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Machine Room Chunkloading Upgrades #595
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I am not using performance mods.
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Description
Probably more of a feature request here. It seems odd that a compact machine, designed to be placed in the world, doesn't have chunkloading once you leave it.
It was pointed out to me that this was an intentional decision because folks in multiplayer could abuse compact machines. I agree with the principle, but it seems like the behavior change is odd to have as a default.
Suggestion 1: Automatically chunkload all compact machines, possibly gated behind an option in config.
- This has the advantage of parity with 1.16.5 or earlier (if I remember correctly) - I found it very confusing when suddenly my machine wasn't working after I left it.
- The disadvantage, of course, is that if it's not an option, it leaves the abuse loophole open.
Suggestion 2: Have compact machines inherit the chunkloading setting of the chunk where the single block resides.
- This has the advantage of being fairly transparent - if you're chunkloading your base, the machines in the base work as expected. If you're not, you shouldn't expect the compact machine to work either.
- The disadvantage (in my mind) is that it still leaves routes for abuse, but I assume a server admin could nuke a single chunk a lot more easily than some jerk placing random machines all over the world. :p
Mod Version
compactmachines-forge-6.0.0.0-nightly.jar
Forge Version
1.20.1 - 47.3.0
Link to Crashlog
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How to reproduce
Pretty much as described. Make a compact machine, do something automated in it, leave the machine, and then yell "Y U NO WORK" at it.
Activity
[-]1.20.1 - Compact Machines not automatically chunkloaded[/-][+][1.20.1+] Machine Room Chunkloading Upgrades[/+]8 remaining items
DeVviL commentedon Jul 8, 2025
Я установил внутри каждой машины маленький загрузчик 1 чанка из мода ChickenChunks. И это, кажется, работает.
I installed a small 1 chunk loader from the ChickenChunks mod inside each machine. And it seems to work.
johalun commentedon Jul 28, 2025
Could also add an option to only chunk load a room if the owner is online AND the world chunk where the block is located in is loaded.
GiovanH commentedon Sep 8, 2025
The behavior I'm looking for is definitely to load the machine chunk if the world chunk containing the machine block is located. I think this is how it used to work, but now machines only load if the interior is manually loaded, which makes them inconsistent with other machine behavior.
robotgryphon commentedon Sep 8, 2025
This nature of chunkloading is incompatible with future plans - you can have multiple machine blocks tied to a single room, and in CM8 this will become available to survival players. This is why there is a new chunkloading room upgrade that you apply to the room, not individual machines.