ME Placement Tool
If you have ever spent an entire evening hand-placing cables across a sprawling Applied Energistics 2 network, you already understand why the ME Placement Tool exists. This add-on mod turns tedious manual building into a fast, wireless workflow that pulls everything you need straight from your ME system. Whether you are wiring your first controller or expanding a megabase, this tool changes how you approach network construction.
What the ME Placement Tool Does
The core idea is simple: instead of carrying stacks of cable and blocks in your inventory, you connect wirelessly through an ME Wireless Access Point and place items directly from your ME network. The add-on ships with three distinct tools, each built for a specific job, and all of them share a unified 18-slot configuration system. That means you can pre-load the exact items you need, and with JEI or REI integration you can drag entries straight into those slots without fiddling with menus.
Because everything is pulled from storage, the tool also supports auto-crafting. If an item is missing but craftable, a crafting request menu opens automatically, so you never have to stop mid-build to hunt down components. It even works with AE2 Memory Cards and Mekanism Configuration Cards, letting you auto-configure devices the moment they are placed.
The Three Tools Explained
ME Placement Tool
The standard variant handles blocks, AE2 cable parts such as buses, panels, and cables, plus fluids. A radial menu lets you switch items on the fly, keeping your focus on the build rather than your hotbar.
ME Multiblock Placement Tool
This is the heavy lifter. It places 1, 8, 64, 256, or 1024 blocks or fluids at once, with smart expansion algorithms that fill along surfaces of matching block types. The dual-layer radial menu separates placement count on the inner ring from item selection on the outer ring, and a visual preview shows exactly where everything will land. Made a mistake? Ctrl + Left-click undoes recent placements.
ME Cable Placement Tool
Built specifically for AE2 cabling, this tool supports Glass, Covered, Smart, Dense Covered, and Dense Smart cables across three modes: Line Mode for straight runs, Plane Fill for rectangular areas, and Plane Branching for tree-like networks. Its smart dyeing system prioritizes dye sources from your inventory, the ME network, or your offhand, and the Key of Spectrum upgrade unlocks all 17 cable colors without consuming dye at all.
Supported Versions and Loaders
The mod targets modern Minecraft releases and is distributed for both Fabric and NeoForge, so most players on current versions can run it alongside Applied Energistics 2 without conflict. Always check the file listing before you download ME Placement Tool, since each build is tied to a specific game version and loader combination.
How to Install ME Placement Tool for Minecraft
Getting set up is straightforward. Here is the process:
- Install the correct loader for your Minecraft version, either Fabric or NeoForge.
- Place the Applied Energistics 2 jar in your mods folder first, since it is a required dependency.
- Drop the ME Placement Tool file into the same mods folder.
- Launch the game once to generate the configuration file at config/meplacementtool-common.toml.
- Adjust energy capacity, per-placement costs, item blacklists, and NBT matching rules to suit your pack.
If you would rather skip manual file management entirely, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process in a single click, and its built-in catalog keeps ME Placement Tool updated automatically whenever a new build matches your installed Minecraft version.
Configuration and Fine-Tuning
The config file gives server owners and pack developers real control. You can tune energy capacity and the cost per placement for each individual tool, blacklist items you do not want placed, and define NBT matching rules for items that require exact data, such as AE2 cable facades. This matters on public servers where balance and performance are priorities, and it also lets modpack authors integrate the tools into progression systems.
Why It Belongs in Your Modpack
Applied Energistics 2 is powerful but notoriously fiddly to build by hand. The ME Placement Tool removes that friction without removing the depth. You still design the network, plan the layout, and manage resources, but the repetitive clicking disappears. For anyone who has ever placed a thousand cables one at a time, that is a genuine quality-of-life upgrade, and it fits naturally into both small survival worlds and large technical packs.