This is a group-based inventory manager that maintains a minimum number of certain item(s) in certain blocks.

For example, I use this to maintain at least 10 missiles in every missile turret & rocket launcher, 10 ammo containers in every gatling turret, along with 5 steel plates/interior plates/construction components in every welder.

This helps alleviate some bugs self-repairing ships run into in survival mode.


First, select all cargo blocks and create a block group around them named StockSource. The script will only pull items from these blocks.

Next, select the blocks you want to manage inventory for. For example, missile turrets & rocket launchers. Then create a block group around them with the name:

Stock<subtypeId>:<count>

Where <subtypeId> is a normal inventory item subtype ID. Some common ones:

• Missile200mm
  
• NATO_25x184mm
  
• NATO_5p56x45mm
  
• BulletproofGlass
  
• Computer
  
• Construction
  
• Detector
  
• Display
  
• Explosives
  
• Girder
  
• GravityGenerator
  
• InteriorPlate
  
• LargeTube
  
• Medical
  
• MetalGrid
  
• Motor
  
• PowerCell
  
• RadioCommunication
  
• Reactor
  
• SmallTube
  
• SolarCell
  
• SteelPlate
  
• Superconductor
  
• Thrust

So using the missile example, StockMissile200mm:10 would maintain 10 missiles in the missile turrets & rocket launchers.

Note that while the word "Stock" can be any letter case, the <subtypeId> must match the letter case above exactly.

And that's it. Create as many groups as you want for as many subtype IDs as you want. This module runs every 2 seconds and is fairly optimized, i.e. does nothing if you have no StockSource group defined, skips scanning inventory if all blocks have their minimum number, etc.