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Unlike the Boiler, which has a glow animation and smokestack active when it's producing steam, the Heat Exchanger has no visual to show it's online and converting energy. Is it possible to add any kind of visual feedback when the things are active? Maybe a glow, or a bit of white steam escaping from the smokestack these things still have? Right now the heat pipes and heat exchangers are visually inert, which can make nuclear plants a little dull to look at. It'll help diagnosing flow issues in nuclear power plants a bit easier, too.

Hi!
Nuclear is a really nice and fun way to get energy... but also is easy to mess it up and have problems. I think heat exchangers should have an animation, so you now if they are the problem of your build. You can know if the reactor is not working (they are not lighted), you can know if turbines are working (they produce steam) but you can't see any diference in the heat exchangers. Maybe making them a bit red because they are hot?

What do you think?

+1.

Blue when <505C. Current color when warm. Red and super red when hot. Or something like that.