[2.0.21] Offshore pump can be placed on solid ground on Aquilo
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 5:12 am
What I did:
1. Land at Aquilo with best winter gear, a hope and a prayer.
2. Find a spot inland where no offshore pump has any business being placed.
3. Select Offshore Pump from inventory and left click to place it on solid ground, well away from any green square indicating a valid placement location -- critically the liquid intake should be on solid ground.
What happened (these are results I expect):
* Nothing is built
* I see a message such as "Cannot build on Snow flat" (exact text depends on terrain)
What I did next:
1. Select Offshore Pump and SHIFT+left click to place a ghost on solid ground, again with the liquid intake on solid ground.
What I expect:
* A similar "Cannot build" message.
What happens:
* A ghost is successfully placed with intake on solid ground.
* If a construction robot has access to an offshore pump and can reach the ghost, an actual pump will be successfully placed shortly after.
* The Offshore Pump can be opened and its dialogue shows "Working" but it does not appear to produce any fluid (verified by putting a Storage Tank next to it)
* The Offshore Pump can be removed with no apparent ill effects; the terrain is unaltered.
I can consistently reproduce this on rough ice, all the snow variants and ice platforms. Reproducible with blueprints containing offshore pumps (how I stumbled on it to begin with). Unable to reproduce so far on any other surface through remote view (I haven't tried all terrain types); attempts to place ghosts inland produce the "Cannot build" message on Nauvis, Fulgora, Gleba, Vulcanus and space platforms.
1. Land at Aquilo with best winter gear, a hope and a prayer.
2. Find a spot inland where no offshore pump has any business being placed.
3. Select Offshore Pump from inventory and left click to place it on solid ground, well away from any green square indicating a valid placement location -- critically the liquid intake should be on solid ground.
What happened (these are results I expect):
* Nothing is built
* I see a message such as "Cannot build on Snow flat" (exact text depends on terrain)
What I did next:
1. Select Offshore Pump and SHIFT+left click to place a ghost on solid ground, again with the liquid intake on solid ground.
What I expect:
* A similar "Cannot build" message.
What happens:
* A ghost is successfully placed with intake on solid ground.
* If a construction robot has access to an offshore pump and can reach the ghost, an actual pump will be successfully placed shortly after.
* The Offshore Pump can be opened and its dialogue shows "Working" but it does not appear to produce any fluid (verified by putting a Storage Tank next to it)
* The Offshore Pump can be removed with no apparent ill effects; the terrain is unaltered.
I can consistently reproduce this on rough ice, all the snow variants and ice platforms. Reproducible with blueprints containing offshore pumps (how I stumbled on it to begin with). Unable to reproduce so far on any other surface through remote view (I haven't tried all terrain types); attempts to place ghosts inland produce the "Cannot build" message on Nauvis, Fulgora, Gleba, Vulcanus and space platforms.