type == "splitter" or (entity[1].type == "transport-belt-to-ground" and  entity[1].belt_to_ground_type == undergroundType)) and  entity[1].direction == direction then
				return entity[1] 
		end
	end

Adalonus wrote:I'm very excited to use this mod. I'm downloading it right now.

Does it cost any energy to use it balance wise? If it's going to compress a full yellow belt maybe consider making it cost the energy equivalent of 6 fast inserter or, if possible, make extracting an item cost the kJ/item equivalent of a fast inserter.

Additionally, this item does not interface with other mod inventories, i.e. the Warehousing Mod.

Peppe wrote:

Adalonus wrote:I'm very excited to use this mod. I'm downloading it right now.

Does it cost any energy to use it balance wise? If it's going to compress a full yellow belt maybe consider making it cost the energy equivalent of 6 fast inserter or, if possible, make extracting an item cost the kJ/item equivalent of a fast inserter.

Additionally, this item does not interface with other mod inventories, i.e. the Warehousing Mod.

Updated to 1.0.4.

Chests now use:
3kw idle (a little higher than 6 fast inserters).

Active output uses ~100kw per side (roughly 6 fast inserters doing constant work)

Active input uses ~50kw per side.

Can now pull from neighboring smart containers and warehouses.

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It should already work for logistics warehouse and now smart warehouse? I will need to download and test the mod... it may be like trains and it's collision box would need to be checked outside the N, S, E, W grid I search for chests/belts in.

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Updated to work with all warehouses. There is one position quirk that you can access the warehouse from the corner squares... not sure if it is worth fixing... don't want to lose how it works for trains currently and don't want to write anything too custom just for warehouses.

gaza9422 wrote:This is great. I was waiting for the slipstream chest mod to update but this looks like an improved version. If this mod works with my mod pack, which I will test at a later date, may I have permission to add it to my pack?

Peppe wrote:Released, 1.0.5 (2016-04-15): Night time power fix

Just noticed in a test game that the interface chests shutoff their power draw at night since their power was based off an accumulator.
Switched the power to be based of a laser turret. So far no issues.

Jeri.c wrote:Can you add like different types of chest that inputs/outputs at different speed or have it include 2-4 slots (increases every research) for speed modules.