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[0.18.32] burner-inserter behavior for fuel consumption differs if no drop target

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:44 am
by klugemonkey
If you have a burner-inserter facing into a chest and place a piece of coal inside the fuel slot of its inventory, it will be consumed, but if the burner-inserter is not facing a container, it is not consumed. Shouldn't this behavior be consistent regardless of connectivity?

Place a chest and two burner inserters, one facing into the chest, one facing out of the chest into nothing. Place a piece of coal in each. Only the one inserting into a valid container gets loaded, filling the red bar. The other one facing into nothing, does not load the fuel.

Re: [0.18.32] burner-inserter behavior for fuel consumption differs if no drop target

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:26 am
by Klonan
I don't think this is a bug

The inserter won't activate unless it has a valid drop target,
So its deactivated when its facing nothing, it is deactivated, and thus doesn't update to consume any energy