Minor (?) addition to the power switch

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Minor (?) addition to the power switch

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I'll keep it short:

I'd like to have the option to connect 2 logistic wires to the power switch. As long as the switch is turned on, the signals are transmitted (in both ways), when it's turned off, they're not.

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But you can just as easily achieve this with a Decider Combinator. In fact it's pretty much the definition of a Decider.
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A decider is a single way switch.
To achieve a 2 way switch, you'll need 2 deciders + 1 controller, either a power switch (to turn both on/off or a input-signal (chest/ wire signal/ constant combinator)

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nobodx wrote:To achieve a 2 way switch, you'll need 2 deciders + 1 controller, either a power switch (to turn both on/off or a input-signal (chest/ wire signal/ constant combinator)
I don't think this could work. Signal values would loop and sum with themselves every other tick. If I am not wrong, it would take a lot more combinators to build something like that.
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Re: Minor (?) addition to the power switch

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Forgot about this... but my sugguestion should still be valid.
The Powerplug is after all still a mechanic to seperate two networks, so why not those logistic ones aas well ?

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