Storage Controller Interface

Storage Controller Interface is a companion mod for Storage Controller that lets you place remote access panels anywhere in your base. Right-click an Interface to open the linked controller's full inventory GUI — as if you were standing right in front of it.

Crafting

Shaped recipe in a 3×3 grid:

              [Iron Plate]
[Iron Plate] [Temporal Gear] [Iron Plate]
              [Iron Plate]

4× Iron Plate + 1× Temporal Gear → 1× Storage Controller Interface

The block faces toward you when placed, like a wall panel.

How to Link

1. Left-click a Storage Controller with the Storage Linker to store its position in the linker.
2. Right-click the Interface while holding the linker to complete the link.
3. Right-click the Interface at any time to open the controller's inventory.
4. Sneak + right-click to unlink.

To relink to a different controller, just repeat steps 1–2 with the new controller.

Features

Remote access
Open your Storage Controller's inventory from anywhere up to 128 blocks away (configurable). You get the full GUI — sorting, searching, item retrieval — exactly as standing at the controller.

Extended container linking range
Each Interface expands the controller's container-linking range. Chests, crates, and other containers within 8 blocks of any Interface are treated as if they are within the controller's native range. Build satellite storage clusters across your base and link them all back to one controller.

Link All works through Interfaces
Open the controller GUI through an Interface and click Link All — it scans the 8-block zone around that Interface in addition to the controller's own range. No need to carry the linker to each cluster manually.

Clear All is scoped to the Interface
When you open the GUI through an Interface and press Clear All, only containers within that Interface's range are unlinked. Other clusters and the controller's own range are left untouched. Clean up one satellite cluster at a time.

Chute and hopper support
The Interface accepts items from automation (chutes, hoppers) just like a regular container. Items are forwarded into the controller's network every 250ms. Pipe items into a wall-panel Interface and have them sorted without the controller needing to be directly reachable.

Live inventory display
The GUI updates in real-time while it is open. Item counts change as automation pushes things in, new item types appear as new slots, and empty slots disappear — no need to close and reopen.

Range visualisation
Toggle the controller's highlight (Ctrl + left-click with the Storage Linker) and every linked Interface draws a cyan outline cube showing its 8-block coverage zone, with the Interface block itself highlighted magenta. See exactly which area each panel covers at a glance.

Block tooltip
Looking at a linked Interface shows the controller's coordinates, the total number of linked containers, and the controller's slot/crate capacity summary.

Configurable link distance
A config file is generated at ModConfig/storagecontrollerinterface.json on first launch. Server admins and single-player users can change MaxLinkDistance (default: 128) without recompiling.

Notes

• Each Interface links to one controller at a time; one controller can have unlimited Interfaces.
• If the controller is broken while Interfaces are linked, they auto-unlink within 5 seconds.
• Items stuck in an Interface's chute buffer while the controller is full are not lost — they wait until space is available.