ME Requester in All the Mons

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

ME Requester is an add-on for Applied Energistics 2 that keeps items and fluids in stock in your ME system. You set a target amount, and the requester asks your network to craft more whenever the stock drops below it.^[1][2]

This pack includes version 1.21.1-1.4.3 of the NeoForge build.^[3]

What it does

A single requester block hosts 5 requests by default. You can place as many requesters as you like on your system and manage them all remotely through the ME Requester Terminal, which lets you configure requests and monitor their status. The number of slots per requester, its channel usage and its idle energy usage are all configurable.^[1][2]

Each request can be toggled on or off and has an amount to stock and a batch size. A color-coded status bar shows whether the request is idling, crafting, exporting, missing ingredients or empty. If you used the Requester from Lazier AE2 before, this is the same feature split out into its own mod. It was rewritten and now supports fluids too.^[1][2]

Who it is for

This is for you if you already have an AE2 network with autocrafting and are tired of manually ordering crafts to refill your supplies. The requester only automates the ordering. Whatever you want stocked must already have a pattern and be craftable by hand-requesting it as a player, and your Crafting CPUs and pattern providers must be on the same network as the requester.^[2]

Where it fits in progression

It is a mid-game convenience layer on top of AE2 autocrafting. You will want a working crafting setup before it is useful.^[2]

Unverified The sources I was given do not place this mod on the ATM Star path or tie any quests to it, and they do not show any pack-specific change to its recipes or config values. The slot count per requester is configurable, but this pack's value is unconfirmed.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

The ME Requester is an Applied Energistics 2 add-on that keeps items and fluids in stock in your ME system. When the current stock of something falls below the amount you set, it requests more. Here is the order I'd do things in.^[1][2]

Craft the ME Requester

Everything starts with the ME Requester. In the mod, one block hosts 5 requests by default, and the number of slots is adjustable in the config. A system can have more than one requester, and the ME Requester Terminal can reach them remotely.^[1][2]

ME RequesterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any interface	any iron ingot
Crafting Co-Processing Unit	Engineering Processor	Crafting Co-Processing Unit
any copper ingot	Amethyst Shard	any copper ingot

Recipe id: merequester:requester

This is the in-pack recipe, and it is the mod's own recipe, not one changed by the pack.

Place it and connect it to the same network your autocrafting logic is in, the one that hosts your Crafting CPUs and patterns.^[2]

Make sure the item can actually be crafted

The requester only automates the requesting itself. Crafting is handled by your ME system, so the items or fluids you want to keep in stock need a pattern and must be craftable when you request them as a player.^[2]

Set up your first request

1. Open the requester. Each row is one request, and the checkbox on the left toggles that row. You can use it to temporarily disable a request: a disabled row runs no checks and its stock is not maintained.^[2]
2. Drag an item or a fluid bucket into the ghost slot in the second column. Shift-click also sets the item type, and so does dragging from a recipe viewer supported by Applied Energistics. The slot does not hold actual items.^[2]
3. Enter the Amount to Stock. When the current stock falls below this value, the requester requests more.^[2]
4. Enter a Batch Size. This is the amount requested once the stock falls below the threshold. It is requested all at once rather than as many individual jobs, which puts less stress on your Crafting CPUs and machines.^[2]
5. Press Enter or click the submit button on that row to apply your changes. Clicking into another row resets the values to their previous state.^[2]

The status bar shows how a request is doing. Gray means the row is disabled or empty, green means idling, red means missing ingredients, yellow means the request is currently being crafted, and purple means exporting. If purple stays active for too long, there is not enough space in your storage system. While a request is crafting, its settings are locked.^[2][5]

Add the ME Requester Terminal

Once you have a few requesters, craft the ME Requester Terminal. It gives you access to all requesters on the same network from one central point. It has the same features as the requester, and it lets you search for a specific request.^[1][2]

ME Requester TerminalMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any illuminated panel
• Logic Processor
• ME Requester

Recipe id: merequester:requester_terminal

This is the in-pack recipe, and it is the mod's own recipe.

