Applied Packaging

Applied Packaging is an automation and logistics addon for Applied Energistics 2.

It introduces colored, stackable packages that keep an ordered group of items and fluids together while they are routed, buffered, filtered, or delivered to a machine.

Instead of sending every ingredient independently and hoping they arrive in the correct order, Applied Packaging lets the complete group travel as one logistics unit.

Applied Packaging is currently in alpha. Back up important worlds before updating between alpha releases.

Package-Based Logistics

Packages can contain ordered AE2 resources, including:

• Items and fluids
• Repeated entries of the same resource
• Sparse recipe layouts
• Package colors and item markers
• Exact ordering and layout information

Packages are not compressed storage. Their contents are not exposed as loose items or fluids in normal AE2 inventory views. A compatible machine must unpack the complete package before its contents become available.

Main Features

ME Package Assembler

Creates packages from encoded patterns while preserving their resource order and layout.

It supports:

• Local encoded patterns
• AE2 Pattern Provider submissions
• Standard crafting and processing patterns
• Package patterns
• Advanced processing patterns
• Multiple independently configured package outputs
• Item, fluid, and generic AEKey inputs

Package capacity is checked before materials are consumed, preventing incomplete or oversized results.

ME Packager

Packages resources directly from its connected ME network or unpacks complete packages back into that network.

Features include:

• Packaging and unpacking through the connected AE2 network
• Marker and content filters
• Separate filtering rules for packaging and unpacking
• Blocking and anti-clog controls
• Atomic operations that do not leave partially processed packages
• Animated packages, curtains, and conveyor movement

Advanced Pattern Encoding Terminal

An AE2 cable terminal for configuring the mod's advanced patterns.

It provides:

• Package-pattern editing
• Advanced processing-pattern editing
• Ordered and sparse inputs
• Multiple package outputs
• Independent colors and markers
• Per-entry amount controls

Package Storage Bus

Exposes complete packages to an ME network without exposing their internal contents as loose inventory.

Packages can be filtered by properties such as:

• Color
• Marker
• Contents
• Fuzzy matching
• Inverted matching

Package Unpacking Bus

Routes complete packages to compatible adjacent targets and unpacks them while preserving all-or-nothing delivery behavior.

Sequence Buffer

A linear multiblock buffer for automation chains where position and arrival order matter.

It can retain ordered inputs and deliver them to machines without flattening everything into an ordinary shared inventory.

Package Variants

Applied Packaging includes:

• Fluix packages
• All 16 Minecraft dye colors
• Stackable packages with identity-safe comparison
• Optional item markers for routing and recognition

Packages only stack when their color, marker, flags, contents, ordering, and layout are identical.

Optional Integrations

Applied Packaging includes optional integration with:

• JEI
• EMI
• Create
• GTCEu
• Star Technology

JEI and EMI recipe transfer can create package-aware patterns while preserving the semantics of supported recipe systems.

Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.20.1
• Forge: 47.4.10 or newer
• Applied Energistics 2: 15.4.10
• GuideME: 20.1.7
• Java: 17

Install Applied Packaging on both the client and dedicated server.

JEI, EMI, Create, and GTCEu integrations are optional and are only enabled when the corresponding mods are installed.

Design Principles

Applied Packaging is designed around complete logistics transactions:

• Packages remain distinct logistics objects.
• Package contents are never presented as ordinary loose AE2 inventory.
• Failed operations do not consume only part of a package.
• Machines preserve resource order and recipe layout where required.
• Packages cannot be recursively nested.
• Players cannot normally obtain empty packages.

Bundle the resources that belong together—and make sure they arrive together.