[2.1.14] Bots placing Spidertron removes equipment
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2026 8:50 pm
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Craft a Spidertron. Customize it in some way (name, color, equipment grid). Place it in a cargo landing pad, either by the player or by dropping from space.
2. Ensure the cargo landing pad is part of a logistic network with available construction bots. Ensure there are no other Spidertrons in the logistic network.
3. Optionally, as the player remove the Spidertron from the cargo landing pad and place it. Notice that it retains its customizations. Put it back in the cargo landing pad.
4. Use the ghost cursor to place a ghost of a Spidertron near the cargo landing pad. Wait for a construction robot to place it.
Expected behavior: the Spidertron is placed with all of its customizations.
Actual behavior: a generic spidertron with no customized name or color, and an empty equipment grid, is placed.
The result is the same using a passive provider chest instead of the cargo landing pad.
Untested: the behavior for other vehicles or quality Spidertrons.
This bug makes it impossible to send a Spidertron with equipment to another planet to handle a problem.
1. Craft a Spidertron. Customize it in some way (name, color, equipment grid). Place it in a cargo landing pad, either by the player or by dropping from space.
2. Ensure the cargo landing pad is part of a logistic network with available construction bots. Ensure there are no other Spidertrons in the logistic network.
3. Optionally, as the player remove the Spidertron from the cargo landing pad and place it. Notice that it retains its customizations. Put it back in the cargo landing pad.
4. Use the ghost cursor to place a ghost of a Spidertron near the cargo landing pad. Wait for a construction robot to place it.
Expected behavior: the Spidertron is placed with all of its customizations.
Actual behavior: a generic spidertron with no customized name or color, and an empty equipment grid, is placed.
The result is the same using a passive provider chest instead of the cargo landing pad.
Untested: the behavior for other vehicles or quality Spidertrons.
This bug makes it impossible to send a Spidertron with equipment to another planet to handle a problem.