All requesters have the same name by default, so their requests are grouped under one header in the terminal. If you want a separate group, you can rename the requesters in an anvil.^[2]

Go wireless

The Wireless Requester Terminal has a recipe that the pack has changed, so use the one below and not what you may remember from other modpacks.^[4]

Wireless Requester TerminalChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Wireless Receiver

ME Requester Terminal

Dense Energy Cell

Recipe id: merequester:wireless/wireless_requester_terminal

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

The ME Requester keeps items and fluids in stock inside your Applied Energistics 2 ME system. You tell it what you want and how much. While a request is enabled, it asks your network to craft more whenever the stock falls below that amount. It only automates the requesting. The crafting itself is still done by your ME system. You can also temporarily disable a single request if you need to.^[1][2]

Setting it up

Place the requester and connect it to your network. Make sure it is the same network where your autocrafting logic is currently located, the one that hosts your Crafting CPUs.^[2]

One requester hosts 5 requests by default, and every row of its GUI is one request. You can place as many requesters as you like. The mod lets you configure the number of slots per block, its channel usage and its idle energy usage.^[1][2]

Unverified Those settings are adjustable in the mod's config, but the sources here do not show a config file for this mod in the pack, so whether the pack changes the default of 5 slots, the channel usage or the idle energy usage is not confirmed.

Anatomy of a request row

• Toggle checkbox: turns that one request on or off. While it is off, no checks run and the stock isn't maintained. It's handy for temporarily pausing a request, or for stopping the requester from emitting crafting jobs while you're still editing a row.^[2]
• What to stock: a ghost slot that does not hold actual items. Drag an item in and right click to set the amount to 1, or left click to use the amount of the stack you're dragging. With a fluid bucket, right click sets the contained fluid and left click sets the bucket itself. Shift-click also sets the item type quickly, and you can drag from recipe viewers that Applied Energistics supports.^[2]
• Amount to stock: the threshold. Pick what to stock first, then enter the value. For fluids the field adapts, for example showing a B for buckets. When the amount currently in stock falls below this number, the requester asks for more. The field only accepts whole numbers.^[2][5]
• Batch size: how much is requested once the amount currently in stock drops below the threshold. The full batch is requested at once instead of many small jobs, which puts less stress on your Crafting CPUs and the machines in the craft.^[2]
• Submit: press Enter or click the submit button on that row to apply your changes. Values you've typed but not submitted only belong to the row you're currently editing: clicking into any other row resets them to their previous state.^[2]

Reading the status bar

The bar under the input boxes shows what each request is doing right now.^[2]

• Gray, Empty: the row is currently disabled (for example because you temporarily switched it off) or nothing to stock has been set.^[2]
• Green, Idling: the target amount is already reached, or the configured request currently has no pattern.^[2][5]
• Red, Missing Ingredients: the system is currently missing the ingredients to start the job. It carries on as soon as enough ingredients show up.^[2][5]
• Yellow, Crafting: the job is running and the requester waits for it to finish. If the system can't find a suitable CPU, the process continues once one is found.^[2][5]
• Purple, Exporting: the requester has received all results of the job and is currently trying to export them into your storage. This status is usually not visible. If it stays for a long time, your storage has no free space.^[2][5]

The requester block changes its appearance while any of its requests is currently in a status other than idle or empty. That lets you spot active requesters at a glance.^[2]

Moving and copying settings

A requester loses its configuration when you break it. You can copy its settings with a Memory Card.^[5]

The terminal

The ME Requester Terminal gives you access to every requester on the same network from one place. It has the same features as the requester itself, so you can configure requests and monitor their status remotely. It also lets you search for a specific request.^[1][2]

By default all requesters have the same name, so their requests are grouped under one header in the terminal. If you want separate groups, you can rename the requesters in an anvil.^[2]

Crafting the blocks

ME RequesterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any iron ingot	any interface	any iron ingot
Crafting Co-Processing Unit	Engineering Processor	Crafting Co-Processing Unit
any copper ingot	Amethyst Shard	any copper ingot

Recipe id: merequester:requester

This is how you craft the requester itself.

ME Requester TerminalMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any illuminated panel
• Logic Processor
• ME Requester

Recipe id: merequester:requester_terminal

The terminal is a shapeless recipe that uses a requester.

The Wireless Requester Terminal has a recipe that the pack has changed, so use the one below rather than any recipe you remember from the mod's defaults.^[4]

Wireless Requester TerminalChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Wireless Receiver

ME Requester Terminal

Dense Energy Cell

Recipe id: merequester:wireless/wireless_requester_terminal

This recipe is changed by the pack and builds on the Requester Terminal.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

ME Requester has no long tier ladder. It is a short path where each step builds on the one before it. The recipes below come straight from the pack's recipe data, so what the site shows is what you craft.^[4]

Unverified The sources here show no quest for this mod and no place for it on the pack's main quest path, so check the pack's quest book yourself. Treat the order below as a crafting progression rather than a quest-driven one.

