Empty Module Slots and Upgrade Planner - Let's Talk

[ElderAxe]

Has this ever happened to you?
Imagine, you want to remotely upgrade some miners, assemblers, etc., and you just can't.

What is my suggestion?
We should have a NULL Module marker added to the vanilla game. So we can use it on upgrade planner to add/remove modules to/from entities.

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Also we have a similar problem with blueprints as well. When we place a blueprint on top of an existing one with different module setup, module slots on the blueprint are ignored.
Only way to overcome this problem is to delete existing entities and place the same blueprint again with modules included.

[superwad]

I would love to see something like this. As it stands today, you have to place one and blueprint the rest. Not so easy when you're working remotely.

[demonkoryu]

+1

[Koub]

Very related :
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=68089

[Diablo-D3]

Please, for the love all that is holy, add this. This is maybe one of the most frustrating remaining quality of life things left in Factorio, and gets in the way of quick gameplay.

[Abarel]

Tha would be a nice feature. I would love to setup miners and later add modules when I get them

[CapnCrinklepants]

Support! The tedium of module replacement is why I ignore modules and beacons until I get module 3s. If it were easy to do, I would be hard pressed to give any more excuses.

[Oktokolo]

Would be nice to be able to switch mixed module configurations with other mixed module configurations by using the upgrade planner. So i could switch my early-game 3 x eff1 + 1 x empty to 2 x speed2 + 2 x prod2 on the tier three assemblers after power production scaled up.

[slippycheeze]

Since nobody mentioned it, Module Inserter provides a planner specifically for modules and construction robots. I feel it demonstrates the viability of the idea of either the upgrade planner doing them, or a separate, dedicated planner doing them.

[Oktokolo]

Since nobody mentioned it, Module Inserter provides a planner specifically for modules and construction robots.

Thanks - definitly one of the must-have QoL mods.

[thuejk]

I want this!

[foamy]

Please.

[Guenni7]

+1

[Fargotroniac]

Good idea

[conn11]

Since Bp mirroring is vanilla now, there is little reason not having module insertion or removal for the upgrade planner.
Not a new suggestion, but I’m liking OPs mockup.

[yellowblood]

I think the upgrade planner should support upgrading from "nothing" to a certain module.

This might be a low hanging fruit that is just begging to be implemented.

This functionality will allow the much demanded ability to remotely add modules to machines. For example, a player can create an upgrade planner that upgrades "nothing" to "speed module 3", and then use it on a row of beacons.

Honestly, when I tried the upgrade planner for modules at first I sort of expected it to work like that. That's an indication for me that such capability is intuitive.

It can also work in reverse - downgrade a module to "nothing", to remove modules from machines.

[SuperHealing]

+1

I didn't believe this function wasn't implemented, this is huge help for megabases.

[Koub]

[Koub] Merged into older thread with same suggestion.

[yellowblood]

[secelt]

+1. i just ran into this problem and thought of the exact same solution. it seemed so obvious that i was shocked it didn’t work.