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Add a block for copper golems to place unsortable items

Copper golems should have a way to dump unsortable items. Right now copper golems may get stuck if they pick up an item that cannot be sorted into any available chests. Whether this is intended behaviour or a bug, the suggestion that it should put the item back in the copper chest would come with its own issue. If it puts the item back it would first of all clog up the copper chest, but the golem would also end up picking up the item again later and run into the same issue.

Now what if our tiny friend got a block he could put those items into, a storage block that he can interact with and only puts items into when all chests in range have been checked and no available chest has been found. The copper golem would then not care about filtering the contents of this block, since it acts as a backup dump chest. This functionality could either be added to an existing block like barrels or trapped chests, or by adding a new block like for example an iron chest or copper hopper. If it can't find one of these blocks it would either get stuck like it does now, or put it back in to an available copper chest.

I feel this solution would be capable of keeping a copper golem sorter running more smoothly, without compromising on its simplicity and its limitations, keeping the original vision of this addition intact.

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    This is not necessary because you can use hopper and a storage block under your chest for unsorted items. It will clear the chest so the golem will always put unsorted items there. Just make sure the golem can't open the storage block under the hopper.

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    Do copper golems always evaluate empty chests last, tho? My understanding was that they check up to ten chests one at a time.

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    unstackable items

     

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    I've tested a few setups, some setups the golems go past every chest in order, sometimes they pick a chest randomly. They don't actually care if an item is already in a chest or not, (so having multiple empty chests can spread out the same item across different chests but that is a seperate issue/limitation). While for specific contraptions using a setup that is guaranteed to work works, making it more reliable allows more creativity in builds while being functional. The current solution is more working around the current limitations than an intended solution.