First step: the ME Requester

The ME Requester is the core block. Place it and connect it to your ME network, the same network where your autocrafting logic is located. It only automates the requesting itself. Crafting is handled by the ME system, so an item or fluid you want kept in stock needs a pattern and must be craftable when you request it as a player.^[2]

ME RequesterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any interface	any iron ingot
Crafting Co-Processing Unit	Engineering Processor	Crafting Co-Processing Unit
any copper ingot	Amethyst Shard	any copper ingot

Recipe id: merequester:requester

Each row of its GUI is an individual request, and the number of slots a single block can host is adjustable in the config. A row lets you set what to stock, how much to stock, and a batch size. The batch size requests the full amount at once instead of many individual jobs, which puts less stress on your Crafting CPUs and machines.^[2]

Second step: the ME Requester Terminal

The ME Requester Terminal gives you access to the requesters in the same network from a central point. It has the same features as the requester and also lets you search for a specific request.^[2][4]

ME Requester TerminalMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any illuminated panel
• Logic Processor
• ME Requester

Recipe id: merequester:requester_terminal

Final step: the Wireless Requester Terminal

The Wireless Requester Terminal comes last. Its recipe is changed by the pack, so don't assume it matches the mod's default.^[4]

Wireless Requester TerminalChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Wireless Receiver

ME Requester Terminal

Dense Energy Cell

Recipe id: merequester:wireless/wireless_requester_terminal

Suggested order

1. Craft a ME Requester, connect it to the network that hosts your autocrafting, and set up a request for an item that has a pattern.^[2]
2. Craft the ME Requester Terminal to reach your requesters from a central point.^[2][4]
3. Craft the Wireless Requester Terminal last, since its recipe uses the Requester Terminal.^[4]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

ME Requester is an add-on for Applied Energistics 2, so nearly all of its connections run through AE2 and its wireless terminal add-on. The requester only automates the requesting. The crafting itself is still done by your ME system, so the items you want stocked need patterns and Crafting CPUs on the same network.^[1][2]

Crafting the ME Requester

The ME Requester is where the mod meets AE2 most directly. Here is the in-pack recipe:^[4]

ME RequesterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any iron ingot	any interface	any iron ingot
Crafting Co-Processing Unit	Engineering Processor	Crafting Co-Processing Unit
any copper ingot	Amethyst Shard	any copper ingot

Recipe id: merequester:requester

AE2 parts here: the Crafting Co-Processing Unit and the Engineering Processor, plus an Amethyst Shard.

The terminal

The ME Requester Terminal is a shapeless recipe that uses an Logic Processor and a requester. It gives you access to all requesters on the same network from one central point.^[2][4]

ME Requester TerminalMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any illuminated panel
• Logic Processor
• ME Requester

Recipe id: merequester:requester_terminal

Going wireless

The pack changes the recipe for the Wireless Requester Terminal, which ties it to AE2's wireless and power parts. Here is the in-pack recipe:^[4]

Wireless Requester TerminalChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Wireless Receiver

ME Requester Terminal

Dense Energy Cell

Recipe id: merequester:wireless/wireless_requester_terminal

AE2 parts here: the Wireless Receiver and the Dense Energy Cell.

The pack also changes the combine recipes from the AE2 wireless terminal add-on. Each one pairs the Wireless Requester Terminal with another AE2 wireless terminal, as shown below.^[4]

All the Mons 1.3.0 ships ME Requester 1.21.1-1.5.0, and the mod has been in the pack since 0.3.0-beta or earlier. Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelogs, newest first, ending at the version the pack uses.^[6]

1.5.0 (the version in this pack)

• Added Korean and French translations, and updated the Russian one.^[7]
• Removed the drag and drop slot highlights when a slot is locked.^[7]

1.4.3

• Added a Russian translation.^[8]
• Added an option to enter fraction digits for fluids in Requester amounts, handy when you request fluids.^[8]
• Fixed cached resource amounts not being recomputed when a Requester changes grids.^[8]

1.4.2

• Added missing Hungarian translations and a traditional Chinese translation.^[9]
• Added missing data to the Requester Terminal part model.^[9]
• Fixed the Requester Terminal not lighting up with shaders.^[9]

1.4.1

• Fixed a crash caused by early registration.^[10]