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This one's weird, but i can do it over and over again, so it seems like a bug. I cant create a new spidertron remote that doesnt revert to spidertron 1 when i select it. Its almost certainly related to how the inventory handles virtual objects like targeters - i'm not on the planet i'm creating a remote for.

Repro steps -

1. be on vulcanus, but remote viewing nauvis. create new spidertron remote, place it in quickbar. notice it has a spider assigned, spider 1.
2. ctrl left click drag to remove spider 1 from selection.
3. q empty space to clear cursor, reselect remote. observe spider 1 is in the remote.

also works if you clear selection, then add another spider to the selection - that spider is forgotten, spider 1 used again. or if you dont delete, only add, spider 1 only spider retained. seems to be that putting it in the quickbar locks its setting to whatever you last properly set up, rather than putting in quickbar, then selecting.

I think this is related to the bug I just ran into with my own spidertron on Fulgora. I placed one on Fulgora, linked a remote, accidentally deconstructed it, and then when I built the spidertron again it will no longer link the spidertron. I can link it temporarily, but as soon as I let go of the remote the remote forget the link.

Save file with the bugged spidertron and remote is attached.

sounds like the same thing. will it work if you alt-a, select the spidertron, then put it in bookmark bar?