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• Stores a virtually unlimited number of one item type
• Chest only has one slot
• Takes power to insert and remove items from the chest (configurable at the top of control.lua if you think it's too powerful as is)
• Power is provided by the Compression Power Pole - it has a 5x5 range centered on the pole
• Multiple chests can be hooked up to multiple power poles
• To get the number of items stored in a Compression Chest: mine it
• To fill your inventory with the items it has stored: mine it while holding the item type it's storing
• The chests can't compress items with a stack size of < 3
• The chests will maintain 2/3rds of a stack of the item type in the one slot

• Chest unlocks with Logistics 3 - if loading the mod into an existing game with Logistics 3 done: load, save, load to unlock
• Adds new research: Compression chest mover - hold while mining to move a compression chest 1 tile closer to your player
• Adds new research (DISABLED BY DEFAULT - see control.lua to enable): Pickup compression chest 1-5: Allows you to pick up 1-5 compression chests contents and all - hold the compression chest mover while mining to pick one up

• If you have the "Terminal Chests" mod installed a Compression Chest directly adjacent to a Terminal Chest will draw contents from the Terminal Chest - note, you have to first set the chest content type by putting the item you want to store in the chest before it will start pulling from connected Terminal Chests

• Chests without a power source skip all special code logic and act like simple 1 slot chests
• Chests detect power poles on placement so there's no extra checking done to find valid power sources
• Chests detect Compression Chests on placement so there's no extra checking done to find valid chests
• Power poles detect near by chests on placement and add themselves to the chests valid power sources so there's no extra checking done to find valid chests
• Power poles don't tick (in the mod script) so spamming them should have close to zero impact on the game
• Chests with power sources that don't have any available power skip compression/decompression code logic
• Putting the wrong item in the input slot of a chest with internally stored content will cause the chest to skip special code logic for an extended period of time
• Putting a item in the chest that can't be compressed (< 3 stack items) will cause the chest to skip special code logic for an extended period of time
• Chests that haven't done any special code logic over the last few attempts will enter an inactive state
• Chests that do special code logic will leave the inactive state

1.3.8: updated for Factorio 0.12.11
1.3.7: updated for Factorio 0.12.0
1.3.6: fixed loading saves after removing other mod items that where "compressed" in chests
1.3.5: fixed desync issue in MP
1.3.4: fixed localized print dialogs error
1.3.3: 0.11 compatible
1.3.2: fixed the chest and power pole to be owned by the player so they'll show up blue on the minimap
1.3: fixed several bugs related to moving the chest and interaction with Terminal Chests
1.2: disabled the "pickup compression chest" research and functionality by default - it outmodes trains completely - if you want it enabled see control.lua
     fixed the power indication messages when moving/mining chests with contents
     fixed the stored counter to count the items in the 1 slot
     fixed missing file errors for Linux users
1.1: fixed chest getting deleted when trying to pick it up and your inventory is full
1.0: initial release

buder5 wrote:can have little tutorial ? i got confused

Neotix wrote:It's like Quantum Chest from GregTech's mod for Minecraft. Really great mod.

SuperSandro2000 wrote:Can you maybe add something like the disc drive from applied energistics (Minecraft Mod)?

Rseding91 wrote:

SuperSandro2000 wrote:Can you maybe add something like the disc drive from applied energistics (Minecraft Mod)?

To what end goal? The disk drive from the AE mod just stored contents on disks you could move around.


Are you looking for a chest that you can move around contents and all? Because I have that just haven't released it yet.

MalContentFL wrote:I like the disk drive idea. I'd also like a very expensive Molecular Assembly Chamber that can autocraft. No more long lines of assemblers.
Maybe a high tier Wireless Access Terminal that can request things from the logistics system. Or an entire new system would practically be an Applied Energistics system.

Matter Cannons
Quantum Singularities for Quantum Field Rings and 2-way Teleporters.
The Logistics System could be accessed at the end of the Quantum Field Ring. Logistics Bots fly though the Field Ring and come out the other end to fill requests and take things.

starxplor wrote:This file does exist, I checked. I also noticed this is the only mod I use with a space in the primary mod folder name.

starxplor wrote:So, I tried changing the C in chest to be capital, because I got the error: "Error None: Error when opening ~/factorio/mods/Compression Chests/graphics/Compression Chest - Icon.png: No such file or directory"
After making all three words capitalized, I get this error: "Error None: Error when opening ~/factorio/mods/Compression Chests/graphics/Compression chest - icon.png: No such file or directory"
When I change to lower case c and i, I get the first error.
I made a copy of the image file, so there is one with each different spelling, and that seems to work...
I also had to rename Compression Chest.png to Compression chest.png, no copy needed here.

I am guessing different parts of the mod refer to it differently.

Rseding91 wrote:

SuperSandro2000 wrote:Can you maybe add something like the disc drive from applied energistics (Minecraft Mod)?

To what end goal? The disk drive from the AE mod just stored contents on disks you could move around.


Are you looking for a chest that you can move around contents and all? Because I have that just haven't released it yet.

SuperSandro2000 wrote:

Rseding91 wrote:

SuperSandro2000 wrote:Can you maybe add something like the disc drive from applied energistics (Minecraft Mod)?

To what end goal? The disk drive from the AE mod just stored contents on disks you could move around.


Are you looking for a chest that you can move around contents and all? Because I have that just haven't released it yet.

I saw your portable chest but I wwant more a mass storage.

MalContentFL wrote:I like the disk drive idea. I'd also like a very expensive Molecular Assembly Chamber that can autocraft. No more long lines of assemblers.
Maybe a high tier Wireless Access Terminal that can request things from the logistics system. Or an entire new system would practically be an Applied Energistics system.

Matter Cannons
Quantum Singularities for Quantum Field Rings and 2-way Teleporters.
The Logistics System could be accessed at the end of the Quantum Field Ring. Logistics Bots fly though the Field Ring and come out the other end to fill requests and take things.

I thought over night about the autocrafting. I realy like the idea but it's way to over powered.