Visuals for Combinators

[provet]

Detailed View (default hotkey: alt) shows inserters output and input with yellow arrows point inwards and outwards from the inserter

It would be a lot easier to setup if this was added to the combinators as well! Especially when you lose the green red cables every time you do it the wrong way. I hope that bug will be moved from minor issues and solved soon!™

For easier setup it would also be cool if the input and output data from combinators (not numeric only icons) could be shown in a similar fashion in detailed view!

Also cake!

What do you guys think?

[Dev-iL]

I agree with feature request 100%, I was about to make a post of my own on the subject and even made an image to demonstrate:

[Sander Buruma]

I agree some visual aids would be very useful indeed because reverse engineering a circuit design by the tangle of wires everywhere is a bit difficult.
In the meantime, the side of the combinator closest to the sign (ie. ">" or "=", etc) is the output. I suppose that's how you could memorize which side the output is. I think it's a bit ambiguous.

[ratchetfreak]

Also maybe adding a debug overlay to highlight the connected wires of the combinator/pole/anything you are hovering over.

[Dev-iL]

On an unrelated matter- I just noticed that the player's shadow falls in a different direction than the combinators'....

[boro]

On an unrelated matter- I just noticed that the player's shadow falls in a different direction than the combinators'....

You could have noticed that on any screenshot.

[FishSandwich]

On an unrelated matter- I just noticed that the player's shadow falls in a different direction than the combinators'....

Nobody knows how many suns the planet has.. :p

[deepdriller]

On an unrelated matter- I just noticed that the player's shadow falls in a different direction than the combinators'....

Nobody knows how many suns the planet has.. :p

If there was more than one sun, we'd see more than one shadow per entity.

[FishSandwich]

On an unrelated matter- I just noticed that the player's shadow falls in a different direction than the combinators'....

Nobody knows how many suns the planet has.. :p

If there was more than one sun, we'd see more than one shadow per entity.

Nobody knows the locations of said suns and whether a part of their surface is blocked. :p

[Xunie]

I support this thread.
Mad props if the detailed info stuff is exposed to modders so they themselves can add arrows onto their mod buildings/parts/whathaveya.

In the meantime, the side of the combinator closest to the sign (ie. ">" or "=", etc) is the output. I suppose that's how you could memorize which side the output is. I think it's a bit ambiguous.

A bit ambiguous is an understatement for the decider combinator.
The operator sign doesn't even move when you flip the damn thing!

Also: why doesn't Factorio have a high-contrast mode, for the visually impaired? Or for those engineers who are tired of squinting at good art work and would rather have a high-contrast view?

As for shadows? The planet(s) Factorio takes place on is bends light through the fourth dimension.
That's why it falls from different directions.

[Dev-iL]

As for shadows? The planet(s) Factorio takes place on is bends light through the fourth dimension.
That's why it falls from different directions.

Sounds legit.

[Dev-iL]

Just saw this was added in FF #122. Thanks!

[Dev-iL]

Will any mod please move this to "implemented"?

[Klonan]

Will any mod please move this to "implemented"?

Nice necro

[provet]

thanks by the way

[Evilmaster_Qc]

And... How can i get this result? When Alt is active, i can only see the arrows, not the values

[Engimage]

And... How can i get this result? When Alt is active, i can only see the arrows, not the values

In game options look for checkbox like "Show combinator settings in alt mode"

[Evilmaster_Qc]

And... How can i get this result? When Alt is active, i can only see the arrows, not the values

In game options look for checkbox like "Show combinator settings in alt mode"

Thank you so much!!