Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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Can you round down the manual input quantity limit so that it is a multiple of the recipe?

IE I don't want to put 112 iron plates in a steel making furnace, only 110 or 115.

There might be an argument for inserter behavior to be similar, but it has only ever bothered me for manual input.
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Also force behavior to place the minimum quantity for the recipe;

ie. only put 2 stone, or 5 plates, never 1 stone or 1-4 plates. Only when using z to drop single units.
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Re: Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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I recommend looking for omnismelter or multismelter in “show your creations” biard.

Because with some thinking you can build it yourself, the inserters can be programmed to count the items in hand and take only a maximum number of items.

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Re: Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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ssilk wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:40 pm Because with some thinking you can build it yourself, the inserters can be programmed to count the items in hand and take only a maximum number of items.

Moved to implemented.
This suggestion was specifically not for inserter, but for manual placement:
zerohourrct wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:09 pm There might be an argument for inserter behavior to be similar, but it has only ever bothered me for manual input.
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Re: Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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NotRexButCaesar wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:43 pm
ssilk wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:40 pm Moved to implemented.
This suggestion was specifically not for inserter, but for manual placement:
Gotta agree that "circuit solution exists" is a weird case for "implemented". Rather it should be "Outdated/Not implemented" like all the other hand-crafting related suggestions.
zerohourrct wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:09 pm There might be an argument for inserter behavior to be similar
That would ruin both throughput and performance as it would require more swings to transfer the same total amount.
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Re: Limit input quantity to a multiple of recipe

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Indeed I overread “manual”. :?
Moved to won’t implement. 8-)
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