Bench Upgrade Range (aka Item Transporter Range) for 1.4

Bench Upgrade Range (Formerly Item Transporter Range)

Current Version: 4. 1. 0 — Standalone .pak Edition

📋 Description

This mod modifies the range of Crafting Bench upgrades, letting them affect much larger areas. It started as an Item Transporter range mod and now supports four upgrades, all extended to 5000 units in this edition:

• []Item Transporter - access containers from much greater distances (also covers the Chef Station and Item Upgrade Bench variants automatically)[/]

  []Dioxohealer - larger heal radius AND larger farmable-plant detection radius (more plants counted = faster healing)[/]

  []Metabolic Temporal Field - larger hunger/thirst/continence slowdown field[/]

  []Bench Warmer - larger heat radius[/]

  This is the standalone edition: no UE4SS, no dependencies, nothing to configure. Copy three files into your Paks folder and every affected upgrade simply exists with the extended range.

  Repair & Salvage Station owners: this release targets the issue where the repair bench fails to pull materials from nearby crates - see the dedicated section below.

  Note: the Portal Suppression Field cannot be supported. Its range is not stored on the upgrade itself - it is hardcoded in the logic of the things that check it (PowerLeech, portal storms).

  ⚙️ Features

  • []Standalone: no UE4SS or other dependencies required[/]

    []Four Upgrades: Item Transporter, Dioxohealer, Metabolic Temporal Field, Bench Warmer, each extended to 5000 units[/]

    []Native Range Patching: ships modified versions of the upgrade blueprints, so every upgrade constructed afterwards - placed, streamed in, or loaded from a save - spawns with the extended range natively[/]

    []Variant Coverage: Item Transporter subclasses (Chef Station, Item Upgrade Bench) are covered automatically, and so is anything that borrows transporter range - including the Repair & Salvage Station[/]

    []Zero Overhead: no hooks, no loops, no per-frame cost - it is just data[/]

    []Save-Safe: removes cleanly; your world and saves are untouched[/]

    📦 Installation

    • []Copy all three files to the game's Paks folder:[/]

      EnhancementBenchRange_P.pak

      EnhancementBenchRange_P.ucas

      EnhancementBenchRange_P.utoc

      The complete path should be:

      steamapps\common\AbioticFactor\AbioticFactor\Content\Paks

      • []All three files must stay together in that folder[/]

        []Launch the game - the mod is active automatically[/]

        []Uninstall: delete the three files[/]

        🎮 Default Configuration

        Vanilla Range

        Item Transporter

        1600 units

        5000 units (~3x)

        Dioxohealer

        3700 units

        5000 units

        Metabolic Temporal Field

        1000 units

        5000 units (5x)

        Bench Warmer

        500 units

        5000 units (10x)

        These values are baked into the mod. If you want custom ranges, per-upgrade settings, live in-game commands, or vanilla-restore options, use the configurable UE4SS edition instead (see Related below).

        🔧 Repair & Salvage Station - Pulling Items From Crates

        Reports have come in of the Repair & Salvage Station not finding crafting/repair materials in nearby storage crates. How that mechanic actually works:

        • []The Repair & Salvage Station has no upgrade sockets of its own. It borrows the linked storage of a nearby Crafting Bench that has an Item Transporter upgrade installed and powered.[/]

          []That means the distance that matters is crate → Crafting Bench transporter radius, not crate → station. At the vanilla 1600 units, crates easily end up just outside the transporter's reach - the repair bench then acts like the crates don't exist.[/]

          []With this mod the transporter covers 5000 units, so crates (and the stations borrowing from them) connect across much larger distances.[/]

          If repairs still refuse to pull materials, check:

          [*]A Crafting Bench with an Item Trans