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Transform your Rust server's storage experience with intelligent automation, overflow chains, and PvP-safe raid protection. Why SmartSorter? For Players: Stop manually sorting hundreds of items after raids, monuments and roams Never lose loot to overflowing boxes again Set up once, automate forever For Server Owners: Reduce player frustration and improve retention Performance-optimized for high-pop servers PvP-friendly with raid/combat blocking Zero dependencies - works out of the box What Makes It Unique? Drop Box Automation Mark any container as a "Drop Box" - toss items in and watch them automatically route to nearby filtered containers. No manual sorting needed. Sorting Chains (Overflow System) Link unlimited containers together. When one fills up, items automatically overflow to the next in the chain. Perfect for massive loot rooms. Raid & Combat Protection Full integration with RaidBlock, NoEscape, and CombatBlock - prevent sorting abuse during raids with granular control over what gets disabled. Essential for PvP servers. Defense Auto-Fill One-click filling of turrets, SAM sites, flame turrets, and shotgun traps. Set your preferred ammo/fuel amounts once and forget it. Smart Template System Save filter configurations as templates, load them onto any container, and share setups across your base in seconds. Core Features Automatic Sorting Drop Box system for hands-free organization Category and item-specific filters (granular control) Works with 50+ container types Intelligent handling of furnaces, refineries, recyclers, and vending machines Smart routing with sorting chains Manual Control Tools Send Near - Distribute inventory to nearby filtered containers within radius Send to Box - Fill the specific container you're looting Dump All - Empty your entire inventory instantly Loot All - Grab everything from a container (supports backpacks!) In-Container Sort - Organize by name or category with one click Inventory and backpack Sorting Sorting Chains (Overflow System) Link unlimited containers for automatic overflow routing Visual chain inspection with in-game colored lines and spheres Cycle detection prevents infinite loops Per-player chain ownership Configurable visualization duration and appearance Defense Management Auto-fill Auto Turrets, SAM Sites, Flame Turrets, Shotgun Traps Customizable ammo/fuel amounts per defense type Radius-based batch filling Automatic weapon mounting for turrets Per-player preferences saved Raid & Combat Protection Integrates with RaidBlock, NoEscape, and CombatBlock Granular control - disable specific features during raids/combat Optional chat notifications when actions are blocked Essential for PvP servers - prevents sorting abuse Template System Save filter configurations by name Load templates onto any container instantly Share setups between boxes Per-player template ownership with admin override Easy template management (delete, rename) Player Preferences Toggle auto-opening of filter panels (/ssautofilters) Minimize UI to compact button mode Per-player defense ammo/fuel settings Settings persist across sessions Visual Interface Dynamic context-aware UI (changes based on container type) Built-in help system with full-color image guides Fully customizable layouts, colors, and button positions Responsive design adapts to 1-column or 2-column layout ImageLibrary support for item icons Technical Specifications Supported Containers (50+) Storage boxes, large boxes, coffins, barrels, fridges, lockers, tool cupboards, vending machines, furnaces (all types), refineries, recyclers, BBQs, campfires, lanterns, mannequins, drop boxes, wall cabinets, beehives, chicken coops, composters, cauldrons, stashes, and all defense entities. Performance Optimized Configurable processing intervals Batch processing limits (MaxDirtyBoxesPerTick) Optimization mode for high-population servers Efficient memory pooling throughout Automatic cleanup of deleted container data Framework Compatible Full support for uMod/Oxide Native Carbon framework support No external dependencies required Works out of the box Safety Features Wall-check system (prevent looting through walls) Building privilege requirement Configurable item blacklist/whitelist Automatic cleanup of old container data (configurable grace period) Permission-based access control Configuration Highlights 1000+ Customization Options UI Customization: Every color, position, size, and text label Button Layouts: 4 preset layouts (Default, DropBox, Awaiting, HasChain) Timing: Sort delays, cooldowns, debounce intervals Distances: Default radius, visualization settings Category Overrides: Reclassify any item into any category Furnace/Refinery: Custom fuel and smeltable item lists Support & Updates Documentation: Built-in visual help system Active Development: Regular updates and improvements Bug Reports: Fast response on CodeFling Feature Requests: Always welcome What's Included Plugin file (.cs) Default configuration Built-in help system with images Full permissions setup 50+ container support Raid/combat block integration Template system Performance optimization Extensive customization options Perfect For: Large Base Builders - Automate loot rooms with chains PvP Servers - Raid block integration prevents abuse High-Pop Servers - Performance optimized Casual Servers - Quality of life improvement Modded Servers - Works with custom items PLAYER COMMANDS /ss or /smartsorter Opens the visual help guide UI /sshelp Opens the visual help guide UI (same as /ss) /sscommands Shows a list of all available chat commands /sstoggle Shows or hides the SmartSorter UI completely /ssremovechains Removes ALL sorting chains you own /ssautofilters [on|off] Toggles whether the filters panel auto-opens when looting filtered containers /ssrefresh Refreshes the UI if it gets stuck or doesn't display properly /ssshowchains Visually displays your sorting chains for 15 seconds using colored lines and spheres /ssdefense Opens the defense configuration panel to set ammo/fuel amounts for turrets and traps ADMIN COMMANDS /ssdebug on|off Enables or disables debug logging in console /ssreloadconfig Reloads the configuration file from disk /ssclearfilters <containerID> Clears all filters on a specific container by NetworkID /ssconfig [setting] [value] Opens the config UI, or sets a specific config value ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ smartsorter.use - Required for all features smartsorter.admin - Admin commands and config access ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DEPENDENCIES None required. Optional ImageLibrary support for enhanced item icons. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Give your players the gift of time. Install Smart Sorter today.