GemGrowthController

Gem Growth Controller v3

Automates gemstone and nanobot-particle production for Industrial Overhaul / Extended Engineering setups.

The script manages:

• Gemstone Growth Chambers
• Nano Growth Chambers
• Gemstone Refineries
• Heavy Gemstone Refineries
• Quartz
• Ruby
• Sapphire
• Diamond
• Topaz
• Garnet
• Nanobot Particles

It maintains configurable stock targets, protects seed reserves, automatically schedules growth jobs, and now also manages the refining side of the gem-production loop.

Setup

Create these three terminal block groups:

Gem Growth Chambers

Add all of your:

• Gemstone Growth Chambers
• Nano Growth Chambers
• Gemstone Refineries
• Heavy Gemstone Refineries

The script automatically distinguishes growth chambers from gemstone refineries.

Gem Growth Stock

Add the storage blocks containing your protected gem-production materials, including things such as:

• Refined gems
• Raw gem chunks
• Ice
• Aluminum
• Silicon
• Carbon
• Iron
• Platinum

This is treated as the protected stock used by the production system.

Gem Growth Sources

Add general cargo or ore-storage blocks where raw gem chunks or refined gems may be deposited by conveyor systems or other inventory-management scripts.

The controller will:

• Recover raw gem chunks from these inventories
• Feed them into available gemstone refineries
• Return completed refined gems to protected stock
• Rescue refined gems that were accidentally moved into general storage

This allows the gem-production loop to keep working even if another inventory-management system moves raw chunks out of the growth chambers before they can be refined.

Optional LCD

Add [GEMCTRL] to the name of any LCD panel you want the script to use for status output.

Programmable Block Commands

• setup - Overwrites Custom Data with the default configuration
• reload - Reloads settings from Custom Data
• pause - Pauses automatic management
• resume - Resumes automatic management
• status - Refreshes status without scheduling new work
• debug - Displays detected chambers, refineries, and subtype IDs

How it works

The controller continuously tracks refined gems, raw chunks, and protected seed reserves.

Raw gem chunks count toward future stock at the normal refining ratio of 10 chunks = 1 refined gem.

When stock falls below configured targets, the script schedules new growth jobs. Seed reserves receive higher priority so the system avoids consuming the last usable gemstones.

Nano Particle production is only allowed when all gemstone seed reserves are safely above their protected levels.

As of v3, the script also manages gemstone refining directly. It pulls raw chunks from designated storage, feeds gemstone refineries, and returns finished gems to protected storage.

This means the gem-production loop no longer depends on refinery Auto-Pull or external inventory-management behavior working in a particular way.

Default products managed

Quartz Ruby Sapphire Diamond Topaz Garnet Nanobot Particles