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non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:24 am
by vanatteveldt
Not sure if this is a bug, and whether it's worth fixing, but I figured I would post it here as well.
Main post:
viewtopic.php?f=194&t=51751
If a station includes a 180 degree turn (with the train extending to both sides of the turn) the inserters behind the turn are off by 1:
You can still place 2x6 inserters per wagon, but you have to place them one tile to the back of what you would expect visually and of what the yellow placement hint box suggests.
Pretty obscure, so feel free to place in the "wontfix" bin
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 3:08 pm
by steinio
Man hover over the train stop and place the inserters according to the white borders.
Forget about the yellow hitbox instantly or you will be doomed.
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 3:27 pm
by vanatteveldt
steinio wrote:Man hover over the train stop and place the inserters according to the white borders.
Forget about the yellow hitbox instantly or you will be doomed.
The train stop boxes (like signal boxes) only go back 5 wagons, so they're not useful for longer trains, such as this example.
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:28 pm
by kovarex
I'm aware of this problem, it is related to a small hack we had to do some time ago. Unfortunatelly, we are going to keep it like that ..
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:30 pm
by vanatteveldt
kovarex wrote:I'm aware of this problem, it is related to a small hack we had to do some time ago. Unfortunatelly, we are going to keep it like that ..
OK, thanks for replying! As said, it is totally obscure, so I can really understand the 'wontfix'; but I wanted to report it in case you didn't know about it.
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:14 pm
by ickputzdirwech
This has been fixed. As seen below (same setup as op) the now maximum 12 white train-lenght-visualization-boxes match the wagons perfectly. The yellow selection boxes as well.
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:41 pm
by posila
Not fixed
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Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:31 pm
by ickputzdirwech
posila wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:41 pm
Not fixed
You got me there. I just realised why I got this wrong: It is directional. It only works when the rails are facing north/south.
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:19 pm
by meanderingdoctor
Came to the forums to report this issue, didn't realize it was years old - any chance of it getting another look?
Re: non-straight station inserter alignment mismatch
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:37 am
by afterglowefx
Crazy, as I just came to report the same thing as well a whole 1 day later. Ah well, if it's repeatable and "ain't gunna' be fixed", then I can at least plan for it!
