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Add option to enable/disable the emptying of trash slots when in a logistics network

What ?

With the latest set of updates, I noticed that an option was put in place to enable/disable calling of resources from a logistics grid, as well as enable/disable of addition of items to the trash slots, but no option to stop pulling from trash slots

My idea for your consideration, is to add separate toggle to enable/disable the emptying of trash slots.

Why ?

In the grand scheme of things, this honestly isn't a very big deal. The latest set of updates already addressed all my other unvoiced gripes about the player logistics system.

However, in the cases where I have isolated logistics networks, the sudden introduction of 10000 wood and stone is undesired as that would break my systems if it does not consume wood or stone.
Fortunately, with the new updates cleaning up is a lot simpler, but it would be nice to not have to clean up in the first place (assuming i remember to toggle it off in the first place, but by then it's a me problem)

From the FFF https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-338 :

By popular demand, we also added a switch to quickly turn personal logics on or off. Turning off personal logistics will stop logistic robots from bringing requested items. It will also stop items from automatically being moved to the trash slots. Logistic robots will continue to empty the trash slots.

So all you need to do is to move the trashed items back to your inventory.

ssilk wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:03 am So all you need to do is to move the trashed items back to your inventory.

But we're using the trash slots as additional inventory slots in vanilla

but what if i want to be able to be supplied via logistics while not dumping? that's why i mentioned a separate toggle for trash.

tamanous wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:50 am

ssilk wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:03 am So all you need to do is to move the trashed items back to your inventory.

But we're using the trash slots as additional inventory slots in vanilla

That's why we aren't going to do this - they aren't meant to be extra inventory slots for general use

ssilk wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:03 am From the FFF https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-338 :

By popular demand, we also added a switch to quickly turn personal logics on or off. Turning off personal logistics will stop logistic robots from bringing requested items. It will also stop items from automatically being moved to the trash slots. Logistic robots will continue to empty the trash slots.

So all you need to do is to move the trashed items back to your inventory.

...and hunt down all the stuff bots took from you before you remembered to do that.

Though really the solution is to have a trash station at every outpost that only enables when items are in the chests, and a train that comes and gets them and sends them back to the main base.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/AutoTrash

"Features:
...
- Pause autotrash when not in a certain network"