Autocorrect fluid flipping on machines.
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 6:41 pm
When setting a recipe on a machine or when placing a machine, if there is an orientation in which all fluid inputs would be correct, it would be helpful to autocorrect them.
Why?
Its a very easy and common mistake when changing recipes or drag building machine when there are a lot of them in a line and they have alternating vertical or horizontal orientations that you end up with half your machines not working. It's also fairly difficult to detect if you don't have mods like Bottleneck. If there is a correct orientation with already built pipes filled with the correct liquids for a recipe it seems you should be able to assume how the player wanted the machine to be oriented and automatically flip it.
Why?
Its a very easy and common mistake when changing recipes or drag building machine when there are a lot of them in a line and they have alternating vertical or horizontal orientations that you end up with half your machines not working. It's also fairly difficult to detect if you don't have mods like Bottleneck. If there is a correct orientation with already built pipes filled with the correct liquids for a recipe it seems you should be able to assume how the player wanted the machine to be oriented and automatically flip it.