Best mods that don't affect vanilla too much?

[Purpzie]

Hello!

I'm the kind of person that likes to stay as close to vanilla as possible, but of course some mods are just too good to ignore. My current mod list is full of mostly small additions that don't change the base game a lot, but are still worthwhile or essential to have imo. Are there any more mods similar to this that aren't already in the list below?

I currently have these installed:
- Clean Floor
- Color-Coded Planners
- Darker Lamps
- Delete Empty Chunks
- Factory Planner
- P.U.M.P.
- Pump Anywhere
- Quickbar Templates
- Recipe Book
- Renamer
- Silent Belts
- Waterfill
- Tapeline
- Wire Shortcuts

[Xorimuth]

That's a good selection. I'd add:
- Even Distribution
- Shortcuts
- VehicleSnap
- Fill4Me
- Spidertron Enhancements
- Spidertron Patrols

[Disclaimer: I wrote the last 2 ]

[5thHorseman]

Ooooh I wanna play. I have many of yours (and will have a couple more soon) and also think these fall in the category.

• Actual Craft Time
• Auto Deconstruct
• Automatic Train Painter
• Bottleneck, the simple version
• Cursor Enhancements
• Enhanced Map Colors
• Max Rate Calculator
• Platforms
• Player Request Crafting Layout
• Squeak Through

[ptx0]

Landfill deconstruction

[Speedyquader]

I'd never not recommend:

• Long Reach
• Bob's Adjustable Inserters
• Production Statistics Monitor HUD
• Picker Inventory Tools
• Beacons But Better
• Deadlock's Research Notifications
• Big Brother
• Fluid Permutations
• Concreep
• Disco Science
• Extended Descriptions
• EvoGUI
• Floating Damage Text
• Flow Control
• Fluid Wagon Color Mask
• High Pressure Pipes
• Infinite Lab Speed
• Lab Productivity
• Jetpack
• Module Inserter
• Packing Tape
• Prismatic Belts
• Show Max Underground Distance
• Splatter Guard
• Void Chest Plus
• Warehousing

[NotRexButCaesar]

I personally use:

1. Automatic Train Painter
2. Better Alert Arrows
3. Blueprint Tools
4. CleanMap
5. Cursor Enhancements
6. Default Train Conditions
7. Do Robots Build Automatic Trains?
8. Editor Extensions
9. Grid aligned car placement
10. Hall of Fame: Menu Simulations and Screensaver
11. Mouse-over Construction
12. Picker Dollies
13. Placement Guide
14. Pump Anywhere
15. Quick Item Search
16. Rate Calculator
17. Realistic Ores
18. Realistic Reactor Glow
19. Recipe Book
20. Spidertron Enhancements
21. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/StatsGui
22. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Tapeline
23. Train Schedule Helper
24. VehicleSnap
25. Assembly Analyst
26. Auto Research
27. Auto Manual Mode
28. Automatic Station Painter Continued
29. Bumble Bots
30. Custom Map Colors
31. Darker Unlit Lamps
32. Eradicator's Screenshot Maker Deluxe 3.0
33. Fruit Flasks
34. Inventory Repair
35. Spidertron: Deal With It Sunglasses

[imTheSupremeOne]

It's a fun extension and doesn't break anything in terms of regular vanilla progression since it's only would be actually viable only in end-end game and with post rocket factory:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/MIRV

[BlueTemplar]

Pretty much the opposite from the Lazy Bastard achievement, while still keeping full control (unlike with HandyHands).

HotCraft (directly handcraft items by hotkey)

Directly handcraft items from your inventory or toolbelt by hotkey, without even browsing the recipes list: just grab a stack in your hand and use ALT-1, ALT-2 or ALT-3 to queue 1,5 or 10 more items for handcrafting.

1.0.3 - also craft an item you selected with the pipette tool if you don't have any of that item in your inventory (thx to AsherMaximum)

Though HandyHands together with Schall Uncraft is also an option I guess ?

[aka13]

I'd say Realistic Reactors. Propably my favourite mod of all time, and fits very well with vanilla gameplay.
Pushbuttons is also very nice.

[BlueTemplar]

In the already mentioned Picker Inventory Tools, auto-limiting :
- wooden chests to 1 stack
- iron chests to either 2, 5, or 10 stacks (I like 10 stacks for 100 barrels.)