Logistics Drones

What's New

Pathfinding overhaul

• Drones no longer recalculate their route every trip. Routes are mapped once and cached — trigger a (re)map from the Charge Station.
• Route mapping now searches a growing corridor around the straight-line path (8 → 16 → 32 → 64+ blocks) instead of failing outright when blocked by terrain, fixing the "janky pathfinding near structures" issue reported by players.

Multi-container & area input

• Remote Control now supports linking up to 16 input containers to a single drone, or marking a whole zone and letting the drone auto-detect every container inside it.

Smarter machine interaction

• Drones now read machines the way a hopper does — pulling a furnace's output slot without ever touching its fuel slot.

New upgrades

• Magnet: sweeps dropped items off the ground within range and delivers them to the output container.
• Auto-Return: drone automatically returns to the Charge Station instead of getting stuck when it can't complete its route.
• Filter: restrict exactly which items a drone is allowed to carry (shift-right-click the Filter upgrade to configure it).

Charge Station improvements

• Right-click the station with any chargeable item to insert/charge it directly — no need to open the GUI.
• Hold Ctrl + right-click to always open the GUI, even with an item in hand (so crouching stays free for placing blocks nearby).