Super Factory Manager guide for FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.8.0

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.12 guide

Super Factory Manager is a mod for moving stuff around in Minecraft, and it does that with a programming language. You write a script that describes what should move and where, and the mod runs it for you. Version 4 of the mod replaced the old flowchart-style GUIs with this scripting language.^[1]

This pack includes Super Factory Manager 4.19.0 for Minecraft 1.21.1. It has been in the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it is a long-standing part of the modpack.^[2]

Who it is for

It suits you if you want to automate item movement between inventories and are happy to write or paste a short script instead of wiring up pipes. The project page describes it as a scripting approach, so some trial and error is part of the fun.^[1]

What you need to get started

• A Factory Manager, which is the block that runs your program.^[1]
• A Program Disk, which goes inside the Manager's GUI and holds your script.^[1]
• A Label Gun, which you use to tag the blocks your script refers to.^[1]
• Optionally, Inventory Cables to connect the Manager to your inventories.^[1]

The basic flow is to place the manager, connect your inventories, put the disk in, and paste in your script. Then you load the labels from the script with the label gun, apply them to your blocks, and save them to the disk.^[1]

Where it fits in progression

Unverified The sources I was given do not show any quests, ATM Star path steps or in-jar guidebook entries for this mod, so I can't say where it sits in the pack's progression. Treat it as an optional automation tool that you bring in whenever you want it.

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Super Factory Manager is a programming language for moving stuff around. In this version you write a script instead of using flowchart GUIs, so the first job is getting four things together: a Factory Manager, a Program Disk, a Label Gun and some cables. Here's the order I'd make them in.^[1]

What to craft, in order

Start with Inventory Cable. These connect the manager to your inventories, and one craft gives you 16, so you won't need to make them again for a while.^[1][3]

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 is the Factory Manager, the block that actually runs your script. Place it in the world and link it to your chests and machines with the cables.^[1][3]

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 make a Factory Manager Program Disk. Your program lives on the disk, and it goes into the manager's GUI.^[1][3]

Factory Manager Program DiskMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	any green dye	Paper
any red dye	Redstone Block	any blue dye
Redstone	Repeater	Redstone

Recipe id: sfm:disk

Last is the Label Gun. It tells the manager which blocks in the world match the labels in your script.^[1][3]

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

Getting your first program running

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, either 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 now be running.^[1]

Cable upgrades for later

Once the basics work, you can turn Inventory Cables into other kinds. Tough Inventory Cable resists explosions, and Tunnelled Inventory Cable passes capabilities through to the opposite side. Fancy Inventory Cable is a cosmetic variant that you can turn back into a plain cable.^[3][4]

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

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

Good news: everywhere the pack's config files list a mod default for Super Factory Manager, the pack's value is identical to it. Nothing there has been changed. Here are the options you're most likely to touch, with the exact values this pack uses.^[6][7]

Timer trigger speed

• timerTriggerMinimumIntervalInTicks is set to 20 ticks, which is the mod default.^[7]
• timerTriggerMinimumIntervalInTicksWhenOnlyForgeEnergyIOStatementsPresent is set to 1 tick, also the mod default. It is the interval option for triggers that only contain Forge Energy IO statements.^[7]
• The common config repeats both options, timerTriggerMinimumIntervalInTicks and timerTriggerMinimumIntervalInTicksWhenOnlyForgeEnergyIOStatementsPresent, with the same values, 20 and 1, and both match the mod default.^[6]

If statement limit

maxIfStatementsInTriggerBeforeSimulationIsntAllowed is 10, the mod default. The number of scenarios SFM checks is 2^n, where n is the number of if statements in a trigger, so the cost grows quickly as you stack conditions. The common config has the same option at the same value, maxIfStatementsInTriggerBeforeSimulationIsntAllowed.^[6][7]

Server-side safety and logging

• disableProgramExecution is false, so factory managers compile and run code normally. It exists as an emergency switch, and the file notes that it is shown to clients.^[7]
• disallowedResourceTypesForTransfer is an empty list, so no resource types are blocked from being moved.^[7]
• logResourceLossToConsole is true, so resource loss is logged to the console.^[7]
• maxDiskProblems is 10, the mod default. It caps how many problems get annotated on a disk item before the list is truncated.^[7]

Enchanted book conversion

levelsToShards controls how Enchanted Books convert to Experience Shards, and this pack uses JustOne, so a book always gives 1 shard regardless of its enchantments. The other allowed values are EachOne, SumLevels and SumLevelsScaledExponentially.^[7]

Client overlays

Both reminder overlays are on: showLabelGunReminderOverlay and showNetworkToolReminderOverlay are set to true.^[8]