Assembling machine output slot limit under expectation

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Assembling machine output slot limit under expectation

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On an assembling machine, I red herethat, if there is no inserter at the output, the output slot is supposed to fill up untill one full stack of crafted item.

That is true if you feed the input by hand.

But if you feed the input through an inserter, the crafting stops when the output slot contains around 10 objects... That is a weird limitation that could be corrected.

Example to trigger the problem : assembling machine crafting "transport belt" (stack 50) : output stops at 10 if fed by inserter, but stops at 50 if fed by hand.

Note : I asked that because I wrote a mod that creates objects that are not supposed to be really taken out from the machine. Just when the count is 100, I empty the output slot and trigger a special action. When users are trying to fed this machine by inserters, the action is never triggered because the crafting ends too soon... When they do it by hand, it works till the end.
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This is certainly not a bug. This was programmed to behave on purpose, so the assembling machines don't eat up all the resources.
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kovarex wrote:This is certainly not a bug. This was programmed to behave on purpose, so the assembling machines don't eat up all the resources.
Ok. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Is there a way to turn around this limitation if I build my own modded Assembling machine ? A hidden variable somewhere in the prototype ?
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No, there is not currently.
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kovarex wrote:No, there is not currently.
Ok, I'll try to find another way to achieve what I want.
Thanks for your answer, and keep the good work Kovarex ! ;)
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