Super Factory Manager in All the Mons

Super Factory Manager is a programming language for moving stuff around in Minecraft. Version 4 drops the old flowchart GUIs and uses a scripting language instead, so you write a short program that tells your inventories what to move and where.^[1]

This pack ships Super Factory Manager 4.34.0 for Minecraft 1.21.1. It has been in the pack since All the Mons 0.3.0-beta or earlier.^[2]

What you need to get going

The basic kit is a Factory Manager, a Program Disk and a Label Gun, plus Inventory Cables if you want them. You place the manager, connect it to your inventories, put the disk in its GUI and paste your script in. Then you use the label gun to tell the program which blocks are which.^[1]

Where it sits in the quest book

Super Factory Manager has no quest of its own. It shows up inside "Disenchanting Methods" quest, which is in the chapter "Tips and Poke Tricks" (chapter 4 of 70 in the book).^[3]

That quest compares several ways to pull enchantments off gear and onto books. Its Super Factory Manager entry calls it one of the cheapest ways to disenchant, with no experience cost at all. The setup it describes is to drop your enchanted item and a pile of books on a block of obsidian, then make a falling anvil land on top of them.^[3]

The quest book gives that quest no prerequisite. It is one of the quests listed before the chapter's a quest in "Tips and Poke Tricks" quest, the "Complete all the tips!" checkmark, so nothing in the chapter comes after it except that one. The mod is not on the ATM Star quest path.^[3]

Same as in the All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 guide

Super Factory Manager is a programming language for moving stuff around in Minecraft. You write a script, store it on a disk, and a manager block runs it. So your first crafts are the manager, the disk that holds your program, and the tool that tells the manager which blocks are which.^[1]

What to craft, in order

Start with Inventory Cable. They connect your manager to your inventories, and one craft makes 16 of them.^[1][4]

16× Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye

Recipe id: sfm:cable

Next, the Factory Manager. This is the block you place in the world, and it is where your script lives.^[1]

Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest
Inventory Cable	Repeater	Inventory Cable
any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest

Recipe id: sfm:manager

Then the Factory Manager Program Disk. You put it in the manager's GUI to hold your program. This pack changes this recipe from the mod's own, so go by the recipe below.^[1][4]

Factory Manager Program DiskChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	any green dye	Paper
any red dye	any redstone storage block	any blue dye
any redstone dust	Repeater	any redstone dust

Recipe id: sfm:disk

Last of the essentials is the Label Gun. You use it to load the labels from your program and apply them to blocks in the world.^[1]

Label GunMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any blue dye	any sign
Empty slot	any wooden rod	any black dye
any wooden rod	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: minecraft:tunnelled_manager_vertical

This is the Label Gun recipe in this pack.

The Network Tool is also craftable, and the pack changes its recipe too. The basic setup below doesn't call for it.^[1][4]

Network ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Redstone Lamp	any sign
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
any iron ingot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sfm:network_tool

Your first setup

1. Place the Factory Manager and connect it to your inventories with Inventory Cables.^[1]
2. Put the Program Disk inside the manager's GUI.^[1]
3. Paste your script into the manager GUI with the buttons or with Ctrl+V. The manager tells you when the script has loaded.^[1]
4. Hover over the disk to see any warnings and errors in your program.^[1]
5. Shift-right-click the manager with the Label Gun in your hand to load the labels from your program.^[1]
6. Hold shift and use the scroll wheel to change the active label, then right-click blocks in the world to apply or remove it.^[1]
7. Right-click the manager without holding shift to save the labels to the Program Disk. Your program should then be running.^[1]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Super Factory Manager (SFM) moves items and other resources around your base with a script instead of a flowchart GUI. You write a program, store it on a disk, and a Factory Manager runs it against the inventories it can reach through cables. Everything below is how those pieces fit together in this pack.^[1]

Getting a program running

You need a Factory Manager, a Factory Manager Program Disk and a Label Gun. Inventory Cable is optional but is how you connect the manager to your inventories. Here is the basic flow:^[1][6]

