Create: Custom Gauges

What This Does

Adds a middle-click "type an exact amount" popup to Create's Factory Gauge. Aim past the vanilla 100-stack drag-bar limit and just type the number instead.

Features

• Middle-click a Factory Gauge's target-amount picker to open a text entry popup instead of dragging
• Prefilled with the gauge's current value, so you can nudge an existing number instead of retyping from scratch
• Toggle between Items and Stacks units, clearly labeled, so it's obvious what your typed number will mean before you confirm
• Submits through Create's own existing network packet -- no new serverside behavior, just a faster way to set the same data
• Invalid input (empty, non-numeric) flashes a message instead of silently doing nothing
• Scoped specifically to Factory Gauges -- funnels, the motor speed controller, the crank, and anything else reusing Create's generic Value Settings board are left untouched

Compatibility

Built and tested against Create 6.0.10 for NeoForge 1.21.1. Client-side only -- Create is already required server-side regardless, and this mod adds no server logic of its own. Hooks into Create's ValueSettingsScreen via Mixin, so it's tied fairly closely to Create's internal UI code and may need updates if that changes significantly in a future Create release.

Known limitations

• Selecting "Stacks" multiplies your typed number by the filtered item's max stack size, matching the vanilla drag-bar's own behavior in Stacks mode -- typing 5 on Stacks for a 64-stack item sets a threshold of 320 items, not 5. Easy to get bitten by if you're not expecting it.
• Confirming or cancelling the popup closes straight back to gameplay rather than reopening the gauge's normal picker screen.

Credits

Built collaboratively with Claude -- see the GitHub repo for the AI disclosure and full changelog.