🧹 Smart Item Deleter v2

A lightweight, intelligent item cleanup system for NeoForge 1.21.1

📘 Overview

Smart Item Deleter v2 is a server-side optimization mod designed to automatically clean up dropped item entities when the item count exceeds a defined threshold.
It tracks items individually to ensure fair, efficient, and safe removal — deleting only excess, old, and unimportant drops without disrupting normal gameplay.

✅ Supports NeoForge 21.1.215+, Youer 1.21.1, AsyncYouer-1.21.1
⚙️ Designed for Create-based and heavily modded survival servers
💾 Low overhead, deterministic cleanup cycles

⚙️ Configuration (for server owners)

Configuration file:

config/smart_item_deleter_v2-common.toml

Example:

entityCountThreshold = 250
minItemAgeMs = 15000
scanIntervalTicks = 20
deletePercentage = 80
whitelistMode = false
filteredItems = ["minecraft:nether_star", "minecraft:diamond"]

Wildcard example

filteredItems = ["minecraft:oak*"]

This configuration means:

• Cleanup runs roughly every second.
• Only starts when >250 dropped items exist.
• Deletes 80% of all items older than 15 seconds (prioritizing the oldest).
• Diamonds and Nether Stars will never be deleted.

🧠 Technical Details (for developers and maintainers)

Core Behavior

• Items are tracked in TrackedItemsData, using persistent per-level storage.
• Each item stores:
  • UUID
  • dimension
  • firstSeenMs (time first detected)
  • lastSeenMs (time last confirmed)
• Cleanup only occurs when the total item count exceeds the configured threshold.
• Items are eligible if:
  1. Their age ≥ minItemAgeMs
  2. They pass the current policy filter (blacklist/whitelist mode)
• When protectNamedItems is enabled, items with custom names are ignored entirely — they do not count toward the threshold and are never deleted.

Deletion Logic

• All eligible items are sorted oldest first (ascending by firstSeenMs).
• The number of deletions per cycle is:

deletions = min(excess_items, eligible_items * (deletePercentage / 100))

• This ensures:
  • The server maintains stable tick times.
  • Recent player drops are preserved.
  • Automated machines that constantly spill items are kept clean.

Jitter (scan desynchronization)

• The system uses a randomized interval of:

nextInterval = scanIntervalTicks ± scanJitterTicks

to avoid simultaneous heavy-tick bursts when multiple mods or systems run periodic updates.

Commands

💡 Future Plans

• Provide in-game feedback via action bar or server console only
• Expose metrics to /cleanup status or a scoreboard-compatible data point

📜 License

MIT License — freely usable and modifiable.
Please credit Metl_Play if redistributed.
Would be appreciated if I am mentioned in modpacks, but it's not required.

🧩 Credits

• Developer: Metl_Play
• Minecraft: 1.21.1 (NeoForge)
• Mappings: Parchment mappings
• Libraries: NeoForge API, standard Java collections

“It’s not just a cleaner mod — it’s a smarter janitor.” 🧠🧹