Well there is a much larger focus on realistic survival, but I bet you could make some kind of item sorter using chutes and stuff.

As for item diversity, there is a lot of different tree and mineral types (think Magnetite and Hematite being 2 ores for iron, with them being able to spawn in different rock types). I haven’t had too many issues with item sorting, but I’m rather disorganised in terms of sorting my storage.

Modders have probably made some sort of storage mods, since modding in VS is very robust and easy compared to Minecraft.