[2.1.9] Inconsistent parameterized formula results
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 4:29 pm
i stumbled upon this when i was trying to reduce the number of combinators in my gambling machines. I was trying to get the count of distinct ingredients for a recipe using 'min(p0_i1,1) + min(p0_i2,1) + min(p0_i3,1) + min(p0_i4,1) + min(p0_i5,1) + min(p0_i6,1)' every time i tried to use this it didnt work and i eventually discovered it was just setting it to whatever the initial value i used to make it was.
So i setup a combinator that gives me access to all the data individually to see whats wrong. I is ideally the ingredient count, the 6 potential ingredients (A-F) with their correct qty and an attempt to just get the qty of ingredients to signals 1-6.
And parameterized as:
I is min(p0_i1,1) + min(p0_i2,1) + min(p0_i3,1) + min(p0_i4,1) + min(p0_i5,1) + min(p0_i6,1)
You can see this is mostly what you expect:
The ingredient count doesnt work, it just shows its default value this is what i was trying to debug. The A-F work as i expect. the excess ingredients are gone. signal 1-4 work as expected. 5 and 6 show their default values which is interesting. Maybe i could set all those to 0 and the formula will work.
Now everyone i edited is 0
I dont know whats going on with the 2nd blueprint where a changed value overrides the formula, but in general it would be great if p0_i<x> returns 0 instead of the value when that ingredient doesnt exist.
Here are the 3 blueprints:
0eNrtWl1vmzAU/SuRnzYNKmMwbSPtYe02qdIeJk3ay1RFTuO01sAwMFG7Kv991+SLFIbjNDTqhvqCDT7nnsvlXvUoj2gcFTzNhFSjcZL8RMPHzU6Ohj8qS31P3CRysZ2LW8kivSdZzNEQ6TuKSeXeJPFYSKaSDM0dJOSE36OhN792EJdKKMEXAOXiYSSLeMwzeMBpA3JQmuRwNpGaEfDcAJ+eUAc9wKXnn59QoIKDKkui0ZjfsZmAU/Bozm/0qXz7GuhXcTloKiLFs6e7y2D4fZrxPHdVxmSeJplyxzxSEM+vgkUQPzwikyyGTGj+OGVZGe8QvS83Cp02QBOxPjuaZkmsT7BiJnLIzprQd5B6SDXhTGSqKOGWESwS7V7ZcdIKuOcZ0T/YoROvCk+M8BeW8KQKb87NpSW8X4UPjPAfLeGDKjw1wn+yhN96taER/rMlfFiBJ+bK8Sy/hWrlEHPlEEv4auUQc+X4lvDVyiHmygks4auVQ8yVQy3hq5VDzJUTWsKH82v4m+tOLxTXjW4zOxwUMeicsHcloY+zaPCNqyKF/Rn03rKv05Cc04AEZ+enZ4FPN7MD67APNYac6hljbW9Oklc6wPSrijncd/Hrm1o1DZ7tnDKL0OOrxkNsB9YOPH4Dj287uXbgCRp4AtsRtgMPbeChtrNsB56wgSe0HWpmnn7W9bNur1m3rspFB14SicmG40pPQ0dv/aUfw6SQk/V0MMcx1+KaiORtxicCJtPgsgx0SVrpxmt+NJyyKOcVpOUkc1YXQ6STPoUYiojBKhbyTYpHwnO8t4N3g9WSbC/97WWwvaTbyxCWwDHhKYdXpTOrsoKb1Xn1dHrPSKee8itsN5k+eU2tKSJeY4BlnZRhbvJX5m4ftaSulhxJLWlRS2pqyT5q/bpa/0hq/Ra1fk2tv4/aoK42OJLaoEVtUFMb7KOW1tXSI6mlLWppTS3dR21YVxseSW3YojasqQ1b1dbhvUM2wQb4Q3adBvhDfuYN8If8rhrgD1nIDfDPr5x2P+BrWcMZFLH4zSeD7wyeyQdf+FTtZA54xzIHSG8OvKw5gHtzoDcH/hlzAHfqDeBOrQHcqTOAOzUGcKe+AP4vbAHc2wK9LdDbAr0t0NsCvS1gmBPduQK4U1MAd+oJ4E4tAdypI4BfxBBY+QGXd0zern2BnSwB0kTglj9va2AZXBS3GpfBv88zPlr95qCFaP4HM5/TAQ==
So i setup a combinator that gives me access to all the data individually to see whats wrong. I is ideally the ingredient count, the 6 potential ingredients (A-F) with their correct qty and an attempt to just get the qty of ingredients to signals 1-6.
And parameterized as:
I is min(p0_i1,1) + min(p0_i2,1) + min(p0_i3,1) + min(p0_i4,1) + min(p0_i5,1) + min(p0_i6,1)
You can see this is mostly what you expect:
The ingredient count doesnt work, it just shows its default value this is what i was trying to debug. The A-F work as i expect. the excess ingredients are gone. signal 1-4 work as expected. 5 and 6 show their default values which is interesting. Maybe i could set all those to 0 and the formula will work.
Now everyone i edited is 0
I dont know whats going on with the 2nd blueprint where a changed value overrides the formula, but in general it would be great if p0_i<x> returns 0 instead of the value when that ingredient doesnt exist.
Here are the 3 blueprints:
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