Make surface.spill_items return item entities

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Make surface.spill_items return item entities

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It would be very convenient if the item drop function returned the item drops, so that you could, for example, mark them for deconstruction automatically without having to then search for entities pointlessly.
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Not very long ago: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=49902

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Do you really want the items or do you just want a parameter you can use to auto-mark them for deconstruction?
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Rseding91 wrote:Do you really want the items or do you just want a parameter you can use to auto-mark them for deconstruction?
Such parameter is enough for me. :)

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Rseding91 wrote:Do you really want the items or do you just want a parameter you can use to auto-mark them for deconstruction?
The former would be more generally useful.
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