Allow changing the pump<->train connection distance

[rude_grass]

Before the 0.17.55 update, it was possible to change the width of rail bounding boxes, and thereby allow pumps to connect to fluid wagons from a larger distance. Since this mechanic has been removed, it´d be nice to have the ability to set the connection distance of pumps via its prototype definition.

Usecase: Allow pumps to conect to tank ships from the cargo ships mod from a distance that doesnt cause them to graphically overlap with the ship.

[Bilka]

Just make the pump bigger?

[rude_grass]

Just make the pump bigger?

I was thinking about that, but the thing is, that i only want one side (the one pointing towards the train) to be larger, but depending on the pumps orientation this can be either the input or the output.

[Bilka]

How do you imagine this would be defined on the pump?

[rude_grass]

How do you imagine this would be defined on the pump?

Well i have no idea how the pump-train connections work internally, so i dont know if that feasible, but having an attribute like "train_connection_offset" in the ptotoype definiton, which is "0" for vanilla pumps and "1" or "2" for my modded pumps, and results in the decribed bahaviour would be what i am thinking of.

[darkfrei]

How do you imagine this would be defined on the pump?

Shift the side of the connection hose only (same way as it's done by the offshore pump)

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collision_box = {{-0.29, -1.79}, {0.29, 0.79}}

It can be the entity that is just twice bigger, I saw 2x2 pipes, why not pumps?