Don't filter ghost entities in circuit connections

[mickael9]

The game supports circuit connection between normal entities and ghost entities (they can be created as usual with connect_neighbour and the connections will work when the ghost entity gets built), but ghost entities are always excluded from the circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions which basically means they can only be set.

I would like :

• Circuit-connected ghost entities to appear in the source circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions
• Ghost entities having circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions (currently nil) just like normal entities

[Therax]

The game supports circuit connection between normal entities and ghost entities (they can be created as usual with connect_neighbour and the connections will work when the ghost entity gets built), but ghost entities are always excluded from the circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions which basically means they can only be set.

I would like :

• Circuit-connected ghost entities to appear in the source circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions
• Ghost entities having circuit_connected_entities/circuit_connection_definitions (currently nil) just like normal entities

Can I request this also? In Bulk Rail Loaders, the entity in blueprints is a proxy that is replaced when built with another functional entity. I would like to preserve circuit connections present in the blueprint, but there is currently no way to tell if the newly built proxy entity should be connected with a nearby ghost that has not yet been revived.

[Therax]

Is this under consideration for 0.17?

[Rseding91]

The main problem is the connection is not part of the real entities. It's only stored on the ghosts. So, when you ask the game "what wires are connected to this entity" it tells you everything it knows.

You'd have to asks the ghost "what wires are you connected to" in order for it to work. That is, if that even worked.

[eradicator]

You'd have to asks the ghost "what wires are you connected to" in order for it to work. That is, if that even worked.

It would certainly be a big step towards supporting "complex entities" in mods. Even if that means i have to find_entities_filtered{type='ghost',radius=wire_reach_of_my_proxy} and ask all the ghosts myself every time.