Loaders ignore automated insertion limit

[kryojenik]

Loaders ignore the automated insertion limit and will fill up an assembler to the the hard limit (stack size + 4 * hand-stack) (iirc).

It was eluded to in viewtopic.php?p=668370#p668370 that this might be something deserving of a "fix", thus I'm posting this as a bug. If it really fits better as an "Idea and suggestion", please move this post there.

It would be awesome if loaders honored the automated insertion limit. Even more awesomer if that was a setting that could be toggled.

Loader fill

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Inserter fill

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[eugenekay]

I disagree; I like that you can achieve super-high throughputs and buffer sizes, especially with modded loaders.

[boskid]

I am considering this a modding interface request and as such moving it out of bug reports.

[curiosity]

This should be a prototype property.

[BraveCaperCat]

I believe that's the point of loaders.

[protocol_1903]

A runtime/entity property would be preferred, but even a prototype property would be awesome to use.

[boskid]

Implemented for 2.0.65: added LoaderPrototype::respect_insert_limits with default value of "false".