Side Configuration

Every machine built on Neroland Core shares one way to control how each of its six sides talks to neighbours. You set, per face, whether that side takes a resource in, pushes it out, connects to power, or is disabled — and the control works the same on a Nero Generator, an Ore Processor, an Oxygen Generator, or anything else built on Core.

This page is for players and pack makers. Developers should read ../docs/SIDE-CONFIG.md.

The faces#

A machine's sides are named relative to the way it faces — front, back, left, right, top, bottom — so your setup stays correct if you break and replace the machine facing a different way. The side that was an output is still the output.

Each side shows one of these modes, colour-coded so you can read it at a glance:

• Disabled (grey) — nothing connects on that side.
• Input (blue) — neighbours can put the resource in.
• Output (orange) — neighbours can pull the resource out.
• I/O (green) — both in and out on the same side.
• Push (yellow) — an output that actively sprays the resource to whatever is next to it, even without pipes.

Channels#

A machine can route more than one kind of resource: items, fluid, gas, and power (energy). Each kind is its own "channel" with its own per-face setup. A generator that only handles power shows a single page; a processor that handles items and power shows a tab for each.

Using the Side Config tab#

Open the machine and click the Side Config tab. On the flattened cube:

• Left-click a side to cycle its mode.
• Right-click a side to disable it quickly.
• Middle-click a side to pick a specific mode from a palette.

You also get per-channel auto-eject and auto-input toggles (the machine pushes out of / pulls into those sides on its own, up to the pack's transfer-rate setting), a reset button to return to the machine's default layout, and copy/paste to apply one machine's layout to another of the same type.

The Configurator#

Some content mods (such as Nerotech) add a wrench-style Configurator item: right- click a machine face in the world to cycle that side's mode without opening the GUI, sneak-right-click to read the current mode, and copy/paste a whole layout between machines.

For pack makers#

The auto-eject / auto-input speed is a single server-side value, sideConfigAutoTransferRate, in Core's config — see Configuration. It is hot-reloadable with /neroland config reload. Set it to 0 to disable automatic transfer entirely and rely on pipes.

Privacy#

Side configuration is saved with the machine (block) in the world. It records only how a machine routes resources — never anything about you — so it falls outside Core's player-data handling. See Privacy & Data.