That makes total sense, thank you!

Hovering over a pipe with fluid in it and zooming in or out changes the distance indicated on the arrows at the edge of the screen even without moving the player character. I would have thought that the distance is measured absolutely, not relative to the zoom size!

Expected behaviour: Emptied pipe network reverts to grey no-fluid colour

Observed behaviour: Emptied pipe network retains coloured overlay of previous fluid despite having no fluid contents. Reloading the game shows the proper grey colour.

Steps to reproduce: Disconnect a pipe segment from its ...

It seems copper cables can't be crafted by hand, and one has to use the cables from chests at the correct time. Is this a bug?