Super Factory Manager in Project Infinity 0.1

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.

Super Factory Manager (SFM) moves items around for you using a small script that you write, paste in and run. You only need a few things to get your first setup working, and this is the order I'd make them in.^[1]

The first items to make

Start with Inventory Cable. Cables connect your Factory Manager to the inventories it will work on. The mod's project page lists them as optional, but you'll want them for almost any real setup. This pack adds its own cable recipe, and one craft gives you 16 cables.^[1][3]

16× Inventory CableAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Quantum Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Crystalline Alloy
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
Crystalline Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Quantum Alloy

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/sfm_cable

Added by the pack, and it makes 16 cables per craft.

Next, make the Factory Manager. This is the block that runs your program, and everything else connects to it.^[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 craft a Factory Manager Program Disk. The disk holds your script and the labels, and it goes inside 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, make the Label Gun. You use it to tell 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

The recipe id looks odd, but in this pack's recipe list it is the one that makes the Label Gun.

Setting it up

1. Place the Factory 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 using the buttons or 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 disk. Your program should then be running.^[1]

Upgrades for later

Once the basics work, there are cable variants to try. Fancy Inventory Cable is made from a plain cable, and a separate recipe turns it back.^[3]

Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:fancy_cable

Tough Inventory Cable resists explosions, and Tunnelled Inventory Cable passes capabilities through to the opposite side. The Tunnelled Factory Manager has the same pass-through behaviour.^[4]

The pack also changes the recipe for the Network Tool compared with the mod's default, so check the recipe below rather than relying on other guides.^[3]

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.

Super Factory Manager (SFM) moves items and other resources between your inventories with a script, not a flowchart GUI. You write a program, store it on a disk, and a Factory Manager runs it on the blocks it can reach through cables. Here is how the pieces fit together.^[1]

What you need

The basic kit is a Factory Manager, a Factory Manager Program Disk and a Label Gun. Inventory Cable is optional but is how you normally link the manager to your inventories.^[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

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

In this pack the cable has a recipe added by the pack, and it makes 16 cables per craft.^[3]

16× Inventory CableAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Quantum Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Crystalline Alloy
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
Crystalline Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Quantum Alloy

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/sfm_cable

Getting a 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 using the buttons or Ctrl+V. The manager should tell you the script was loaded.^[1]
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 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 that label. A right-click menu also lets you enter a custom label that is not 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]

The Label Gun can also pull labels from the manager. Its chat message says to release the pull modifier key to push instead. You can also right-click a disk in your hand to edit it outside of a manager.^[4]

The manager screen

The manager GUI shows its state, which can be running, missing disk, no program or invalid program. It also shows peak tick time and the tick time of whatever you hover over, which helps you spot a program that is slow to execute.^[4]

The screen has buttons to copy to and paste from the clipboard, reset the disk, view examples, view the server config and view logs. Reset wipes ALL disk data, program and labels included. There is also a button to rebuild the cable network. Use it if the manager seems to have lost track of your cables.^[4]

The logs screen lets you change the log level. Trace, debug and info levels turn themselves off after a single program execution, and logging can make statements take longer to run. The pack has no config files for this mod that I can show you, but the manager's own button opens the server config.^[4]

Cable types

Fancy Inventory Cable is a variant you get by crafting a plain cable on its own, and you can turn it back the same way. Cables can wear facades, and the game asks you to confirm before it overwrites or clears facade states.^[3][4]

Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:fancy_cable

Tough Inventory Cable resists explosions and can be faced as tougher blocks. There is a Tough Fancy version too, Tough Fancy Inventory 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

Tunnelled Inventory Cable passes capabilities through to the opposite side, and so does the Tunnelled Factory Manager. Fancy versions of the tunnelled cable exist as well, such as Tunnelled Fancy Inventory Cable.^[3][4]

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

Checking what a container exposes

The container inspector warns that GUI slots don't always correspond to automation slots. It also says Mekanism blocks are read-only from the null direction, and that for Mekanism machines the listed slots follow the machine's own input and output config. Check this when a script doesn't move items the way you expect.^[4]

Other SFM blocks and tools

The Printing Press is placed with an air gap below a downward facing piston. Extend the piston to use it. The mod also has a Falling Anvil JEI category, which shows whether the anvil gets consumed.^[4]

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

The Water Tank needs two adjacent water sources, and it works better when it sits next to other active water tanks.^[4]

The pack changes the recipe for the Network Tool, so craft it from this recipe.^[3]

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

Unverified What the Network Tool does in this pack, the script syntax itself and how much a manager can move per tick are not covered by the sources I have.

This section follows the crafting chain for Super Factory Manager using the in-pack recipes. Everything starts with Inventory Cable, then the Factory Manager on top, and the cable variants branch off from there.^[3]

Step one: the cable

Everything starts with Inventory Cable, and this pack sets its own recipe for it. The recipe was added by the pack and makes 16 cables per craft. Check it before you plan a build, because nearly everything else in the mod uses cable.^[3]

16× Inventory CableAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Quantum Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Crystalline Alloy
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
Crystalline Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Quantum Alloy

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/sfm_cable

Added by the pack, and it crafts 16 cables at a time.

