Auto Placer

The item placer automates the tedious task of placing items at repeating intervals in tunnels, shafts, work floors, and room with the ability to place in a continuous line or grid pattern based on the placement mode setting. The placer requires a supply of placement capable items. If coal ore is supplied then torches will be auto-crafted and placed at the standard cost of 5 coal ore per torch.

Pressing the interact key will bring up the UI for settings.

The machine color will indicate a state of green if not running or finished, yellow if running, or red if stopped due to a problem which will be indicated on the info panel. The machine will automatically resume if any problem stopping it is resolved. Pressing Reset will stop the machine and clear the current placement position back to the start.

In Set Boundaries and Room Boundaries modes a preview grid will be visible showing the placements based on the current settings. Room Boundaries placement mode requires the machine be placed in a room with a working room controller.

Torches, electric light, Enhanced Light mod light, and room lights can have color automatically applied by enabling the Apply Color setting. The color to be used is set by firing the Paint Gun on the Auto Placer machine.

Required Research: Automation

Manufacturing Category: Logistics

Update 7/29/2022:
– Update Harmony library to 2.2.2

Update 2/20/2020:
– Changes to prevent problems with machine tracking when a manufacturing plant set to automate this machine creates it at 0,0,0 to spawn the visuals.

Update 1/2/2020:
– Last used settings will now be retained between world exit/load.

Update 12/26/2019:
– Fix issue where digging of cubes on segment edges while the player is not in range of the machine can result in transparent cube faces.

Update 1/7/2019:
– Add drone to holobase.

Update 10/7/2018:
– Allow for placement intervals up to 255.

Update 10/6/2018:
– Fix bug where settings do not save and restore correctly.

Update 9/30/2018:
– Fix incorrect forward count shown in info popup for countinuous mode.

Update 9/25/2018:
– Refresh build for release P22.
– Latest UI fixes.

Update 9/22/2018:
– Change to machine settings popup UI.
– Add new settings for handling obstructions and ablity to break cubes.
– Add Room mode to automatically set forward and row counts to within room boundaries.
– Add ability to place Torches from coal (replaces defunct Torch Placer mod machine).
– Add ability to set color on placed torch, electric light, Enhanced Light mod, and room lights. Use the Paint Gun on the Auto Placer to set the color.
– Fix left/right orientation being flipped when sideways against an X/Z axis surface.
– Drone should stay visible long distance IF the machine was visited first.
– Info popup now shows if the machine is hung up waiting for segment load.
– Latest UI control fixes.

Update 9/9/2018:
– Update to show placement positions in red.

Update 6/10/2018:
– Fix key press debounce issues.

Update 5/24/2018:
– Fix language file path casing for Linux.

Update 5/21/2018:
– Revised recipes to mesh better with new FCE recipe set.
– Removed research point requirement.

Update 1/21/2017:
– Recompile for FortressCraft Version 17.

Update 7/7/2017:
– Fix to prevent the machine from placing crashed parts containers.

Update 7/6/2017:
– Fix to prevent the machine from placing ore.