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When reading the contents of assembling machines and other crafters, the items that are being used in the current craft are included, this is inconsistent with the contents displayed in the tooltip for the machine. "Read contents" should only output what can be seen in the input and output slots, and not the in-use items.

Thanks for the report. The description of the "Read contents" setting says this is the correct behavior.

Duplicate 118183.

Rseding91 wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:35 pm Thanks for the report. The description of the "Read contents" setting says this is the correct behavior.

So it does, is there a reason for this that I'm not seeing? Just seems to cause problems for me, though maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Main reason i made it work this way was because this feature was implemented based on use cases proposed by KatherineOfSky around centrifuges doing kovarex-enrichment-process in which case not inserting more good items when there is already enough in crafting made more sense, also this amount is how much you would get when mining the entity. Amount visible in the tooltip is directly based on what you could take from the inventory without clearing the recipe. I would rather adjust the tooltip than change the control behavior read behavior.