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TL;DR

Add circuit wires as red/green lines to the map view.

What ?

Due to the recent changes that make it very easy to build blue prints etc directly from the map view AND the improved discrimination of items on the map (tanks/roboports), I have found my bases are becoming more spread out (good) and better organised (?!?). However, I am now running circuits all over the place, and connecting large strings, especially over dirt areas can accidently lead to missed sections or worse mixed sections.

no image as it would just be a terribad paint drawing on the map and should be self explanatory.

Why ?

it would be of great benefit to be able to see where circuit wires are already running, to assist in troubleshooting larger problems (mixing or broken circuit networks), and would be ideally added to the "enable/disable wires"/"Electric network" button on the map.

I’m in, when this view would also show the combinators and other connected devices and I can hover them too see their conditions and change them.

Could be made as research.