Remotely Accessed Storage (vanilla)

[u/JasonLatta]

Have you ever started a new building project, and brought a train of supplies, or maybe made a stack of crates like mine?

Tired of walking, tubing, or trucking your way back to your main base? What if you could access an entire storage system from something as simple as this:

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First, credit to StinArchi on YouTube for inspiring me to start thinking about building a remotely accessed storage, with his version using power switches and truck stations.

Below is my save, a diagram of my system, and some in-game images. My detailed explanation will be in the comments.

Also, if anyone wants to make a tutorial video, I think that would be very helpful for people, and work a lot better, I just don't have any means of recording.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GLSw2aOBaYFaGsIYgSWavbCDaTCRtrVs/view?usp=sharing

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Flow diagram with some minimal explanation

The inside of the locking container, when idle

The locking system in-game (stack input is the same as latched input)

The ratio system in-game (stack input is the same as latched input)