Copy Planner?

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Copy Planner?

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Is there a mod similar to the upgrade/deconstruct planner for copying? I didn't see one, which seems surprising.

e.g. I currently want to copy a large section of rail and signals from the middle of my base to optimize with RailTester/add elevated sections in sandbox. Thanks.
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Re: Copy Planner?

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You should probably check the "blueprints" tips and trick in game, you don't need a mod for copy pasting parts of your base, you can even use the ctrl+C ctrl+V shortcut if you are on default settings and windows.
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Make a blueprint, right-click on the item-count for everything that isn't a rail or signal, then you're left with just rails and signals in the blueprint. Save it to your hotbar and you can place it wherever you want.
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Re: Copy Planner?

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robot256 wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 5:41 pm Make a blueprint, right-click on the item-count for everything that isn't a rail or signal, then you're left with just rails and signals in the blueprint. Save it to your hotbar and you can place it wherever you want.
This is what I do, but it gets tedious with big/messy things. Hell, I do it so often that it's gotten tedious for even minor things. I just often wish I could add things to a list to ignore or grab; like the deconstruct planner. The sandbox mod is super helpful for this, but still.

I'm about to expand missile production on a fancy-ish ship that I'm working on (https://imgur.com/kWYPyFI), but there's a nuke plant in the middle of a mess in my way. This mod would make it light years faster. If nothing like it exists, I might take a crack at it.
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