[kovarex] Power poles show available power even when not connected.

[Zavian]

Hi

Factorio 0.15.13, (Steam version on Win 10), no mods.

If I place a power pole that is too far from another pole to connect, and then mouse over the pole, the electric power available Bar shows a full green bar. This falsely gives the impression that it is connected to the power network. I expected that if it is not connected to some type of power source, then it would show an empty bar.

Not connected to the power network, but a full bar of available power,

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I can also connect more power poles connected to this pole, and they all show a full green bar. So you can build quite a long power line, and think everything is connected ok, until you place an object that actually needs power. (Like some laser turrets during combat).

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This seems to be reproducible for me with all three types of poles. Let me know if you need a save.

Thanks for your work on Factorio.

[kovarex]

You are right, this is so obvious.
It was there all the time.
And I just had to change the "1" to "0" in the correct place in the code to change it.

Anyway fixed for 0.15.14

[Zavian]

Thanks

[sillyfly]

This was actually reported and deemed "not a bug" over a year ago (viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21999), but I'm glad to see it got changed.

[kovarex]

This was actually reported and deemed "not a bug" over a year ago (viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21999), but I'm glad to see it got changed.

Yes, both values are technically correct (or incorrect), but this is more useful.