1. Place the manager in the world and connect it to your inventories with Inventory Cables.^[1]
2. Put the Program Disk inside the manager's GUI.^[1]
3. Paste your script into the manager GUI with the buttons or Ctrl+V. The manager tells you when the script has loaded.^[1][7]
4. Hover over the disk to see the warnings and errors for your program.^[1]
5. Shift-right-click the manager with the Label Gun in hand to load the labels from your program.^[1]
6. Hold shift and use the scroll wheel to change the active label, then right-click blocks in the world to apply or remove it. A right-click menu also lets you enter a custom label that isn't in your program yet.^[1]
7. Right-click the manager without holding shift to save the labels to the Program Disk. Your program should now be running.^[1]

Working with the manager GUI and disk

The manager GUI has a few helpers worth knowing. Ctrl+Shift+E opens example programs. The warning button copies your code along with its warnings and errors, and shift-clicking it attempts to fix the warnings. You can also right-click a disk in your hand to edit it outside a manager.^[7]

The pack changed the disk recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from the base mod.^[6]

Factory Manager Program DiskChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	any green dye	Paper
any red dye	any redstone storage block	any blue dye
any redstone dust	Repeater	any redstone dust

Recipe id: sfm:disk

Changed by this pack.

Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest
Inventory Cable	Repeater	Inventory Cable
any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest

Recipe id: sfm:manager

Labels and the Label Gun

Labels are how your script knows which blocks to act on. The Label Gun can toggle the active label on a block, pick the active label from a block, and clear labels from a block. Holding the contiguous modifier applies changes to contiguous blocks touching cables. You can also label a Factory Manager itself, and the gun has its own GUI, opened by using it on the air. Its tooltip lists the exact keys, which depend on your keybinds.^[7]

Cables and networks

Cables connect the manager to your inventories. You can convert Fancy Inventory Cable to and from the plain cable in the crafting grid.^[1][6]

16× Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye

Recipe id: sfm:cable

Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:fancy_cable

Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Fancy Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:fancy_to_cable

Tough Inventory Cable resists explosions and can be facaded as tougher blocks. It is crafted from a plain cable, and you can turn it back into one.^[6][7]

Tough Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Empty slot	Obsidian
Obsidian	Inventory Cable	Obsidian
Obsidian	Empty slot	Obsidian

Recipe id: sfm:tough_cable

Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tough Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:tough_to_cable

Tunnelled Inventory Cable and Tunnelled Factory Manager pass capabilities through to the opposite side. The tunnelled manager is made from a regular manager, and the sources list a recipe that turns it back.^[6][7]

Tunnelled Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any fence	Empty slot	any fence
any fence	Factory Manager	any fence
any fence	Empty slot	any fence

Recipe id: sfm:tunnelled_manager

Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tunnelled Factory Manager

Recipe id: minecraft:uncraft_tunnelled_manager

Network Tool

The Network Tool shows cables through walls while you hold it, and right-clicking a block face shows diagnostic info. The pack changed its recipe.^[6][7]

Network ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Redstone Lamp	any sign
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
any iron ingot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sfm:network_tool

Changed by this pack.

It also sets facades on cables. Put the tool in your off-hand with a block in your main hand and right-click a cable. Ctrl-click facades contiguously, Alt-click facades the matching block across the network, and Ctrl-alt-click facades the entire network. You can hold the attune key and right-click a block to attune the tool to that position.^[7]

Other SFM blocks

The Water Tank needs two adjacent water sources. It works better when it is also next to other active water tanks.^[6][7]

Water TankMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Bars	Water Bucket	Iron Bars
Iron Bars	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Iron Bars
Iron Bars	Water Bucket	Iron Bars

Recipe id: sfm:water_tank

The Printing Press needs an air gap below a downward-facing piston. You use it by extending the piston.^[6][7]

Printing PressMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Stone	Anvil	Stone
Iron Bars	Piston	Iron Bars

Recipe id: sfm:printing_press

Unverified This pack has no config file for this mod that the sources here show, and there is no in-jar guidebook either, so any pack-specific tuning of SFM is not confirmed here.

