[0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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[0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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Hello,

it seems that the algorithm which connects poles to each other doesn't quite produce the same results in all cases.

I built the poles in the following junction manually. As you can see on the screenshot, one of the poles stays disconnected from the large central pole, despite them all being the same distance from it :
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Some observations :
1) adding and removing the disconnected pole does nothing.

2) If I remove the disconnected pole and one of the connected poles, then place the same pole in the exact same spot, where the disconnected used to be, it connects to the central pole. Then, if i manually place the last pole on the same spot where the previously connected one used to be it doesn't connect.

3) If i remove the central pole and add it back manually, the poles connect properly.

4) Finally, If i just copy it and put it on a different spot via blueprint, all of them connect properly:
poles-all-connected-via-bp.jpg
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Unfortunately, i'm no longer able to replicate the disconnection scenario, as i played with it for a while. Maybe it was just some weird one time glitch.

Here's the BP I used :


I don't use any mods.

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Re: [0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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eh... did I post this in not a bug by accident or was it moved by the moderator ?

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morritze wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:32 pm
eh... did I post this in not a bug by accident or was it moved by the moderator ?
I moved it, you said you can not reproduce it...?!

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Re: [0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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Loewchen wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:33 pm
morritze wrote:
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:32 pm
eh... did I post this in not a bug by accident or was it moved by the moderator ?
I moved it, you said you can not reproduce it...?!
well, I did, yes...

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Re: [0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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I'm having a similar problem...
I didn't play the game since 0.17, so I'm not sure when this behavior changed, but electric poles aren't acting like before.
Trying to build the rightmost pole gives this chaotic mess of wires:
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I've noticed the problem in this (very common) situation:
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I may be mistaken, but didn't remember this happening before.
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Re: [0.18.37] - Inconsistent electric pole connections

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nemostein wrote:
Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:12 pm
Trying to build the rightmost pole gives this chaotic mess of wires:
wire-mess.png
The most essential of mods: Gandalf
Fixes crossing wires automatically whenever they appear.
Maybe I should post the update to the portal since I'm maintaining it anyways...


Alternativly: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/power-grid-comb
Don't think it automatically fixes problems but if you have a wire mess it can fix it with an area select tool.

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