Long story short, after playing with a relatively simple tunnel bore, (minecart, drills, a few deployers, etc.) I've found that contraptions from the Create mod do not see storage devices from other mods (Ender Storage, Storage Drawers, etc.) as viable storage devices when activated, and they also don't seem to even read vanilla hoppers as valid either. As such, I was wondering if it would be possible to add that sort of functionality to the mod in the future. And yes, I do understand that it would likely be painful to get the entity side of contraptions to work properly with that: I'm just bringing this up so it can go on record as having been said.

Added sidenote, it'd be nice to have it so contraptions could carry a working world anchor/chunkloader with them (assuming they can't already,) though perhaps have that function controlled/toggleable in server config files (to prevent lag-griefing or long-range underground drill attacks on large servers).

Thanks for everything else that Create already does, though, folks! Keep up the good work, keep the cool stuff coming, and stay safe!

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This is in progress here: #1311

Noted, comment made on relevant crosspost.

That said, nothing regarding chunkloaders or world anchors? Meh, it was more of a suggestion anyway. As I found out today, if you don't build your bores with proper shielding mechanisms, they can readily be swept off the track by ill-located water or lava, so a chunkloader just makes it more likely things will go haywire without the creator being able to salvage anything...

That said, nothing regarding chunkloaders or world anchors? Meh, it was more of a suggestion anyway.

I think this is exactly what you want:

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/create-chunkloading

Disclaimer: I wrote part of the logic, and the other part of the logic is inherited from Create Integration (a 1.15 mod).