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In a cargo wagon I can set a filter for every slot and then only that item can be placed in that slot.

Can I make a chest that has the same filter option or do I have to make a proxy object that turns into a cargo wagon on a rail?

A car and tank have also filtered slots.
Abuse the prototypes for your needs.

But car and tank then blink with out of fuel. Unless I set them to some infinite fuel source. But then they can drive around so set speed to zero?

It would really be much cleaner if the standard container prototype had a flag to allow filters.

Set `render_no_power_icon = false` on the vehicle's burner prototype.

While it might feel "dirty", a lot of great mods are entirely made based on this "use prototypes for things they weren't necessarily intended for."

Afaik a car has some UPS overhead and I'm thinking of having A LOT of those filtered chests. But needs must when the Devil drives.