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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. It is most commonly used to upgrade entities to their higher tier equivalents. For example to replace [[transport belt]]s with [[fast transport belt]]s and later to [[express transport belt]]s. In addition it is also able to convert belts to [[underground belt]]s and [[pipe]]s to [[underground pipe]]s, as well as being able to replace 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 robot]]s.
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. It is most commonly used to upgrade entities to their higher tier equivalents. For example to replace [[transport belt]]s with [[fast transport belt]]s and later to [[express transport belt]]s. In addition it is also able to convert belts to [[underground belt]]s and [[pipe]]s to [[underground pipe]]s, as well as being able to replace 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 robot]]s. Upgrade planners can be used blank, without a filter, to automatically apply a limited set of common upgrades. It can also be configured to apply specific upgrades, and when edited in this way it can operate on a large range of items than it will in automatic, unfiltered mode.


== Basic operation ==
== Basic operation ==
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* Opening the blueprint library and clicking '''New Upgrade planner'''.
* Opening the blueprint library and clicking '''New Upgrade planner'''.


Either of these methods will result in a blank upgrade planner appearing in the hand. It can be used immediately or placed in the inventory. It must be placed in the inventory before a filter can be applied to it and before it can be pinned to a [[quickbar]] slot.
Either of these methods will result in a blank upgrade planner appearing in the hand. It can be used immediately or placed in the inventory. It must be placed in the inventory before a filter can be applied and before it can be pinned to a [[quickbar]] slot.


=== 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 structures in the game world to mark them for upgrade in the same way that they might drag a blueprint or deconstruction planner. A tooltip appears indicating the items that will be upgraded by this planner, and what they will change to. Once placed, yellow circles will appear over items queued for update. These update operations will be performed by [[construction robot]]s.
With a planner held in the hand the player can drag it over structures in the game world to mark them for upgrade. A tooltip appears indicating which items will be changed and what to. Once placed, yellow circles will appear over items queued for update. These update operations will be performed by [[construction robot]]s.


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File:UpgradePlanner-DraggingAPlanner.png|thumb|none|200px|Dragging an upgrade planner
File:UpgradePlanner-DraggingAPlanner.png|thumb|none|200px|Dragging an upgrade planner
File:UpgradePlanner-DraggingAPlannerTooltip.png|thumb|none|200px|The tooltip shows which upgrades will occur
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=== Cancelling upgrade operations ===
=== Cancelling upgrade operations ===


Pending upgrade operations can be cancelled by holding {{Keybinding|Shift}} while dragging an upgrade planner over the affected area.
Pending upgrade operations can be cancelled by holding {{Keybinding|Shift}} while dragging any upgrade planner over the affected area.


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


Upgrade planners can also be used to change the contents of blueprints. This allows the player to keep using the same blueprints as they research progressively better items.
Upgrade planners can also be used to change the contents of blueprints. This allows the player to keep using the same blueprints as they research progressively better items. As upgrade planners can also downgrade items this also provides a way for a player to adjust late-game blueprints to make them suitable for use earlier in their future games.


* The blueprint to be upgraded must reside in an inventory. It is not currently possible to use an upgrade planner in the blueprint library.
* The blueprint to be updated must reside in an inventory. It is not currently possible to use an upgrade planner in the blueprint library.
* With a planner held in the hand, the edit window for a blueprint should be opened by clicking {{Keybinding|rmb}} on it.
* With a planner held in the hand, the edit window for a blueprint should be opened by clicking {{Keybinding|rmb}} on it.
* The upgrade planner can then be applied by click {{Keybinding|lmb}} on the grey upgrade planner slot, visible in the top right corner of the blueprint.
* The upgrade planner can be applied by clicking {{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 according to the filters in the planner.
* The entities in the blueprint will immediately update according to the filters in the planner. If an unfiltered planner is used an automatic set of common upgrades is applied, as described in the next section.
* The update is immediate and irreversible.
* The update is immediate and cannot be undone, except by applying another upgrade planner with filters set to revert the updates.
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== Filtered vs Unfiltered planners ==
== 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.  
When an upgrade planner is first picked up it is blank and unfiltered. It can optionally be edited to provide a list of item filters which control which items will be updated and to what.


=== Using a blank upgrade planner (unfiltered) ===
=== Using a blank upgrade planner (unfiltered) ===
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* Inserters
* Inserters
* Assembling machines
* Assembling machines
* Furnaces


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.
Any items of the above types will be upgraded to the next highest tier, where one exists. 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.  The full list can be found at [[#Items eligible for upgrade]].


