Can i maximize the number of iterations of packer before it stops with a large number of items

[jackmagielse]

I use packer to see how much boxes of 1 type i need for a variable number of items.
When the number of items is 250 or lower the process time is max 8 seconds.
When the number of items is 350 the process time is 9 minutes. That is too long for my situation.
And i think that is not even the lowest number of items i am going to use.
Can i set a maximum iterations so the function stops earlier before it finds the best solution?

[jackmagielse]

i just found something in the issues section with a similar problem. 1 of the suggested options was to use
$packer->setMaxBoxesToBalanceWeight(0)
I tried it and it made a really big difference.
Another effect of this setting is that the weight is not equally divided anymore and the boxes are filled with a higher percentage which i actually wanted.