MCX202

Chest Dispenser
About
ID	MCX202
Self Triggered	No
Clickable	No
Input	Yes
Output	Yes
Rail	No
Sign Format
First line	CHEST DISPENSER
Second line	[MCX202]
Third line	item_id:damage
Fourth line	amount
Craftbook Page

Dispenses items from a nearby chest onto the next empty spot above the block the sign is on, up to 10 blocks high. If the next empty spot is 11 blocks high, nothing will happen. Requires an input. Similar to MCX201 but uses items from a nearby chest.

May be used in conjunction with MCX203/MCZ203 Chest Collector to rapidly transport a large number of items vertically, and nearly instantly. The method is used in the Enderwheel.

Details

• Third line (optional)
  • Specifies the type of item to be dispensed.
  • If blank, dispenses any items that can be dispensed.
• Fourth line (optional)
  • Amount of items to dispense, if left blank it will dispense one at a time.
  • Max value 3456 (this is the maximum number of items that a double chest can contain)

Activation: Items will be moved once each time the Sign is powered.

Output: Will create an output signal when dispensing items.

Destination: The item entities will be placed up to 10 blocks above the block which the Sign is attached to. For example, you could place the Wall Sign on a Chest, and place up to 9 blocks above the Chest, for them to be dispensed over. NOTE: When dropped, some of the entities may "spill" only adjacent blocks, so a platform of 3x3 blocks may be preferred.

Nearby

For a chest to be available for the Sign, it must be within a 10x10x10 cube, centered on the bottom-north-west corner of the Sign block. This means that, measuring from the Sign, a Chest will be usable up to:

• 5 blocks west/down/north of the Sign
• 4 blocks east/up/south of the Sign

BUG:

• If the preferred source chest is removed, the IC will not automatically choose a new chest until the chunk is reloaded. Workaround: relog, or break and place the sign again. Similarly, if the chunk of the IC is loaded before the chunks of any nearby chests are loaded, the IC will not activate.

NOTE!

• The sign will only take from ONE chest or double chest (the selection algorithm is inscrutable). If this chest is empty, no items will be dispensed. No other containers will be checked.
• Only a Chest or Double Chest will be used; all other containers, including Trapped Chest, will be ignored.
• (these might become feature requests)

Examples

[MCX202]
1

will remove one stone item from a nearby chest and drop it at the next empty spot above the block the sign is on.

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[MCX202]
35:6
28

will take 28 items from a nearby chest with id 35 and damage 6 (pink wool) and then drop them in the next open spot above the block the sign is on.