[0.14.7] bots don't choose a new roboport

[TheUnknown007]

I build a roboport, but I disconnected it from the electricity network. When it ran out of charge, some bots where going to charge up there. But instead of simply choosing a new roboport to charge, they just stopped and waited until they were low on energy. In the meantime, I had reconnected the roboport to the electricity network. But when the bots ran out of charge, they instead decided to finally go to that other network.

Desired behaviour: either they go to the other network when a roboport deactivates, or they wait until they start going low on energy, and go to the original network if that has appeared in the meantime, or they go to another network if the orignal network has not reappeared.

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Bots are waiting until they go low on energy

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Now they ran out of energy, but instead of going to the network they are already in, they disregard it and go to another network

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UPDATE:

Something that looks like it is a bug but isn't:
If you follow them, you will find they charge, but don't go in the other roboport. This is because they have nowhere to put their stuff. Put a storage chest down for them to put their stuff and they will go in the roboport.

[Rseding91]

UPDATE:

Something that looks like it is a bug but isn't:
If you follow them, you will find they charge, but don't go in the other roboport. This is because they have nowhere to put their stuff. Put a storage chest down for them to put their stuff and they will go in the roboport.

That's normal behavior. They have to have a place to put the items they're holding before they'll go into any roboport.

[TheUnknown007]

UPDATE:

Something that looks like it is a bug but isn't:
If you follow them, you will find they charge, but don't go in the other roboport. This is because they have nowhere to put their stuff. Put a storage chest down for them to put their stuff and they will go in the roboport.

That's normal behavior. They have to have a place to put the items they're holding before they'll go into any roboport.

That is exactly what I said, you didn't read it very precisely did you?