Better manipulation with artillery shells (loading/unloading half)

[AristomachosCZ]

TL;DR

Make it possible to split artillery shells (at least in half) when loading them into more artillery waggons (and unload.), please.

What ?

Link to all pictures together: https://imgur.com/a/q2LVwxV

Why ?

The artillery shells are the only one thing with stack size 1, with it is manipulated in larger quantities. So there are players who would appreciate this Qol.

[ssilk]

Please add the pics into the forum. Imgur has the tendency to forget pictures and then this post becomes worthless.

Edit:
This will not come and I tend to move it to won’t implement.

Because you can automate that in several ways:
- loading: You can set the slot-limit (the Red Cross) to limit the slots to 50%.
Now you can also fill the shells automatically to the chosen limit; with a chest and an inserter you can fill the shells. Really simple.
- unloading: the same. You can unload with the same technique until the chest is filled to 50%. With some mod (e.g. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Inventory%20Sensor ) you can check how much is inside each wagon.

Factorio is a game about automation, not how to make everything by hand faster than automation.

[AristomachosCZ]

Ok, I understand. I know the ways, how it could be automated, but I had in mind the situations when I am far of my base (in a temporary battle outpost) with no power grid and roboports around. But never mind, it was only a minor suggestion, nothing crucial.

And I also would like to thank you for your fast reply.

[ptx0]

Ok, I understand. I know the ways, how it could be automated, but I had in mind the situations when I am far of my base (in a temporary battle outpost) with no power grid and roboports around. But never mind, it was only a minor suggestion, nothing crucial.

And I also would like to thank you for your fast reply.

in my base i use Artillery Wagons to truck the shells around because it's more dense, 100 vs 40. you can unload from them with an inserter.

additionally, because they stack to 100 in a single Arty wagon slot you can simply right click it to grab half.

[AristomachosCZ]

additionally, because they stack to 100 in a single Arty wagon slot you can simply right click it to grab half.

No, that' s what I am pointing at – you can't do this. If you right click on the 100 shells stack in artillery wagon, you will grab exactly only a single shell.

[ptx0]

additionally, because they stack to 100 in a single Arty wagon slot you can simply right click it to grab half.

No, that' s what I am pointing at – you can't do this. If you right click on the 100 shells stack in artillery wagon, you will grab exactly only a single shell.

ah i think Cursor Enhancements is fixing this for me, then.