TL;DR
Allow requester chests to read contents & set requests at the same time, like belts or inserters can.What?
Suggestion 1, minimal:Allow requester chests to work in both modes at the same time
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/8oJ0LkA.png)
Suggestion 2, extended:
Change "Read contents" on all chest-like entities from the radio-box to check-box so it can be disabled
Suggestion 3, wow-solution:
Add "None" mode of operation to all entities (pumps, I see you!) without it, either by turning radio-buttons to checkboxes (like with most entities), or adding "None" radio button (like on inserters).
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/f8v1tcq.png)
Why?
Part 1. Requester chestsWhen requester chests are used in combination with the circuit network, they are often used as one-time requestors. When this is the case, you don't want too many items to be requested, and you want:
- Unload items from the requester as soon as they appear to remove the bufferization time
- View the delivered but not yet loaded items count, so you know when to cancel the request
- Alternatively, if you want the exact items to be loaded, you can wait until the buffer is full, and there's no way this is possible in vanilla
- Automated supply trains with no redundant items
- Space Exploration supply rockets
- Other delivery requests
Well, if you accidentally connect pump to a circuit network, you basically cannot tell it to ignore it (unless setting the "
And the chests & storage tanks are unconditionally putting their contents to the network.
From what I know, these are the only entities in the game which can't be set to ignore the connected network.