I tested putting the "Signal" placeholder from the pipette tool and it doesn't get replaced by the game. I'm half torn if this is a bug and should be reported as such or an unimplemented feature.

How can I get the developers to comment on this matter? This makes my otherwise elegant train setup broken, and it seems to be a weird omission unless there is a technical reason for it.

https://i.redd.it/21tbj8pln11e1.png

As you can see there is only the "Item parameter" signal. Because of this my generic train schedule idea doesn't work correctly. With the latter it doesn't resolve to anything and thus the train is stuck.

A thousand times this! You can use it everywhere else but in the "Item count" condition.

Pretty much the only things from the DLC I am interested in are the foundry, recycler, railroads, quality. I do not want anything else much if at all. Space exploration, new enemies, you name it.

So having said that, I have a question to the developers: can I get a provision for this kind of ...