@Rseding91 Thanks for the info. It's a really good point about the mechanical side of things. My only counter would be that aesthetically some asymmetric visual designs would benefit from being able to rotate. But I couldn't agree more, visually something largely asymmetric may imply directionality ...

Thanks @Bilka, I was unaware

We have a workaround so it's not a big issue. Though I am a little curious how empty fluid_boxes key are handled internally. But all good here.

Great work you guys
Have a nice day

Thanks for the speedy response @Rseding91 :)

Assembling machines don't use direction if they don't have fluid connections

Is there a reason it was designed this way?

I only ask cause from a modders perspective, if I define the 4 directional animations from 'Types/Animation4Way' , I expect to ...

'Types/Animation4Way' specifies that you may optionally include directional animations, in the north,east,south,west keys.


north
Type: Types/Animation

Optional. If omitted, the game will not look for any other directions and instead try to load the whole definition as one Types/Animation and ...