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As per the title, when using the new upgrade planner to replace inserters that have had their pickup_position or drop_position changed by a mod, those changed positions are reset to default on the replacement entity.

Is this intended behaviour?

Thanks for the report however that's working correctly. Upgrading is the same as manually fast-replacing every entity which also loses modified pickup/drop positions.

Is there anything in the API to let me detect this and handle it programmatically?

Not currently. There's just the "robot built entity" event. The same as when a player does it.

Please reconsider this one.
It makes one of features incomplete - either the custom inserter positions or built in upgrade planner in game.

Or we should post this as an suggestion?

Rseding91 wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:11 am Not currently. There's just the "robot built entity" event. The same as when a player does it.

in that case. is there a way to detect what the positions were on the previous entity before the new one was placed?
if currently not, perhaps a new event could be added, on_upgrade or on_fast_replace that shows us the previous entity's information and also lets us edit the new one?

orzelek wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:42 pm Or we should post this as an suggestion?

Posted here

@Rseding So, can't we just allow this? Both for fast-replace and upgrade planner, when both source and target of the upgrade has configurable locations, just copy it.

Rseding91 wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:31 am Thanks for the report however that's working correctly. Upgrading is the same as manually fast-replacing every entity which also loses modified pickup/drop positions.

Then change this. If even an mod could do it before, why wouild u remove that feature when u add it to the game? ( )

nuhll wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:59 pm Then change this. If even an mod could do it before, why wouild u remove that feature when u add it to the game? ( )

This is not how you win friends and influence people.

kovarex wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:44 pm @Rseding So, can't we just allow this? Both for fast-replace and upgrade planner, when both source and target of the upgrade has configurable locations, just copy it.

It would be very much appreciated if this could be done.

GotLag wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:31 pm

nuhll wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:59 pm Then change this. If even an mod could do it before, why wouild u remove that feature when u add it to the game? ( )

This is not how you win friends and influence people.

kovarex wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:44 pm @Rseding So, can't we just allow this? Both for fast-replace and upgrade planner, when both source and target of the upgrade has configurable locations, just copy it.

It would be very much appreciated if this could be done.

I really like this game and most decicions from devs are awesome. But sometimes i dont understand it. Like you just do what other already figured out... theres no new invention behind this.

This was fixed in 0.17.11

Thanks, being that it wasn't in the changelog I might never have noticed

THANKS!!!!

Just noticed by accident yesterday that this was in the game!!
Wow! What a treat. Very much appreciated, thanks!