Step two: the manager and its program

The Factory Manager is built using a cable, so get the cable recipe sorted first.^[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

The Factory Manager Program Disk is crafted separately from the manager and does not need a cable.^[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

Cable upgrades

The cable variants are all made from the basic cable or from the fancy cable. Fancy is the simplest step: it is a shapeless craft, and you can turn it back into a plain cable.^[3]

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 is made from a plain cable, and Tough Fancy Inventory Cable is made from a fancy cable. Both can be reverted: the tough cable converts back to a plain cable, and the tough fancy cable converts back to a fancy cable.^[3]

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

Tough Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: minecraft:tough_fancy_cable_horizontal

Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tough Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:tough_to_cable

Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tough Fancy Inventory Cable

Recipe id: sfm:tough_fancy_to_fancy

Tunnelled Inventory Cable and Tunnelled Fancy Inventory Cable are the tunnelled versions, made from the plain cable and the fancy cable respectively.^[3]

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

Tunnelled Fancy Inventory CableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: minecraft:tunnelled_fancy_cable_horizontal

There is also a tunnelled manager. You craft Tunnelled Factory Manager from a regular Factory Manager, and a shapeless recipe turns it back.^[3]

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

Tools and extras

The Network Tool has a recipe changed by the pack, so don't assume the mod's default applies when you craft it.^[3]

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.

The Label Gun and the Printing Press each have their own crafting recipe.^[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

In the pack's recipe dump, this recipe id produces the Label Gun.

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

If you collect Experience Shard, nine of them combine into one Experience Goop.^[3]

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

Unverified Whether the pack's quest book guides you through this mod is not shown in the sources here. If you want a quest-driven order, check the quest book itself.

The one link between Super Factory Manager and another mod in this pack is a crafting recipe. The pack adds its own shaped recipe for Inventory Cable, and it makes 16 cables per craft.^[3]

The recipe pulls in Quantum Alloy and Crystalline Alloy, so you need materials from outside Super Factory Manager before you can craft cables.^[3]

16× Inventory CableAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Quantum Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Crystalline Alloy
Iron Bars	any chest	Iron Bars
Crystalline Alloy	Light Weighted Pressure Plate	Quantum Alloy

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/sfm_cable

This recipe is added by the pack, and it is the one to follow for cables here.

What the cable does

You connect a Factory Manager to your inventories using Inventory Cables. The mod's own page lists the cables as optional in its getting-started list.^[1]

Super Factory Manager has very little to tweak in this pack. The only config file in the sources is the client one, config/sfm-client.toml, and it holds two on-screen reminder options. Both are set to true in this pack, so the reminders are switched on.^[5]

• showLabelGunReminderOverlay is set to true. By its name, this is the reminder overlay for the Label Gun.^[5]
• showNetworkToolReminderOverlay is set to true. By its name, this is the reminder overlay for the network tool.^[5]

Both options are client-side, so they only change what you see on your own screen. If the overlays get in your way once you know the controls, you can switch them off in that file.^[5]

Unverified The mod's own default values for these two options are not shown in the available sources, so it is unconfirmed whether the pack changed them.

Project Infinity 0.1 0.0.51.4-hotfix-2 ships Super Factory Manager 4.34.0 for Minecraft 1.20.1. It was already in the pack by 0.0.45.4 or earlier. Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelogs, newest first.^[6]

4.34.0 (the version in this pack)

• Fancy cables can now be waterlogged.^[7]
• There is a configurable keymapping for opening the label gun GUI.^[7]
• Falling anvil items no longer spawn in the corner.^[7]
• The JEI catalyst display for the falling anvil experience shard now uses the configured tag instead of hardcoded obsidian.^[7]
• Program cache invalidation is fixed for the server config edit command.^[7]
• Label gun text and the label gun and network tool highlights no longer render slightly offset at large world coordinates.^[7]
• The zh_cn localizations were updated and uk_ua localizations were introduced.^[7]

4.32.0

• Accepting an intellisense suggestion now has its own keymapping instead of being hardcoded to backslash.^[8]
• The "rebuild cable network" button in the manager no longer errors because of a bad i18n parameter.^[8]
• The intellisense popup is no longer transparent on MC 1.20 and later.^[8]
• JEI integration item lore is now written properly, and logging for SFM event listener registration was reduced.^[8]

4.31.0

• Fixed a crash when placing a cable where the same network touches multiple sides.^[9]

4.28.0

• Fancy cables no longer visually connect to blocks they should not.^[10]
• The LabelNotConnectedProgramLinter now works properly. Before, it wrongly detected that any block has redstone capability.^[10]

Unverified Changelogs for releases between and before these, and any pack-specific changelog entries for this mod, were not available, so this list is not a complete history.