Storage Container

Normal = Industrial =

Storage Container is a building that is capable of storing large quantities of items, which allows for storage automation and large storage buffers.

Industrial Storage Container is the larger variant of the Storage Container with double the size and double the storage capacity.

Behavior
If a conveyor is connected to the input of a container, items will be automatically inserted into the container. If a conveyor is connected to the output, items will be automatically outputted. If both are connected, items will flow through and only back up if the outputting conveyor is also backing up.

The conveyor mark determines operation speed; containers themselves do not limit throughput.

Industrial Storage Containers do not balance either the inputs or outputs, which can lead to strange behavior and unevently dispensed items.

Stacks and ladders
Containers can be easily stacked on top of each other.

Containers have ladders on the sides, which can be used to climb very high.

Labelling
There are different ways to label a container, for a player to understand what is inside:
 * Build a short belt from the container output. This also turns the container into a dispenser, as players can take the item from the belt.
 * Drop a single item in front of the container/on top of it
 * Color-code by painting containers with different colors.

Alternatively, pointing at a container in dismantle mode will reveal its contents, for up to 100m away.

History

 * Patch 0.1.5: Renamed Storage Container Mk.2 to Industrial Storage Container and added a second input and output
 * Patch Closed Alpha 2 : Added stacking functionality for Storage Containers