Not sure if this is new in .16. I have seen it in 16.0 and newer. I have a feeling I just never tried it in older releases.
If a train is out of fuel and also in auto-mode, inserters won't load anything (including fuel) into it. Easy to hit when placing new trains if you place the train but don't have fuel chests placed yet. I also had it happen once when a train rolled into a station while out of fuel. Coasting a train into station with absolutely zero fuel has to be pretty rare though.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Place a locomotive on tracks.
2. Set a schedule, any at all will do.
3. Put the train into auto-mode. (it won't go anywhere, it doesn't have fuel yet)
4. Place a chest with some fuel (any kind), and an inserter. (Bug) The inserter won't activate to put fuel into the locomotive. Cargo wagons won't load either.
Workaround: toggle the train into manual mode, the inserters will wake up and do their job.
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Inserters won't load train when out of fuel and in auto mode
Re: Inserters won't load train when out of fuel and in auto mode
Trains are not accessible to inserters in automatic mode unless they are stopped at a station.
Re: Inserters won't load train when out of fuel and in auto mode
They really should be. Every other item in the game loads and unloads regardless of state with inserters, this was behavior I did not expect and ended up googling around to figure out why my inserter arm wasn't putting fuel in to my out-of-gas train.
Re: Inserters won't load train when out of fuel and in auto mode
You really don't want them to do that. If they did, any time you had a train drive through any station it wasn't trying to stop at it would start having items added/removed from it as it waited at signals.Locane wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:43 pm They really should be. Every other item in the game loads and unloads regardless of state with inserters, this was behavior I did not expect and ended up googling around to figure out why my inserter arm wasn't putting fuel in to my out-of-gas train.
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Re: Inserters won't load train when out of fuel and in auto mode
I see what you're saying. Perhaps they should only put (fuel) things IN to stopped engines, then.Rseding91 wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:18 pmYou really don't want them to do that. If they did, any time you had a train drive through any station it wasn't trying to stop at it would start having items added/removed from it as it waited at signals.Locane wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:43 pm They really should be. Every other item in the game loads and unloads regardless of state with inserters, this was behavior I did not expect and ended up googling around to figure out why my inserter arm wasn't putting fuel in to my out-of-gas train.