Super Factory Manager has no quest line of its own in the quest sources here. The only quest that mentions it is a tips quest, so most of your progression comes from the crafting recipes. I've laid them out in the order you'll probably want them.^[3][8]

What the quest book says

The mod shows up in the quest "Disenchanting Methods" quest, in the chapter "Tips and Poke Tricks" (chapter 4 of 70 in the book). That quest is one of the ones listed as leading into the "Complete all the tips!" quest. It covers several ways to pull enchantments off gear and onto books. Its Super Factory Manager entry calls it one of the cheapest ways to disenchant, with no experience cost at all. The method is to drop your enchanted item and a bunch of books on a block of obsidian, then make a falling anvil land on top of them.^[3]

Step 1: cables and the manager

Everything starts with Inventory Cable. One craft gives you 16 of them.^[8]

16× Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye

Recipe id: sfm:cable

Cables come first because the recipe for the Factory Manager uses one.^[8]

Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest
Inventory Cable	Repeater	Inventory Cable
any chest	Inventory Cable	any chest

Recipe id: sfm:manager

Pack-changed recipes

Two recipes are different in this pack from the mod's own versions: the Factory Manager Program Disk and the Network Tool. Check the recipes below instead of relying on what you remember from other packs.^[8]

Factory Manager Program DiskChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	any green dye	Paper
any red dye	any redstone storage block	any blue dye
any redstone dust	Repeater	any redstone dust

Recipe id: sfm:disk

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Network ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Redstone Lamp	any sign
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
any iron ingot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sfm:network_tool

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Cable variants

Once you have plain cables, you can make Fancy Inventory Cable, Tough Inventory Cable and Tunnelled Inventory Cable from them. Fancy cables can in turn become Tough Fancy Inventory Cable or Tunnelled Fancy Inventory Cable.^[8]

Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:fancy_cable

Tough Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Empty slot	Obsidian
Obsidian	Inventory Cable	Obsidian
Obsidian	Empty slot	Obsidian

Recipe id: sfm:tough_cable

Tunnelled Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any fence	any fence	any fence
Empty slot	Inventory Cable	Empty slot
any fence	any fence	any fence

Recipe id: minecraft:tunnelled_cable_horizontal

Made the wrong one? Fancy and tough cables can be turned back into plain Inventory Cables with shapeless recipes, and a tough fancy cable converts back to a fancy one.^[8]

Tunnelled manager

The Tunnelled Factory Manager is crafted from a regular manager, and there is a recipe to turn it back into a Factory Manager if you change your mind.^[8]

Tunnelled Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any fence	Empty slot	any fence
any fence	Factory Manager	any fence
any fence	Empty slot	any fence

Recipe id: sfm:tunnelled_manager

Factory ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tunnelled Factory Manager

Recipe id: minecraft:uncraft_tunnelled_manager

Extra crafts

• Printing Press: has its own crafting recipe, shown below.^[8]
• Water Tank: also craftable directly, with the recipe shown below.^[8]
• Label Gun: crafted with the recipe shown below.^[8]
• Experience Goop: made from 9 Experience Shard in a shapeless recipe.^[8]

Printing PressMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Light Weighted Pressure Plate	any black dye	Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Stone	Anvil	Stone
Iron Bars	Piston	Iron Bars

Recipe id: sfm:printing_press

Water TankMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Bars	Water Bucket	Iron Bars
Iron Bars	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Iron Bars
Iron Bars	Water Bucket	Iron Bars

Recipe id: sfm:water_tank

Label GunMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any blue dye	any sign
Empty slot	any wooden rod	any black dye
any wooden rod	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: minecraft:tunnelled_manager_vertical

This recipe makes the Label Gun.

