Even Storage

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Even Storage

You have two mortar positions at opposite ends of your base, each with its own shell storage. You craft 30 shells. Your pawns dump all 30 in whichever container is closest to the workshop. A raid drops. Your eastern mortar crew runs across the entire base to grab shells from the western stockpile while enemies are already at the wall.

Even Storage fixes this. Toggle a switch on your linked storage group, and items will be distributed so each container holds a fair share — 15 shells on each side, ready before the raid even starts.

How it works

Select any building in a linked storage group and enable "Distribute evenly". Choose how distribution behaves in Mod Settings:

• Instant (default) — items redistribute immediately when toggled on

• Hauling — pawns physically carry items to redistribute. Haulers pick up excess items from overstocked containers and deliver them to understocked ones

In both modes, new items that arrive while distribution is active are balanced automatically.

Features

• Per-group toggle — enable distribution only where you want it

• Equal distribution — items are split evenly across all containers in the group (e.g., 30 shells across 2 containers = 15 each)

• Handles everything — works with any storable item, whether stackable or not

• Type-aware — items are grouped by type + material, so your flak vests spread evenly across armories regardless of quality

• Smart job creation — in hauling mode, only creates haul jobs when distribution can actually improve, preventing unnecessary back-and-forth

Example use cases

• Multiple food containers near different work areas — meals spread across all of them

• Two armories (one for soldiers, one for backup) — each gets half the flak vests

• Ammo depots at different map edges — shells distributed evenly for defense

Tidy Storage integration

Works alongside Tidy Storage. When distribution is active, Tidy Storage waits and steps back. When distribution is toggled off, Tidy Storage re-sorts the group automatically.

Compatibility

• Requires: Harmony

• Safe to add or remove mid-save

• Compatible with all vanilla storage buildings and linked groups

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Compatible with RimWorld 1.6