Sophisticated Inventory Interactions in FTB Evolution 2

Sophisticated Inventory Interactions is in this pack at version 0.1.18. It was already included in 1.0.2 or earlier, so it has been part of the pack for a while and isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources here do not show what this mod does, because no platform description or in-jar guidebook was available for it. They also do not show a quest book chapter, group or position for it, or any link to the ATM Star path, so none is described here.

Sophisticated Inventory Interactions adds extra controls to container screens. The mod's own text lists a search box, buttons to sort the container inventory or your own inventory, and buttons to transfer items to the container inventory or to your player inventory.^[2]

What you will see in a container

• Search: a search box, with the hint text "Search".^[2]
• Sort: separate actions to sort the container inventory and to sort the player inventory.^[2]
• Transfer: separate actions to move items to the container inventory and to the player inventory.^[2]
• Controls: the mod has its own category, Sophisticated Inventory Interactions, in the key bindings list.^[2]

Why small containers look different

In this pack, the search box and the sort-by button are hidden in containers with 9 usable slots or fewer. That matches the mod's own default, so the pack has not changed it. Hoppers (5 slots) and dispensers or droppers (9 slots) therefore have no search box and no sort-by button, while chests (27 slots) show both. When the sort-by button is hidden, the sort button moves into its place.^[3]

If you want these controls on smaller containers, the thresholds are common.controls.search.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots for the search box and common.controls.sortBy.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots for the sort-by button. Each of them accepts any value above 0. Usable slots are the non-player slots, minus anything listed in the Screen Slot Exclusions.^[3]

Unverified The sources here show no recipes for this mod's items and no quests that involve it, so they do not show a first item to craft or a quest chapter to follow. Look in the pack's quest book yourself if you want to check.

Sophisticated Inventory Interactions has no machines, multiblocks, power or fluid systems. What the sources show is a set of controls on container screens, so this section covers those and the two options the pack exposes for them.^[2][3]

The controls

The mod's language file names the buttons and fields it puts on screen. Each one is listed below.^[2]

• Search: a search box, with the hint text "Search".^[2]
• Sort container inventory: sorts the inventory of the container you have open.^[2]
• Sort player inventory: sorts your own inventory.^[2]
• Transfer to container inventory: moves items from your inventory into the container.^[2]
• Transfer to player inventory: moves items from the container into your inventory.^[2]

The mod also has its own keybinding category in the controls menu, named after the mod.^[2]

Small containers hide some controls

The search box and the sort-by button are not shown on every screen. Two config options decide when they disappear, and both count the container's usable slots. Usable slots are the non-player slots, minus anything listed in the mod's Screen Slot Exclusions.^[3]

• common.controls.search.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots hides the search box in containers with this many usable slots or fewer. It is set to 9, which is the mod default, and the value must be above 0.^[3]
• common.controls.sortBy.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots hides the sort-by button in containers with this many usable slots or fewer. It is also set to 9, the mod default, and must be above 0. When the button is hidden, the sort button moves into its place.^[3]

With both options at 9, search and sort-by are hidden in hoppers (5 slots) and dispensers or droppers (9 slots). They are still shown in chests (27 slots). The pack leaves both values at the mod default, so you get the normal behaviour.^[3]

Sophisticated Inventory Interactions only has two options worth knowing about in this pack, and both control when a button disappears from small containers. The pack leaves both at the mod default, so nothing here has been changed.^[3]

Search box threshold

common.controls.search.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots is set to 9 in this pack, which matches the mod default. The search box is hidden in containers with that many usable slots or fewer. Usable slots are the non-player slots, not counting anything listed in Screen Slot Exclusions. The value must be greater than 0.^[3]

With 9, search is hidden in hoppers (5 slots) and dispensers or droppers (9 slots), but still shows in chests (27 slots).^[3]

Sort-by button threshold

common.controls.sortBy.hideAtOrBelowActionableContainerSlots works the same way for the sort-by button, and it is also 9 in this pack, the same as the mod default. When the button is hidden, the sort button moves into its place. The value must be greater than 0.^[3]

Again, that means sort-by is hidden in hoppers and dispensers or droppers, but shown in chests.^[3]