in a nutshell, im rearranging the machines in my dwelling
i had six power cores lined up and hooked together via pipes, when i noticed that today for some reason (not sure if it was that way before)
even though there were pipes connecting everything some items didnt have spark option. so, i decided to put them in a different layout with more direct connections to the power cores.
there were as such
Power cores A B C D E F side by side with pipes along top
moving it to A B C _ E F D
with machines it will be M _ M _ M_ M
A B C _ E F D
M _ M _ M _M
where M are machins located above and below the power coresâŚ
WELL, i cannot place D from between C and E to after F and connect the pipes.
And, On the bottom row, the M Above E is an extractor i believe, but when i place one that connects to the layout the game crashes. ill upload a pic in a sec
the first pic is where the game crashes when i place a machine (extractor) block
second picture is where i cannot place pipe to connect the sixth powercore which was originally in the gap shown between the power cores in the first picture
Are you able to provide an aerial and a side shot to show how the machines are arranged? We would like to recreate the same layout in order to reproduce the crash that you had experienced.
like this essentially from the front
i put an ^ below the core i was trying to reposition and what caused the issue
i tried to move the core (the one with the arrow under it from the diagram above) to the new position represented by the letter {a} in the layout below. you can see that it creates a gap between the three cores on the left and three on the right in the middle row of []'s
[] [] < machines
< pipes
[][][] [][]{a} <cores
< pipe
[] [] [] <machine
I could not then, place a pipe above {A} and attepting to place a third machine on the top row would crash the game if it connected to the pipe at all, with the first or last machine block.
the pictures i posted earlier show perfectly the problem and due to the construction layout you cant really get a full view. in the first pic you can see the cores, three on the left two on the right adjoined by pipes along the top of them. the machines are placed infront of the cores by one block, and above or below by one block. so essentially, looking at from the side, all you would see is
_______[machine]
|
[ core]
|
_______[machine]
its like this side by side with a core between each core/machine combo since you cant place machines right next to another machine. there are two machines the top row three on the bottom.
i tried to move the fourth core in the row of six to where a seventh would go (creating the gap between them that you can see in the picture)
in one picture ( the first) im showing where i cannot place the machine without crashing
in the other (the second) im showing where i could not place any more pipe or machine
I think youâre having issues because youâre trying to exploit bugs without realising.
Last time I tried to place a power core it would only let me have one connected to the same group of pipes. I think that is by design although not sure why.
Iâd really like to be able to stack spark from multiple power cores.
im thinking it has to do with the order in which theyre connected. once theyre connected in an order you cannot bork the order by moving one or the other. that is my personal guess.
to expound on this
@Wichall i mean that you need to place down each power core in order without pipes then connect them all with pipes then connect machines to it
So youâve never seen the message âthis is already poweredâ or connected to a power core or something like that? Canât remember exactly what it said
And, ive also seen the message âthis is blocked by a conflicting pipeâ when in fact there was nothing different about it. in fact in the second picture you can see where it was telling me that, the second pic in the op.
just because the game says that doesnt make it true.
im pretty sure we are intended to have multiple cores connected because it provides the slots in the UI which would likely not show up if it wasnt intended. also, it makes more sense so that we can have several pieces of coal / wood / w/e burning at once in the various cores.
If it wasnt meant to happen it would simply not let you place them next to themselves, like the other machines.
cant place machines side by side. can place cores.
I have 7 chained together with no bugs or issues so far. I only have a pipe going to one power core, and all cores touching. It seems like cores do not need to be wired in series. Instead, they can be lumped together much like storage shelves. Pic above as an example.