=== Filtering an upgrade planner ===
=== Filtering an upgrade planner ===


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.
The edit window for the planner can be accessed by clicking {{Keybinding|rmb}} on an upgrade planner. The planner must be in an inventory in order for it to be editable. If a [[quickbar]] link is made to a planner in the inventory, this link can also accept a {{Keybinding|rmb}}.


== Items that can be altered ==
== Items eligible for upgrade ==


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.
The upgrade planner can operate on the items listed below. A planner can swap any item in a given category to any other item in the 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 ===
The '''Blank upgrade planner''' column indicates entities which will be automatically upgraded when a blank (unfiltered) upgrade planner is used. These items will upgrade to the entity immediately after them in the table.


* [[Transport belt]]
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Fast transport belt]]
!style="width: 220px;" |Category
* [[Express transport belt]]
!Item
* [[Underground belt]]
!Blank upgrade planner
* [[Fast underground belt]]
|-
* [[Express underground belt]]
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Transport belt]] || Yes
|-
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Fast transport belt]] || Yes
|-
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Express transport belt]] || No
|-
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Underground belt]] || Yes
|-
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Fast underground belt]] || Yes
|-
| Belts and undergrounds || [[Express underground belt]] || No
|-
| Splitters || [[Splitter]] || Yes
|-
| Splitters || [[Fast splitter]] || Yes
|-
| Splitters || [[Express splitter]] || No
|-
| Inserters || [[Burner inserter]] || No
|-
| Inserters || [[Inserter]] || Yes
|-
| Inserters || [[Fast inserter]] || Yes
|-
| Inserters || [[Stack inserter]] || No
|-
| Inserters || [[Filter inserter]] || No
|-
| Inserters || [[Stack filter inserter]] || No
|-
| Pipes || [[Pipe]] || No
|-
| Pipes || [[Underground pipe]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Wooden chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Iron chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Steel chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Active provider chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Passive provider chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Storage chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Buffer chest]] || No
|-
| Chests || [[Requester chest]] || No
|-
| Power poles || [[Small electric pole]] || No
|-
| Power poles || [[Medium electric pole]] || No
|-
| Steam Engine/Turbine || [[Steam engine]] || No
|-
| Steam Engine/Turbine || [[Steam turbine]] || No
|-
| Furnaces || [[Stone furnace]] || Yes
|-
| Furnaces || [[Steel furnace]] || No
|-
| Assembling machines || [[Assembling machine 1]] || Yes
|-
| Assembling machines || [[Assembling machine 2]] || Yes
|-
| Assembling machines || [[Assembling machine 3]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Speed module]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Speed module 2]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Speed module 3]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Productivity module]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Productivity module 2]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Productivity module 3]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Efficiency module]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Efficiency module 2]] || No
|-
| Modules || [[Efficiency module 3]] || No
|-
| Walls/Gates || [[Wall]] || No
|-
| Walls/Gates || [[Gate]] || No
|}


=== Splitters ===
This list can be added to by [[modding|mods]].
 
* [[Splitter]]
* [[Fast splitter]]
* [[Express splitter]]
 
=== Inserters ===
 
* [[Burner inserter]]
* [[Inserter]]
* [[Fast inserter]]
* [[Filter inserter]]
* [[Stack inserter]]
* [[Stack filter inserter]]
 
=== Pipes ===
 
* [[Pipe]]
* [[Underground pipe]]
 
=== Chests ===
 
* [[Wooden chest]]
* [[Iron chest]]
* [[Steel chest]]
* [[Active provider chest]]
* [[Passive provider chest]]
* [[Storage chest]]
* [[Buffer chest]]
* [[Requester chest]]
 
=== Power poles ===
 
* [[Small electric pole]]
* [[Medium electric pole]]
 
=== Boilers/Turbines ===
 
* [[Boiler]]
* [[Steam turbine]]
 
=== Furnaces ===
 
* [[Stone furnace]]
* [[Steel furnace]]
 
=== Assembling machines ===
 
* [[Assembling machine 1]]
* [[Assembling machine 2]]
* [[Assembling machine 3]]
 
=== Modules ===
 
* [[Speed module]]
* [[Speed module 2]]
* [[Speed module 3]]
* [[Productivity module]]
* [[Productivity module 2]]
* [[Productivity module 3]]
* [[Efficiency module]]
* [[Efficiency module 2]]
* [[Efficiency module 3]]
 
=== Walls/Gates ===
 
* [[Wall]]
* [[Gate]]


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 12:35, 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. It is most commonly used to upgrade entities to their higher tier equivalents. For example to replace transport belts with fast transport belts and later to 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 replace 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. Upgrade planners can be used blank, without a filter, to automatically apply a limited set of common upgrades. It can also be configured to apply specific upgrades, and when edited in this way it can operate on a large range of items than it will in automatic, unfiltered mode.

