Group Electrical Grids As Logistical Grids Are

[saors]

Problem: Playing, I realized the only time I can look at the electrical grid is by clicking on one of the poles. There's no hotkey for the grid like there is for Logistics. If I place down a blueprint of solar panels with some accumulators and it's 1 tile off of being connected to my base, I wouldn't know until I notice my power not keeping up and even then I'd have to notice my accumulators being full during a period where they should be drained.

Suggestion: Group electrical producers into separate grids. If 2 producers are connected by electrical poles, their grids are merged (like roboports). Most players only have 1-2 electrical grids, so I would think this shouldn't be hard on performance unless you set up a block-style base and have independent electrical generation at each block... idk lemme know what I'm missing @rseding

[Trebor]

How would you count grids connected to power switches? One network or separate?

[saors]

I would defer to the devs, as I don't know the limitations, but I would assume they would be counted separately and then merged once connected.

when you click on a pole currently that has a disconnected switch, they are counted separately, so consistency is preferred.

[eradicator]

Stuff can be on more than one network though.

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[Sad_Brother]

Stuff can be on more than one network though.

What is the real purpose of that?

[saors]

Stuff can be on more than one network though.

That's a good point. The only way I can think of to handle that case is to just treat that grid as one grid. I think it would be too taxing to try to calculate if there are any connections on the route, etc.

So perhaps for that reason this request might not be viable.

[bobingabout]

Stuff can be on more than one network though.

What is the real purpose of that?

in the pictured case, that's a throughput limiter. Electricity will enter the accumulators from the main power grid, then split off into the two others. It helps make sure that whatever you connect on grid B still has power, if Grid A is full of laser turrets that have primary input... just an example.