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== Basic operation ==
== Basic operation ==
 
[[File:UpgradePlanner-PendingUpgradeOperationCircles.png|thumb|right|200px|Pending upgrade planner operations indicated by yellow circles.]]
=== Getting an upgrade planner ===
=== Getting an upgrade planner ===


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=== Using the planner in the game world ===
=== Using the planner in the game world ===


With a planner held in the hand, the player can drag it over entities in the game world to mark them for upgrade in exactly the same way that they might drag a blueprint or deconstruction planner.
With a planner held in the hand, the player can drag it over entities in the game world to mark them for upgrade in exactly the same way that they might drag a blueprint or deconstruction planner. Yellow circles will appear over any item queued for update. These update operations will be performed by [[construction robot]]s.
 
=== Cancelling upgrade operations ===
 
Pending upgrade operations can be cancelled by holding {{Keybinding|Shift}} while dragging an upgrade planner over the affected area.


=== Using the planner to update a blueprint ===
=== Using the planner to update a blueprint ===


* The blueprint to be upgraded must reside in an inventory - it is not currently possible to apply an upgrade planner to a blueprint in the blueprint library.
* The blueprint to be upgraded must reside in an inventory. It is not currently possible to apply an upgrade planner to a blueprint in the blueprint library.
* With a planner in the hand, open the edit window for a blueprint by clicking {{Keybinding|rmb}} on it.
* With a planner in the hand, open the edit window for a blueprint by clicking {{Keybinding|rmb}} on it.
* Click {{Keybinding|lmb}} the planner on the grey upgrade planner slot, visible in the top right corner of the blueprint.
* Click {{Keybinding|lmb}} on the grey upgrade planner slot, visible in the top right corner of the blueprint.
* The entities in the blueprint will immediately update. If a filtered planner is used, only those entities in the filter will change. An unfiltered planner will update everything.
* The entities in the blueprint will immediately update. If a filtered planner is used, only those entities in the filter will change. An unfiltered planner will update all eligible entities.
* The update is immediate and irreversible.
* The update is immediate and irreversible.


=== Filtering the planner ===
== Filtered vs Unfiltered planners ==
 
Upgrade planners accept a list of item filters to control what types of items are upgraded, and to what. When an upgrade planner is first picked up it is blank and unfiltered.
 
=== Using a blank upgrade planner (unfiltered) ===
 
When a blank upgrade planner is used it will update to the next highest tier any items considered automatically upgradable. The list of item types eligible for this are as follows:
* Belts
* Undergrounds
* Splitters
* Inserters
* Assembling machines
 
Any items of the above types will be upgraded to the next highest tier. For example a transport belt will change to a fast transport belt; a fast splitter will change to an express splitter; an assembling machine 2 will change to an assembling machine 3.
 
=== Filtering an upgrade planner ===


In order to specify specific rules for the planner to follow, it is
The edit window for the planner can be accessed by clicking with {{Keybinding|rmb}} on an upgrade planner. This click can be done via the inventory UI or directly on a [[quickbar]] link, but it must be done to an upgrade planner that is already in the inventory.


== Items that can be altered ==
== Items that can be altered ==
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* [[Efficiency module 3]]
* [[Efficiency module 3]]


== Walls/Gates ===
=== Walls/Gates ===


* [[Wall]]
* [[Wall]]

Revision as of 00:08, 7 March 2019

Infobox:TheBloke/Upgrade planner

The upgrade planner is a tool for the mass updating of entities to alternative items of the same size and type. It can be used both on buildings that have already been placed and also to modify the contents of a blueprint. Its most common use is the replacing of earlier game entities with later, better items. For example to replace transport belts with fast transport belts and later with express transport belts. In addition it is also able to convert belts to underground belts and pipes to underground pipes, as well as being able to swap several other categories of items. Using an upgrade planner in the game world is similar to the operation of a deconstruction planner and a blueprint, in that the player selects a rectangular area in which the upgrade planner will function and this results in orders being queued for construction robots.

Basic operation

Pending upgrade planner operations indicated by yellow circles.

Getting an upgrade planner

A blank planner can be obtained by:

  • Clicking the green upgrade planner icon on the shortcut bar (available once construction robotics has been researched in at least one game.)
  • Opening the blueprint library and clicking New Upgrade planner.

Using the planner in the game world

With a planner held in the hand, the player can drag it over entities in the game world to mark them for upgrade in exactly the same way that they might drag a blueprint or deconstruction planner. Yellow circles will appear over any item queued for update. These update operations will be performed by construction robots.

Cancelling upgrade operations

Pending upgrade operations can be cancelled by holding Shift while dragging an upgrade planner over the affected area.

Using the planner to update a blueprint

  • The blueprint to be upgraded must reside in an inventory. It is not currently possible to apply an upgrade planner to a blueprint in the blueprint library.
  • With a planner in the hand, open the edit window for a blueprint by clicking Right mouse button on it.
  • Click Left mouse button on the grey upgrade planner slot, visible in the top right corner of the blueprint.
  • The entities in the blueprint will immediately update. If a filtered planner is used, only those entities in the filter will change. An unfiltered planner will update all eligible entities.
  • The update is immediate and irreversible.

Filtered vs Unfiltered planners

Upgrade planners accept a list of item filters to control what types of items are upgraded, and to what. When an upgrade planner is first picked up it is blank and unfiltered.

Using a blank upgrade planner (unfiltered)

When a blank upgrade planner is used it will update to the next highest tier any items considered automatically upgradable. The list of item types eligible for this are as follows:

  • Belts
  • Undergrounds
  • Splitters
  • Inserters
  • Assembling machines

Any items of the above types will be upgraded to the next highest tier. For example a transport belt will change to a fast transport belt; a fast splitter will change to an express splitter; an assembling machine 2 will change to an assembling machine 3.

Filtering an upgrade planner

The edit window for the planner can be accessed by clicking with Right mouse button on an upgrade planner. This click can be done via the inventory UI or directly on a quickbar link, but it must be done to an upgrade planner that is already in the inventory.

Items that can be altered

The upgrade planner can operate on the items listed below. A planner can swap any item in each category to any other item in that same category. For example a transport belt can be changed to a fast or express transport belt and also to any kind of underground, but not to a splitter or a chest.

Belts and undergrounds

Splitters

Inserters

Pipes

Chests

Power poles

Boilers/Turbines

Furnaces

Assembling machines

Modules

Walls/Gates



History

See also

Production items

Tools

Furnaces

Agriculture

Environmental protection

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