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[SA] Logistics Chests SHOULD be Able To Wirelessly Read Logistics Network Contents

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 1:02 pm
by Krydax
I found it really weird (and my chat did too) that you can't utilize the logistic network contents via the wireless connection for logistic-type-chests.

Like, I can wirelessly hook up my inserter, or belt, to turn on/off based on what's in the logistics network, but I can't do that with an ACTUAL logistics chest? that just feels so wacky to me.

So to turn off requester chests, based on network amount (which I thought would be the new best way to "prioritize" some things above others), we have to connect them to a roboport with a wire, which feels very clunky to me. We should, instead, be allowed to do the same thing we do with inserters or belts, and hit the little "wifi" button in the top right!

-lore wise it makes zero sense, that my non-logistics entities have more capability to wirelessly control themselves than the literal logistics boxes 🤣

-from an actual experience perspective, it makes a new thing that would have been extra helpful now less helpful because I have to hook all my logistics chests up with a green/red wire to a roboport, if I want to control them based on the network. Which again, feels very backwards and clunky.

I think the great new feature of enabling/disabling logi-chests will be avoided by a lot of people if it requires connecting them with wires every single time.