The second algorythm causes some strange behaviour. A lot of items just disappeared (thanks goodnes i always create manual backups when using new mods)
I uncommented your debug lines in the distributeItems function and the log shows following:

[08:21:44.017] [Info] Chat: <The Admin Cat> TEST STARTS
[08:22:13.417] [Info] Chat: <The Admin Cat> activated secondary algorythm
[08:22:19.394] [Error] Could not instantiate item '[apexshipdoors, 10, {}]'. (ItemException) No such item 'apexshipdoors'
[08:22:24.778] [Info] ----Tagsweep for {name: perfectlygenericitem, parameters: {}, count: 10}
[08:22:24.778] [Info] Chest 13 affinity: -2
[08:22:24.779] [Info] Chest 24 affinity: -1
[08:22:24.779] [Info] Chest 14 affinity: 0
[08:22:24.787] [Error] Exception while invoking lua function 'update'. (LuaException) Error code 2, [string "/objects/generic/itembroadcaster/broadcastbea..."]:198: (LuaException) Error code 2, [string "/items/buildscripts/buildsapling.lua"]:7: (LuaConversionException) Error converting LuaValue to type 'class Star::String'
[0] 7ff7aa812743
[1] 7ff7aa8114ce
[2] 7ff7aa7de04b
[3] 7ff7aa7d9e46
[4] 7ff7aa8c5d45
[5] 7ff7aa8cc824
[6] 7ff7aae034e6
[7] 7ff7aadfab1f
[8] 7ff7aadfdae0
[9] 7ff7aadfcdc9
[10] 7ff7aae054eb
[11] 7ff7aa7e0ced
[12] 7ff7aa7dfd84
[13] 7ff7aa76a978
[14] 7ff7aa783721
[15] 7ff7aa76a483
[16] 7ff7aa76ac5b
[17] 7ff7aa76a690
[18] 7ff7aa760ba4
[19] 7ff7aa7e7e50
[20] 7ff7aa963c48
[21] 7ff7aa9656e3
[22] 7ff7aa965e6e
[23] 7ff7aa971f71
[24] 7ff7aae07628
[25] 7ff7aadfb5f1
[26] 7ff7aadfdfba
[27] 7ff7aadfc26b
[28] 7ff7aadfbd1a
[29] 7ff7aadfa13f
[30] 7ff7aae041b6
[31] 7ff7aadfaddf
[32] 7ff7aadfdcf0
[33] 7ff7aadfd349
[34] 7ff7aae058cb
[35] 7ff7aa7e0ced
[36] 7ff7aa7dfd84
[37] 7ff7aa76a978
[38] 7ff7aa783721
[39] 7ff7aa76a483
[40] 7ff7aa76ac5b
[41] 7ff7aa76a690
[42] 7ff7aa760ba4
[43] 7ff7aa7e7e50
[44] 7ff7aa999afe
[45] 7ff7aa99cd74
[46] 7ff7aa99cc01
[47] 7ff7aa9a0b8c
[48] 7ff7aaa722ff
[49] 7ff7aad1c58e
[50] 7ff7aa9305e7
[51] 7ff7aad3b162
[52] 7ff7aad427c2
[53] 7ff7aad42228
[54] 7ff7aa80f22e
[55] 7ffa54cd8102 BaseThreadInitThunk
[56] 7ffa55bfc5b4 RtlUserThreadStart
stack traceback:
[C]: in ?
[C]: in field 'treeStemDirectory'
[string "/items/buildscripts/buildsapling.lua"]:7: in function <[string "/items/buildscripts/buildsapling.lua"]:3>
[0] 7ff7aa812743
[1] 7ff7aa8114ce
[2] 7ff7aa7e69c1
[3] 7ff7aa963c61
[4] 7ff7aa9656e3
[5] 7ff7aa965e6e
[6] 7ff7aa971f71
[7] 7ff7aae07628
[8] 7ff7aadfb5f1
[9] 7ff7aadfdfba
[10] 7ff7aadfc26b
[11] 7ff7aadfbd1a
[12] 7ff7aadfa13f
[13] 7ff7aae041b6
[14] 7ff7aadfaddf
[15] 7ff7aadfdcf0
[16] 7ff7aadfd349
[17] 7ff7aae058cb
[18] 7ff7aa7e0ced
[19] 7ff7aa7dfd84
[20] 7ff7aa76a978
[21] 7ff7aa783721
[22] 7ff7aa76a483
[23] 7ff7aa76ac5b
[24] 7ff7aa76a690
[25] 7ff7aa760ba4
[26] 7ff7aa7e7e50
[27] 7ff7aa999afe
[28] 7ff7aa99cd74
[29] 7ff7aa99cc01
[30] 7ff7aa9a0b8c
[31] 7ff7aaa722ff
[32] 7ff7aad1c58e
[33] 7ff7aa9305e7
[34] 7ff7aad3b162
[35] 7ff7aad427c2
[36] 7ff7aad42228
[37] 7ff7aa80f22e
[38] 7ffa54cd8102 BaseThreadInitThunk
[39] 7ffa55bfc5b4 RtlUserThreadStart
stack traceback:
[C]: in ?
[C]: in field 'itemConfig'
[string "/objects/generic/itembroadcaster/broadcastbea..."]:198: in global 'computeAffinity'
[string "/objects/generic/itembroadcaster/broadcastbea..."]:156: in global 'distributeItems'
[string "/objects/generic/itembroadcaster/broadcastbea..."]:68: in function <[string "/objects/generic/itembroadcaster/broadcastbea..."]:63>
[0] 7ff7aa812743
[1] 7ff7aa8114ce
[2] 7ff7aa7e69c1
[3] 7ff7aa999b17
[4] 7ff7aa99cd74
[5] 7ff7aa99cc01
[6] 7ff7aa9a0b8c
[7] 7ff7aaa722ff
[8] 7ff7aad1c58e
[9] 7ff7aa9305e7
[10] 7ff7aad3b162
[11] 7ff7aad427c2
[12] 7ff7aad42228
[13] 7ff7aa80f22e
[14] 7ffa54cd8102 BaseThreadInitThunk
[15] 7ffa55bfc5b4 RtlUserThreadStart
[08:22:35.002] [Info] Chat: <The Admin Cat> placed 10 perfectly generic items


With the default algorythm i didn't run into any problems.

~ Caprima ~