Unified unloading priority list to prevent undesired machine deadlocks when handling many items

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Xeinaemm
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Unified unloading priority list to prevent undesired machine deadlocks when handling many items

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Re: Unified unloading priority list to prevent undesired machine deadlocks when handling many items

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Re: Unified unloading priority list to prevent undesired machine deadlocks when handling many items

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I think you're misunderstanding how to use recyclers... your example with the recycler putting directly onto a belt is the correct ways to interact with recyclers (and why they auto-eject as an option). If you want to interact with them in any other way - you can - but you then need to deal with the limitations you've discovered.

Stack inserters are specifically programmed to always and only ever wait for a full stack of items and never time-out until they have the full belt stack of items. If that's not the behavior you want - then don't use them.
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