Allow pulling items from cargo bays

[tannyr]

You can already click on it and see the cargo contents, why not let us pull from it? Setting a max size on cargo bay multiblocks is an option if exploiting is a concern.

[fryyyy]

Being unable to do this was unexpected when I first encountered it, but I don't mind having to manage the input/output space around hubs and landing pads.

[eugenekay]

You can already click on it and see the cargo contents, why not let us pull from it? Setting a max size on cargo bay multiblocks is an option if exploiting is a concern.

It is intended to not interact with inserters. It's not a lacking feature or a future to-do but a purposeful game design decision. If inserters could interact with them it would make for one big item teleporter on platforms.

The issue is Teleportation speed and getting around the “no Chests on Platforms” rule; not Max Size.

As with most things in Factorio, there is a mod for that that, which works excellent and revolutionizes Space Platform design - but it does feel very "Cheesey" as it eliminates almost all need for Belts, simplifies Buffering of intermediate products, and eliminates most of the "fitting it in" puzzle. There does not seem to be too much performance impact from thousands of proxy-container entities, which is at least some good news.

Good Luck!