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I have a mod that I need to have support for blueprints but I need to store custom data in the blueprint without using signals as the storage. Is there such a solution to my problem?

constant-combinator signals are the best way. You can increase the number of slots if 18 is not enough.

DaveMcW wrote:constant-combinator signals are the best way. You can increase the number of slots if 18 is not enough.

That's the problem... My mod is UsefulCombinators, I need only enough for outputs and I use GUIs to input data. The mod itself uses Constant Combinators as a base entity

So add a second constant-combinator for data storage.

DaveMcW wrote:So add a second constant-combinator for data storage.

What do you mean?

Your data combinator must:
1. Be invisible
2. Be auto-built every time your UsefulCombinator is built

Then every time a UsefulCombinator is placed, it looks for a nearby data combinator and reads the settings.

See https://mods.factorio.com/mods/NiftyManiac/StickyNotes for an example of how to do it.

DaveMcW wrote:Your data combinator must:
1. Be invisible
2. Be auto-built every time your UsefulCombinator is built

Then every time a UsefulCombinator is placed, it looks for a nearby data combinator and reads the settings.

See https://mods.factorio.com/mods/NiftyManiac/StickyNotes for an example of how to do it.

But my mod adds 20 or so different combinators and making each one a separate storage for data is not very efficient

coltonj96 wrote: But my mod adds 20 or so different combinators and making each one a separate storage for data is not very efficient

Which data do you need to store?

darkfrei wrote:

coltonj96 wrote: But my mod adds 20 or so different combinators and making each one a separate storage for data is not very efficient

Which data do you need to store?

I need to be able to store my custom table data in an entity/blueprint so that my mod has blueprint support