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K+ Inventory Control System V2
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Kineko  [developer] 5 Apr, 2021 @ 5:40pm
Getting Started
The following guide is designed for players who are want to leverage the mod to assist with their storage organization. Each step is detailed below.

For the following example, we will build the K+ ICS network and then add a forge and storage that will feed materials into the forge.

Build the K+ ICS Manager

This structure contains all of the rules to manage your network. Each structure contains a unique network and you can have multiple structures within any particular area.

  • Build the K+ ICS Manager in your inventory
  • Place the structure in a location where you will not need to move it (picking it up clears all settings)
  • Rename the structure (the structure name is the network name)
  • Enable the structure (this turns the network on)

Now that you have a network, it is time to set up some rules. In the example below, the network is named "My First Network" and is the only network in the area.

Build the K+ ICS Gun

This weapon is used to set up rules for structures or tamed dinos that it is fired at. The gun has three options:

  • Build the K+ ICS Gun in your inventory
  • Alt-Fire to select a network (only required if there is more than one network in range)
  • Fire to select a target to manage (can be any structure with an inventory or a tamed dino)
  • Reload to open the Personal Inventory Manager (detailed separately)

Add your storage box to the network

Shoot the desired storage with your K+ ICS Gun. It works with any object that has an inventory and it can be from other mods.

For the purposes of this demo, we are creating an "overflow" box which will accept any items pushed from any other structure and allow other structures to pull from it.

  1. Fire the gun at the structure to open the UI
  2. Inventory Management: Click on Disabled to change it to Enabled
  3. Leave the other settings as they are by default
  4. Click on Exit

Add your forge to the network

For this example, we will have the forge pull Metal and Sparkpowder into the forge and eject Metal Ingots.

  1. Fire the gun at the structure to open the UI
  2. Add resources to be managed
    1. In the right column, click on Metal. This will add it to managed items in the center
    2. In the right column, click on Sparkpowder
    3. In the right column, click on Metal Ingot
  3. Set the quantity for the mod to keep in the structure
    1. In the center column, change the Minimum value for Metal to 1. Setting the minimum to a non-zero value will cause the mod to pull that many stacks into the structure.
    2. In the center column, change the Minimum value for Sparkpowder to 1
    3. In the center column, click on the word Metal Ingot twice. This will cause the text to be red with the default blue background. This setting tells the mod to eject this resource.
  4. Inventory Management: Click on Disabled to change it to Enabled
  5. Click on Exit

Test and verify

Place Metal and Sparkpowder in the storage container. On the next pass of the K+ ICS Manager, one stack of each should move to the forge. Note that this will not automatically start the forge.

Activate the forge. Once Metal Ingots are produced, they should be moved to the storage box while the used Metal and Sparkpowder should be replaced to maintain the desired amount.
Last edited by Kineko; 6 Apr, 2021 @ 8:16pm
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Kineko  [developer] 7 Apr, 2021 @ 2:30pm 
Network Resources

Each network starts with a core number of resources that it knows about and can manage. Until the network learns about a new object, no rules can be created for that object and it will be ignored by the system.

There are two methods to view the resources that can be managed in your network:
  • Resources are shown on the right side of the rule configuration screen
  • Resources can be managed from the K+ ICS Manager

Adding new resources

There are two methods to add new resources to your network.

Automatic

You can set the system to automatically add any new item that it finds while it is scanning structures that it manages. Using this method may result in a very large list of resources. To enable this process, perform the following:

  • On the K+ ICS Manager, use the radial menu to select Enable Automatically adding new resources

NOTE: This will add any new resources in any container when it is scanned. Only active nodes are automatically scanned. Active nodes show as green in the Manage Inventories list mentioned in the next section.

Manual Scans

When you are in the rule configuration screen of a structure that contains resources that you want to add, simply click on the Scan for new resources button. All resources that have not previously been defined in the network which are in the structure will be added.

You can open any managed structure's rule set from the K+ ICS Manager using either of the following:

  • On the K+ ICS Manager, use the radial menu to select Manage Inventories
  • Open the K+ ICS Manager's inventory and select Manage Inventories

Or use the K+ ICS Gun to open the rules for the structure.

Once open, click the Scan for Resources button. This will immediately add any items in the structure or dinos inventory into that ICS network.
Last edited by Kineko; 19 May, 2021 @ 1:02pm
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