Chest memory
How Sorted remembers what is in your containers, how it stays up to date, and where it is kept.
What is remembered #
When you open a chest, barrel or shulker box, Sorted writes down what is in it, with its name if you gave it one. It is kept per world and per server, and survives a restart. Ender chests are not remembered: their contents are yours, not the block's.
Staying up to date #
- Opening a container again reads it again.
- A container that is broken is forgotten.
- On a server, a chest another player opens is marked as out of date, so it is read again next time.
- Sorts and transfers by Sorted update the memory as they go.
Auto-scan #
With Auto-scan nearby containers on, Sorted opens and closes containers within reach that you can see, without showing their screen. It skips containers it read recently. It is off by default.
Some server anti-cheat plugins notice containers being opened quickly. Only turn on auto-scan in singleplayer and on servers you trust.
Where it is kept #
In .minecraft/cache/sorted/, one file per world and per server. Nothing is uploaded. Clear current world cache in the settings deletes the one for where you are.
- Enable container cache default On
- Remember what is in the containers you open.
- Auto-scan nearby containers default Off
- Read containers within reach without opening them yourself.
- Cache staleness (hours) default 72
- After this long, a container counts as out of date and is read again.
- Staleness counts default Auto
- Time in the world in singleplayer, real time on servers.
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