Even Distribution Fork

Even Distribution Fork

For the current public, stable release of Factorio 2.1.

Fill several buildings without opening every inventory. A maintained fork of Even Distribution by 321freddy.

General behaviour

Drag: hold an item and Ctrl + left mouse, then drag across buildings. Start over empty ground. Right mouse offers half instead.

Dump: press Shift+C to send excess ores, intermediates, science packs and trash-slot items to nearby compatible buildings.

Original demonstration by 321freddy.

Both actions use your selected mode. Offer 60 items to buildings containing 30 / 0 / 0:

• Even Distribute: add 20 each → 50 / 20 / 20.
• Balance Inventory: equalize the final amounts → 30 / 30 / 30.

Items that do not fit stay at their source.

Settings

Open the blue button beside your inventory.

• Sources: cursor, inventory and vehicle cargo.
• Fuel and ammo limits: cap each building, separately for Drag and Dump.
• Replace inferior items: let Drag upgrade existing fuel or ammo.
• Destinations: optional chest filling and machine output slots.
• Range, delay and ignored buildings.

Personal logistic requests control what Dump keeps:

• Keep 100 → Dump everything above 100.
• Keep the minimum by default, or switch to the maximum.
• Minimum 0 + maximum ∞ → exclude that item from Dump.

Chest filling: ordinary chests need the item already inside; requester chests follow their requests.

Changes since original

Bio items

Spoilable items are sorted into three freshness groups, distributed oldest first:

Mostly spoiled → medium freshness → fresh

Each Drag or Dump handles one group. If all three are present, use Drag or Dump three times to distribute everything. More actions may be needed if the buildings run out of room.

Why three groups? Distribution pools the selected items and averages their freshness. Without groups, this could also average the freshness of all leftovers returned to your inventory when the buildings cannot hold everything. Grouping keeps newer items out of that pool until their turn.

→ Fuel + recipe input: both are filled separately when needed. Dump includes them by default; keep amounts and fuel limits still apply.

Ammo

Dump enabled by default. All consumption groups in one action. Partly used magazines first within each type.

Dump priority:

→ →

→

Equipped ammo → keep 100 total across character ammo slots, inventory and cursor. Both actions protect only the equipped item and quality; other ammo stays available.

→ Turrets: Drag only. Chests: Dump allowed. Compatible targets only.

Quality

Drag: all qualities. Dump: normal quality only.

Qualities stay separate throughout distribution and returns.

Protected destinations

→ Drag first. Dump only fills them when their input/fuel inventory already contains items.

→ Drag only, even when already supplied.

Other fixes

• Factorio 2.1 fuel handling, including multiple fuel categories.
• Transfers preserve freshness, remaining shots, durability and health.
• Correct partial transfers and returns, without dropping overflow.
• Safe switching between dragged items and qualities.
• Updated defaults without resetting saved settings; fewer inventory scans.

Feedback

These behaviours are deliberate choices. Freshness batches prioritize older items without mixing the entire inventory.

Prefer all freshness groups in one action? I'm open to changing this or adding a setting.

Please report problems and share suggestions.

Original mod: 321freddy · Fork: Jhorr · Initial spoilage contribution: FallenPaladin.

Keeping Even Distribution up to date and fixing issues as they arise until 321freddy returns.

Icons: Factorio Wiki and Wube Software.