AE2UEL Things
If you have ever watched a storage cell in Applied Energistics 2 fill up with just a handful of item types and then refuse to accept anything else, you already understand the problem that AE2UEL Things was built to solve. This add-on for AE2 Unofficial Extended Life removes the standard 63-type limit on storage cells, letting a single DISK cell hold as many different item or fluid types as its byte capacity allows. For players running sprawling ME networks with dozens of mods feeding in hundreds of unique items, that change alone reshapes how a base gets organized.
What AE2UEL Things Changes
The core idea is simple: types are no longer the bottleneck, capacity is. A DISK cell in this add-on can store an unlimited number of distinct item or fluid types, constrained only by the bytes available in that cell. That means a 64k DISK Cell can hold thousands of different items rather than capping out at 63 and forcing you to build a wall of partitioned drives just to keep your network fed.
Both item and fluid variants exist, and each comes in four capacity tiers, so the add-on slots naturally into early, mid, and late-game progression:
- 1k DISK Cell — 1,000 bytes
- 4k DISK Cell — 4,000 bytes
- 16k DISK Cell — 16,000 bytes
- 64k DISK Cell — 64,000 bytes
- 1k, 4k, 16k, and 64k DISK Fluid Cells — matching mB capacities
Fluid cells use a simplified 1 mB = 1 byte scale instead of AE2's internal fluid channel scaling, so tier capacities line up one-to-one with their item counterparts. Empty cells can also be disassembled with Shift+Right-Click, returning the housing and components so nothing is wasted when you upgrade.
Minecraft Versions and Loaders
AE2UEL Things is built for AE2 Unofficial Extended Life, which targets Minecraft 1.12.2 on the Forge loader. If you are still running a 1.12.2 modpack, this add-on drops straight into the same environment as your existing AE2-UEL setup. It is designed to work alongside other AE2-UEL add-ons and any mod that talks to AE2 through its standard storage-cell API. One notable interaction: when Neeve's AE2: Extended Life Additions (NAE2) is installed as well, additional higher-tier DISK Cells become available beyond the base 1k, 4k, 16k, and 64k lineup.
If you would rather skip manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher carries AE2UEL Things in its add-on catalog, so you can add it to a 1.12.2 Forge profile in a couple of clicks and let the launcher handle updates from there.
How to Install AE2UEL Things
Manual Installation
To install manually, first make sure Forge for Minecraft 1.12.2 and AE2 Unofficial Extended Life are already in your mods folder. Then download AE2UEL Things from its GitHub repository, drop the jar into the same mods folder, and launch the game. No config editing is required for the cells to appear in the AE2 crafting terminal.
Launcher Installation
If you use a launcher with a built-in mod browser, search for AE2UEL Things, select the 1.12.2 Forge instance you want, and confirm. The launcher resolves the dependency chain and places the file correctly, which is handy when you are managing several packs at once.
Compatibility Notes and Development
This add-on has not yet been profiled under heavy load or tested against every large-storage mod in the ecosystem, so players pushing enormous networks should keep an eye on tick times and report anything unusual through GitHub issues. The project's concept follows earlier work in the AE2 space, including AE2Things and AE2MEGAThings, and some code was adapted from those projects during development. Textures are reused as-is from Applied Energistics 2 and remain under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 rather than the add-on's own LGPLv3 license. Large portions of the code, documentation, and refactoring were written with the help of Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, while design, testing, and final decisions stayed with the author.
Should You Download AE2UEL Things?
If your ME system keeps hitting type limits and you are tired of partitioning drives around arbitrary caps, AE2UEL Things for Minecraft is a clean, focused fix. It does not reinvent storage; it simply removes the type ceiling and lets byte capacity do the work. For 1.12.2 players invested in AE2 Unofficial Extended Life, that makes it an easy addition to any long-running world.