Basic operation

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.

Either of these methods will result in a blank upgrade planner appearing in the hand. It can be used immediately or placed in the inventory. It must be placed in the inventory before a filter can be applied and before it can be pinned to a quickbar slot.

Using the planner in the game world

With a planner held in the hand the player can drag it over structures in the game world to mark them for upgrade. A tooltip appears indicating which items will be changed and what to. Once placed, yellow circles will appear over items queued for update. These update operations will be performed by construction robots.

  • Dragging an upgrade planner

  • The tooltip shows which upgrades will occur

  • Pending upgrade planner operations indicated by yellow circles

Cancelling upgrade operations

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

Using the planner to update a blueprint

Upgrade planners can also be used to change the contents of blueprints. This allows the player to keep using the same blueprints as they research progressively better items. As upgrade planners can also downgrade items this also provides a way for a player to adjust late-game blueprints to make them suitable for use earlier in their future games.

  • The blueprint to be updated must reside in an inventory. It is not currently possible to use an upgrade planner in the blueprint library.
  • With a planner held in the hand, the edit window for a blueprint should be opened by clicking Right mouse button on it.
  • The upgrade planner can be applied by clicking 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 according to the filters in the planner. If an unfiltered planner is used an automatic set of common upgrades is applied, as described in the next section.
  • The update is immediate and cannot be undone, except by applying another upgrade planner with filters set to revert the updates.


UpgradePlanner-BlueprintExample.gif

Filtered vs Unfiltered planners

When an upgrade planner is first picked up it is blank and unfiltered. It can optionally be edited to provide a list of item filters which control which items will be updated and to what.

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
  • Furnaces

Any items of the above types will be upgraded to the next highest tier, where one exists. 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. The full list can be found at #Items eligible for upgrade.

Filtering an upgrade planner

The edit window for the planner can be accessed by clicking Right mouse button on an upgrade planner. The planner must be in an inventory in order for it to be editable. If a quickbar link is made to a planner in the inventory, this link can also accept a Right mouse button.

Items eligible for upgrade

The upgrade planner can operate on the items listed below. A planner can swap any item in a given category to any other item in the 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.

The Blank upgrade planner column indicates entities which will be automatically upgraded when a blank (unfiltered) upgrade planner is used. These items will upgrade to the entity immediately after them in the table.

Category Item Blank upgrade planner
Belts and undergrounds Transport belt Yes
Belts and undergrounds Fast transport belt Yes
Belts and undergrounds Express transport belt No
Belts and undergrounds Underground belt Yes
Belts and undergrounds Fast underground belt Yes
Belts and undergrounds Express underground belt No
Splitters Splitter Yes
Splitters Fast splitter Yes
Splitters Express splitter No
Inserters Burner inserter No
Inserters Inserter Yes
Inserters Fast inserter Yes
Inserters Stack inserter No
Inserters Filter inserter No
Inserters Stack filter inserter No
Pipes Pipe No
Pipes Underground pipe No
Chests Wooden chest No
Chests Iron chest No
Chests Steel chest No
Chests Active provider chest No
Chests Passive provider chest No
Chests Storage chest No
Chests Buffer chest No
Chests Requester chest No
Power poles Small electric pole No
Power poles Medium electric pole No
Steam Engine/Turbine Steam engine No
Steam Engine/Turbine Steam turbine No
Furnaces Stone furnace Yes
Furnaces Steel furnace No
Assembling machines Assembling machine 1 Yes
Assembling machines Assembling machine 2 Yes
Assembling machines Assembling machine 3 No
Modules Speed module No
Modules Speed module 2 No
Modules Speed module 3 No
Modules Productivity module No
Modules Productivity module 2 No
Modules Productivity module 3 No
Modules Efficiency module No
Modules Efficiency module 2 No
Modules Efficiency module 3 No
Walls/Gates Wall No
Walls/Gates Gate No

This list can be added to by mods.

History

See also

Production items

Tools

Furnaces

Agriculture

Environmental protection

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