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TL;DR

Add a checkbox in the logistics request tab of a player/spider that auto-trashes everything not being requested.

What ?

With this checkbox checked, if I am requesting (for instance) power poles, blue belts, and rails, then picking up an inserter should automatically trash it.

Why ?

I recently started making multiple spidertrons (as opposed to just using one as a fancy mech suit and never crafting more) and dedicating each one to building certain things (like one for placing landfill, one for setting up mining outposts, one for placing solar panels, etc).

setting up logistic requests in each of them so they grab what they need for that job was easy. setting up trash requests for literally any other item i could possibly think of that they might pick up simply because a chest was holding it or they wandered too close to something i marked for deconstruction was not easy or fun. especially doing this for Every. Single. Spider

the alternative of having to clean out the inventory of each and every spider is also not fun

Added in 2.0:
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-382

This is implemented for 2.0. Search for Trash unrequested in https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-382
[Edit] Ah lol too late.

Klonan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:32 am Added in 2.0:
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-382

Ah I must have missed that part of that FFF. Glad to hear it is being added