Experience GoopMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard
• Experience Shard

Recipe id: sfm:xp_goop

Super Factory Manager only turns up in one place in the quest book: the chapter "Tips and Poke Tricks", which is chapter 4 of 70. It's a grab bag of useful items and Cobblemon advice, and the mod appears inside a single quest there.^[3]

Disenchanting Methods

The quest "Disenchanting Methods" quest is a round-up of ways to get enchantments off gear and onto Books. Super Factory Manager is the first method listed. The quest calls it one of the cheapest ways to disenchant your gear, with no Experience cost at all.^[3]

The method it describes: drop your enchanted item and a bunch of Books on a block of Obsidian, then make a falling Anvil land on top of the item and the Books. The quest text doesn't go into how the mod itself is set up for this.^[3]

The quest is completed by handing in any one of several items, so you don't have to pick the Super Factory Manager route. The accepted items are Anvil, Disenchanter, Lens of Disenchanting, Enchantment Extractor, Tome of Scrapping, Tome of Superior Scrapping and Tome of Extraction.^[3]

The other methods it covers, for comparison:^[3]

• Draconic Evolution Disenchanter: lets you pick one specific enchantment to move to a Book, and it costs Experience.^[3]
• Apothic Enchanting Tomes: used in an anvil. The scrapping tomes destroy the item, while the Tome of Extraction keeps it.^[3]
• Industrial Foregoing Enchantment Extractor: recommended for automated disenchanting. You can also turn the enchantments into Essence instead.^[3]
• Actually Additions Lens of Disenchanting: goes into an Atomic Reconstructor and separates a single enchantment from the item onto a Book.^[3]

Where it sits in the chapter

Disenchanting Methods is one of eight quests that the final checkmark quest a quest in "Tips and Poke Tricks", "Complete all the tips!", comes after. The others are "Infinite Water" quest, "Personal Shrinking Device" quest, "Simple Magnets" quest, "Charging Gadgets" quest, "Ranged Pump" quest, "Iron Jetpacks" quest and "Mo' Professions" quest.^[3]

All the Mons 1.3.0 ships Super Factory Manager 4.34.0 for Minecraft 1.21.1. The mod has been in the pack since 0.3.0-beta or earlier. I have no pack changelog entries for this mod, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs for the releases I have notes on.^[2]

4.34.0 (the version in this pack)

• Fancy cables can now be waterlogged.^[9]
• There is a configurable keymapping for opening the label gun GUI, and the label gun clear modifier tooltip was fixed.^[9]
• The falling anvil experience shard JEI catalyst display now uses the configured tag instead of a hardcoded obsidian. Falling anvil items also no longer spawn in the corner.^[9]
• Editing the server config with the /sfm config edit server command now invalidates the program cache properly.^[9]
• Label gun text and the label gun and network tool highlights no longer render slightly offset at large world coordinates.^[9]
• A uk_ua localization was added, and zh_cn was updated.^[9]

4.32.0

• Accepting an intellisense suggestion now has its own keymapping instead of a hardcoded backslash.^[10]
• The "rebuild cable network" button in the manager no longer errors because of a bad i18n parameter.^[10]
• The intellisense popup was fixed for being transparent on MC 1.20 and newer, and JEI integration item lore is now written properly.^[10]

4.31.0

This release fixes a crash when placing a cable where the same network touches multiple sides.^[11]

4.29.0

This is the biggest release in the notes I have. It introduced tunnelled cables and tough cables, and added tooltips to both and to the tunnelled manager block.^[12]

• The network tool can now be attuned to a block position.^[12]
• Double-gathering of input slots, which caused lag and correctness issues, was fixed.^[12]
• UP and DOWN directions can now be rotated to work out the relative left, right, front and back faces.^[12]
• The block network logic used by cable networks and water tanks was updated.^[12]
• Warnings were added for slots that don't support extraction.^[12]
• Missing block tags were added to the tunnelled factory manager, and the round robin example was corrected.^[12]

4.28.0

This release fixed fancy cables visually connecting to blocks they shouldn't. It also fixed LabelNotConnectedProgramLinter, which wrongly detected that any block has redstone capability.^[13]