Waste Processor

Permanently destroys one script-selected waste stream: items, liquids, or gases. Use the item input for unwanted stock, liquid_in for surplus water or other liquids, and gas_in for gases. It has no output and recovers no value.

Stats: Power in variable · Stockpile 200 (mixed)

How to obtain: The recipe unlocks with the Waste Processing research (Oxygen 1,400). Fabricate a Waste Processor Kit on a Fabricator: 2× Machine Frame, 4× Iron Ingot, 1× Circuit Panel. Deploy from Inventory.

Access: self / get_component(id) · Like every component, exposes .id and .name.

Methods

.outpost

The outpost where this building is deployed, as an OutpostRef.

.set_enabled(enabled) `SELF ONLY`

Arm or pause destruction in the selected mode. Stopping the owning script resets this setpoint to off. Staged items and fluids remain intact.

Returns: ActionResult · Outcomes: "ok"

.is_enabled()

Read whether the owning script has armed the processor.

Returns: Boolean

.set_mode(mode) `SELF ONLY`

Select exactly one destruction stream: "items", "liquid", or "gas". Changing modes pauses the other buffers without deleting them. The selected fluid port accepts flow only while enabled.

Returns: ActionResult · Outcomes: "ok". Raises: ValueError for an invalid mode.

.mode()

Read the selected waste stream: "items", "liquid", or "gas".

Returns: String

.status()

Read the exact live state: "disabled", "no_power", "idle", or "processing".

Returns: String

.throughput() / .item_throughput() / .liquid_throughput() / .gas_throughput()

The selected mode’s last destruction rate (throughput()), or the per-stream reads. Item mode reports units/h; liquid and gas modes report t/h. At 100% outpost efficiency, the liquid and gas maximum is 120 t/h. 0 when nothing was destroyed.

Returns: Number

.is_running()

True when the selected mode destroyed material on the last processing tick.

Returns: Boolean

.input

Stage unwanted items for permanent destruction: self.input.connect(name) then self.input.take(item_id, count). Item transfers are explicit, so they may be staged while another mode is selected; only enabled "items" mode destroys them. Disable destruction before recovering a mistaken load with eject(...). See InputSlot.

.liquid_in / .gas_in

Generic 120 t FluidPort input buffers for any liquid / any gas. They accept flow only while the processor is enabled in the matching mode. A non-empty buffer remains latched to one exact fluid until it drains.

Command mailbox

peek_command() · next_command() · command_count() · clear_commands() (SELF ONLY): see Script Commands.