[2.0.13] Creating spidertron remote that works between planets is tricky

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[2.0.13] Creating spidertron remote that works between planets is tricky

Post by czt »

Expectation:
1. Select "create spidertron remote"
2. Select over each spidertron on planets that you want
3. Save it in the hotbar
4. Reset control of current spidertrons (as they are saved per surface)
5. Select newly created spidertron remote
6. Control each selected spidertrons on the planet that you are currently remoted view into

Reality:
1. Select "create spidertron remote"
2. Hover over each spidertron on planets
3. Save it to hotbar
4. Reset control of current spidertrons (as they are saved per surface)
5. Select newly created spidertron remote
6. Only one spidertron is saved in the item configuration, I think it's the planet that you created it at (I have somehow managed to make two work, but it wasn't consistent)

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Re: [2.0.13] Creating spidertron remote that works between planets is tricky

Post by alessandrouw »

I'd like to also bring this to attention. It "looks" like a bug, since before setting the remote on the quickbar, it is able to control all spidertrons across planets (surfaces), but as soon as you set in the quickbar, only one of them remains saved. Either a bug or could be a QoL improvement in a future patch.
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Re: [2.0.13] Creating spidertron remote that works between planets is tricky

Post by FactorioPony »

Yeah there's definitely some bugs in the current behavior. Documented in more obsessive detail in my report(viewtopic.php?f=7&t=121288), but TLDR the surface you're viewing when you pull it back out of your toolbar seems to be the main variable that ends up degrading it back into a 'one spidertron' remote.
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Re: [2.0.13] Creating spidertron remote that works between planets is tricky

Post by boskid »

I am going to classify this as Not a bug.

Spidertron remote when in cursor has some amount of logic for working for multiple surfaces, but spidertron remote in quickbar is specifically only created out of selection for a current surface. There are also features that depend on this behavior like drawing related planet on the quickbar slot and opening a remote view on a related planet when selecting a spider remote from quickbar.
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