[0.14] [kovarex] Power Switch blueprint doesn't remember power line positions

DaveMcW · Post by **DaveMcW** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 6:51 pm

You don't need to put the power switch in range of any pole. Wires reach up to 7 tiles.

Yoyobuae · Post by **Yoyobuae** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:53 pm

DaveMcW wrote:You don't need to put the power switch in range of any pole. Wires reach up to 7 tiles.

True, but that's manual wiring. Which can't be blueprinted.

I would prefer if no manual wiring at all was needed for power switch to work. Either by allowing it to work based on placement only without wires, or by making the wiring happen automatically.

Toch · Post by **Toch** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:23 pm

Did this move anywhere or still no custom cables in blueprints ?

diederTheBeater · Post by **diederTheBeater** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:18 pm

The power switch is a compleetly useless entity if it cant be used with blueprints. Blueprinting is one of the core features of factorio. Thats really sad.

Any advanced energy saving setup with multiple power networks is impossible, since blueprinting just connects random poles.

chris13524 · Post by **chris13524** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:23 pm

Supposedly this is fixed in 0.15.24?

Post by **kovarex** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:04 pm

wvlad · Post by **wvlad** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:21 pm

Still no manually placed cables in blueprint. But the power switch cables are restored correctly. Not sure if it should be here but...
Original:

Placed:

Post by **Rseding91** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:04 pm

wvlad wrote:Still no manually placed cables in blueprint. But the power switch cables are restored correctly. Not sure if it should be here but...
Original:
Placed:

That's working correctly. Only the connections to/from the power switch are saved in blueprints.

leitk · Post by **leitk** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:58 pm

There's a mod for that...
I created a mod to (partially) solve this problem.
Tiny Poles that have very low reach so that they don't automatically connect. It allows power switches to be blueprintable with some care.
viewtopic.php?f=93&t=53962

wvlad · Post by **wvlad** » Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:18 pm

Hah, I made the same - a "connector" pole with zero wire length so that it only connects nearby entities (solar panel with acc with turret) but not other poles.

joseailton · Post by **joseailton** » Sat May 16, 2020 8:07 am

kovarex wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:15 pm I decided that it is not worth it, as we want to keep the automatic copper cable connections.

Guys, any new word on this?

Post by **Rseding91** » Sat May 16, 2020 2:33 pm

joseailton wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 8:07 am
kovarex wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:15 pm I decided that it is not worth it, as we want to keep the automatic copper cable connections.
Guys, any new word on this?

No, it was decided and the topic closed.

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