BP not saving power lines?

[evopwr]

I'm encountering something odd, just started happening today, even though 1.0.0 has been out for awhile.
If I draw a new BP around an area, the BP isn't saving the power lines. It saves red and green lines, but not copper lines.
I tried restarting the game, but still an issue. I also havent updated any of the mods for over a week.
Does anyone have any ideas?

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[eradicator]

Use the search functions. There's tens of topics about "blueprint", "copper wire" and why power lines will never be stored. It's entirely intentional. Blueprints only store circuit wires.

[evopwr]

Of course, silly me.

The real problem is this:
I am trying to retrospectively add red/green wires to my base.
I've added red/green to one area, updated the BP, and now placed over another area that is exactly the same (with existing copper wires, but no red/green), and it adds the red/green, but removes the copper wires.
This is the strange behaviour I was experiencing, and incorrectly assumed it was because the BP wasnt storing the copper wires - but of course it doesnt, as you pointed out.
But I still find the behaviour i'm experiencing to be really odd. And not sure how I can add red/green to my base now (except manually.).. Perhaps if I use a red BP with whitelist to remove power poles first... hmm, i'll go try some things...

[evopwr]

urgh, and now its working. I wonder if it removes them only when you Force-Build. (i had a rail signal blocking the first one I tried)... hmm.

Ok, thanks, all resolved.

[Loewchen]

I wonder if it removes them only when you Force-Build. (i had a rail signal blocking the first one I tried)... hmm.

That is this one: 87695

[eradicator]

Next time try asking about the actual problem without too much assumptions about what's causing it. Makes helping easier ;).

Never heard about wires vanishing with blueprints. Can't confim in vanilla (shift or not). That might actually be a mod if you have related stuff that instantly builts blueprints or something. Oh, it's already fixed ... in the future! :D

[evopwr]

Aha!! Its because I am Shift-Clicking, to Force-Build, but the centre of my BP is a power pole, and shift-click is the shortcut to disconnect all wires!

[evopwr]

Next time try asking about the actual problem without too much assumptions about what's causing it. Makes helping easier .

yeh sorry

[eradicator]

Next time try asking about the actual problem without too much assumptions about what's causing it. Makes helping easier ;).

yeh sorry :)

No problem. You're not the first one :).

[sparr]

Aha!! Its because I am Shift-Clicking, to Force-Build, but the centre of my BP is a power pole, and shift-click is the shortcut to disconnect all wires!

That sounds like a bug. The same click shouldn't trigger both behaviors.

[evopwr]

I believe Kovarex just fixed it 2 days ago

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