Additional cleanup, impelemnt partial item stack pickup

mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua

@@ -116,30 +116,29 @@ end
 local function try_object_pickup(player, inv, object, checkpos)
 	if not inv then return end
 
+	local le = object:get_luaentity()
+
 	-- Check magnet timer
-	if not (object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer >= 0) then return end
-	if not (object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer < item_drop_settings.magnet_time) then return end
+	if not (le._magnet_timer >= 0) then return end
+	if not (le._magnet_timer < item_drop_settings.magnet_time) then return end
 
-	-- Make sure we have room for the item
-	local itemstack = ItemStack(object:get_luaentity().itemstring)
-	if not inv:room_for_item("main", itemstack ) then
-		return
-	end
-
-	-- Collection
-	if object:get_luaentity()._removed then return end
+	-- Don't try to collect again
+	if le._removed then return end
 
 	-- Ignore if itemstring is not set yet
-	if object:get_luaentity().itemstring == "" then return end
+	if le.itemstring == "" then return end
 
-	inv:add_item("main", itemstack )
+	-- Add what we can to the inventory
+	local itemstack = ItemStack(le.itemstring)
+	local leftovers = inv:add_item("main", itemstack )
 
 	check_pickup_achievements(object, player)
 
+	if leftovers:is_empty() then
 		-- Destroy entity
 		-- This just prevents this section to be run again because object:remove() doesn't remove the item immediately.
-	object:get_luaentity().target = checkpos
-	object:get_luaentity()._removed = true
+		le.target = checkpos
+		le._removed = true
 
 		-- Stop the object
 		object:set_velocity(vector.zero())
@@ -157,6 +156,10 @@ local function try_object_pickup(player, inv, object, checkpos)
 				object:remove()
 			end
 		end)
+	else
+		-- Update entity itemstring
+		le.itemstring = leftovers:to_string()
+	end
 end
 
 minetest.register_globalstep(function(_)