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Discuss Minecraft's Redstone systems, including automation, circuits, components, and technical gameplay. Share ideas and feedback on Redstone mechanics across Minecraft. Because Java Edition and Bedrock Edition use different Redstone systems, some behaviors will differ between versions. Please tag your posts with Java, Bedrock, or Both where applicable.

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Observers should detect items moving through containers

What I think should happen is that whenever an item is moved within a container, an observer should be able to detect it and output a redstone signal. In such cases, it detects if an item gets placed in/out of the container by a player, an item passes through a container via hoppers, or an item is added/removed by any other means.

The observer should detect the following containers: chests, trapped chests, furnaces, blast furnaces, smokers, barrels, hoppers, dispensers, and droppers.

It is probably best that the observer block doesn't detect when the container is opened by the player.

 

In turn, this could lead to a lot more redstone creations such as automatic farms, easier means to transport items (especially upwards), many other ways.

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    so true

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    I think it's enough to just detect the item frames,like the Bedrock :)

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    Would be very useful for programmable flying machines using items. They would be 10x more compact.

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    Yo juego en (bedrock) y el observador detecta el llenado y vaciado de las tolvas

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    This functionality is already added to the comparator.