Assigning multiple fluidboxes

[Gizzmohammer]

Problem:

There is no way for a recipe to manually specify that a fluid should use multiple fluid boxes.
However, manually specifying is the only real option when using connection_category to specify different types of pipes.
(I.e, Automatic fluid box indexing might send plasma through a normal pipe)
This leaves a lot of recipes looking asymmetrical (see attachment)

Request:

An optional array property in FluidIngredientPrototype and FluidProductPrototype to specify additional fluidbox_indexes to assign to this fluid,
OR
An optional property in FluidIngredientPrototype and FluidProductPrototype to specify a connection_category that must match when assigning fluid boxes

Workarounds

Being extremely careful about how crafting machines and recipes are set-up when using connection_category
(or just living with ugly recipes)


Thanks for your time!

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[protocol_1903]

You might be able to do it in the current implementation by setting just the water fluidbox and leaving the fluidbox index for the other fluid blank. But yeah, a proper way to do it would be nice