KanbanStockpileContinue

KanbanStockpileContinue

Kanban stockpile: precise control over what and how much your pawns haul onto stockpiles and shelves — and now also what they haul away when limits are exceeded. A continuation and rework of ubergarm's mod for RimWorld 1.6. original mod from ubergarm

What it does

Adds three settings per stockpile or shelf, right in the Storage tab:

• Refill threshold (%) — pawns stop hauling things in once a stack is filled above the threshold. 100% = vanilla behavior. Lets you keep stockpiles half-empty "in reserve".
• Similar stack limit — how many stacks of the same item may sit on a stockpile. For linked storage groups the limit applies to each member individually.
• Stack size — override the maximum size of an individual stack (e.g. no more than 25 instead of 75).

Excess removal (new)

Unlike the original, the mod no longer only blocks the excess — it removes it:

• Pawns haul away items that already exceed the limit — whether old stock or a pawn that deposited too much.
• Cleans up "races", where two pawns haul items to a stockpile with a similar-stack limit at the same time.
• Destination is any other stockpile that accepts the item (regardless of priority). Full kanban stockpiles are skipped automatically.
• Toggled in mod settings, enabled by default.

Hopper support (new)

Nutrient paste dispenser hoppers now respect kanban limits too — both single hoppers and linked hopper groups. Cap how much raw material sits in each hopper (e.g. 10 rice instead of the vanilla 75) or keep hoppers half-empty as a buffered input. The original mod did not handle hoppers properly; this fork fixes that.

Mod settings

• Remove excess from kanban stockpiles — enables excess removal.
• Reserved similar stack checking — pawns account for items someone is already hauling (cached for performance).
• Consider different material similar — for items that don't stack (stack = 1), treat them as similar by type rather than by material/quality.
• Prevent PickUpAndHaul over-hauling — avoids conflicts with PickUpAndHaul.

For modders

The mod exposes a small API (`KanbanStockpileContinue.KanbanStockpileAPI`) for cross-mod integration — events plus read/write query helpers:

• OnKanbanSettingsChanged — fired when a player changes kanban settings on a stockpile (not during save load).
• OnExcessRemoved — fired when a pawn starts hauling excess items off a kanban stockpile.
• OnKanbanBlock — fired when a hauling attempt is blocked by a kanban rule.
• TryGetSettings — reads a storage owner's current kanban settings (refill threshold, similar-stack limit, stack size).
• SetSettings — writes kanban settings for a storage owner and notifies OnKanbanSettingsChanged (Multiplayer-safe).
• GetSslCapacity — reads the physical similar-stack-limit ceiling for a storage owner.

Subscribe with `KanbanStockpileAPI.OnKanbanSettingsChanged += ...` from your mod.

Compatibility

The mod contains explicit patches for seamless integration with:

• StockpileRanking (automatic UI shifting to prevent panels from overlapping).
• PickUpAndHaul (correct inventory capacity limitation by Kanban thresholds).

These mods are detected automatically. Any mods that add new racks, containers, and storage areas via the game's standard API (such as Adaptive Storage, LWM Deep Storage, VFE, etc.) work out of the box and do not require any additional patches. Multiplayer supported (RimWorld Multiplayer mod).

Requirements

• Harmony
• RimWorld 1.6

Feedback

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