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Posted: **Sat Oct 26, 2024 9:28 pm**

Consider this storage tank:

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Calling `get_fluid(1)` on the entity returns 26,000, not 25,000 :

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It seems that the call returns the contents of the pipeline, not of the storage tank.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:05 pm**

Same thing happens when calling fluidbox methods, entity.fluidbox.get_capacity(1) for example returns the capacity of the entire pipeline.
Similarly, setting the entity.fluidbox[1] field sets the amount for the entire pipeline instead of just the entity's fluidbox

Posted: **Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:35 pm**

This is correct. The fluid buffer of the entity is merged with the segment, so it reports the segment values.

Posted: **Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:16 pm**

Thanks for the explanation!

How does one determine how much fluid is inside an entity? It seems that any call only returns the amount in the whole fluidbox.

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