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Setting the liquid filter on a pump allows filtering for only plasma, even though plasma cannot travel through pumps and pipes. This is not only useless but could confuse new players about how plasma functions.

Thanks for the report however I don't believe we will be doing anything about this. The way fluid and pipes interact means there's no way to know if a given fluid will ever exist in a given pipe/pump. The pipe/pump itself does not care what fluid ever exists in it. Simply: the fusion reactor won't connect its fluid inputs/outputs to pipes.

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2026 4:01 pm Simply: the fusion reactor won't connect its fluid inputs/outputs to pipes.

I think the potential for confusion is if someone tries connecting fusion machinery directly to a pump.