Instead of having no wire, how about a loopback wire that connects the entity to itself and forms a circuit network?
This would still retain the wire like currently existing >=2 entity circuit networks, and generalize them to >=1. Also, it is explicitly opt-in, so wouldn't break existing bases.

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Some entities like inserters, belts, assemblers can benefit from using conditions with themselves, without any other connected entity. There are certain applications for this like in the examples below. Current workaround: add a dummy entity that does nothing just to enable the circuit ...

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Alternative way to "Include only filtered items".


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When placing a blueprint that contains an inserter:
- the UI provided has a checkbox
- requires confirmation to place after selection
- blueprint will be placed with the parameter (no substitution) when hitting "E".

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When placing a blueprint that contains a pump:
- the ...

Helfima wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 2:28 pm hello use ENTER to set the value on each input

That worked! Wow, seems pretty weird that I missed this in retrospect.
Thanks!

How can I modify the 3 values for beacon?

- Amount, affecting one: 4
- Beacon by factory: 0.5
- Constant Beacon: 3

Any value I change has no effect on the calculations, and closing/reopening the Edit Recipe window restores the values to their default.
Also, using the Apply-on-all-categories ...