Add Smaller Quantum Storage (512) #162
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This breaks the pattern of quantum storage crafting and also: https://discord.com/channels/809178621424041997/921097122680545280/1154535386509488149
The link doesn't go anywhere for me - it breaks the pattern, but it's less than a single chest or even half of that. There's a very good reason for this storage to exist, and it's due to network node limits and lower storage amounts that just aren't available anywhere else.
In a setup like this, we don't want the smelteries or other areas of the factory on the main network due to node limits. We only want to see the products of this on the main system for central storage. The problem with this is that a 4k storage means 4k of some input must be reached. For something like carbon that's used in a lot of different places, you often need >16k total carbon just sitting around before you can manually use it for anything. This might not be a use case initially intended, but it's such a good use case that can't be replicated by any other storage method. Fluffy Barrels are way too large, and chests require vanilla grabbers and pushers so don't work while offline. There isn't any smaller storage that can be used as "transfer" or "buffer" storage, which I feel is a real shame for something as useful as networks. |
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Closing in favour of #164 |
Quantum Storage for networks is really useful because they're treated as machines. They have so many usages that aren't just as network storage, but can be used to transfer items between networks while being connected to both with a monitor and a network pusher. This flexibility makes organising network systems and node counts much easier and it's one of the major benefits of Quantum Storages.
Unfortunately, the smallest is 4096 items, which is quite a lot in certain circumstances to have "backed up" in crafting.
Now the Network Greedy Block is useful, but unfortunately works as a network block and would connect multiple networks together - which means it doesn't work for almost all usages that quantums can support.
I've placed an even smaller quantum storage in this PR for review and hopefully addition that would mean not having to autocraft 4k of an item to have it "in reserve" if it's target network becomes full.