Searching on the tech tree screen yields unexpected results. Ignoring whitespace is one thing ("rail transport" -> makes sense), but character logistic slots have nothing to do with rail!
Is it searching multiple localizations or something?
This is new from 0.16.0, and does not happen in 0.15:
[0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect
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Re: [0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect
It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures 

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Interesting. The behavior is slightly different for the tech tree. Perhaps there were too many results so it uses a narrower but similar pattern. Searching "lds" in the tech tree doesn't give rocket silo tech (for low density structures) at all, but "structure" does.Bilka wrote:It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures
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It also searches the technology effects, in this case it finds 'structure' the the rocket tech in that, it unlocks the 'low density structure' recipeIronCartographer wrote:Interesting. The behavior is slightly different for the tech tree. Perhaps there were too many results so it uses a narrower but similar pattern. Searching "lds" in the tech tree doesn't give rocket silo tech (for low density structures) at all, but "structure" does.Bilka wrote:It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures
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Yes, it's just surprising that the "lds" string Bilka mentioned works in one place but not the other (despite it being a substring of the recipe unlock effect strings).
Thanks for the clarification.
Thanks for the clarification.