Standardize Red and Green Wire Reach With Quality
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2026 3:54 am
TL;DR
Legendary Substations (13 tile reach) still only connect to the 10th tile and should have scaled Red & Green wire reach. Red and Green wire reach should scale with the Quality of the Substation.What?
Normal Substations cover 18x18 with 8 tiles of reach in each direction and entities on the 10th tile, for example a wooden chest, can be connected with a Red or Green wire. Legendary Substations cover 28x28 with 13 tiles of reach in each direction BUT their Red and Green wire reach does not scale and connections remain limited to the 10th tile. Legendary Substations along with Quality power poles, should have extended Red and Green wire reach to match their larger coverage from higher Quality.Basic example for understanding below:
As you can see in the following Normal Substation example the Red/Green wire can reach the Wooden Chest at the tenth tile. Two outside of the Normal Substations reach.
- Normal Quality Substations Red and Green Wire Reach to the 10th tile
- Normal Quality Wooden Chest Wire Reach.png (80.83 KiB) Viewed 173 times
- Legendary Quality Substation Red and Green Wire cannot reach the 15th tile
- Legendary Substation Quality Wooden Chest Wire Reach.png (185.88 KiB) Viewed 173 times
Why?
With Red & Green wire reach scaled to match Substation Quality, I can use Legendary Substations to connect my Red/Green wires directly instead of adding extra Substations to make the connection required.Additionally, this affects every in-game entity that can connect to a Red/Green wire, including Chests, Belts, Splitters, Drills, Furnaces, Combinators, Power Poles, etc...