Weight Plate Should Record Building's Weight

[goatt]

In current games, weight plate only weighs debris and dupes' weight, but not structures or buildings that are on top of it. However, I think it should.

For buildings, the added weight to weight plate should be building weight divided by building width, because even weight distribution is an easy model.

Some may argue that tiles built on top of tiles doesn't have weight. True, they are more like being nailed to background wall. But a lot of structures will have "invalid building location" warning when built on top of nothing, which means they are unlike tiles.

Most importantly, this will make automation regarding gas/liquid reservoirs possible.

[Neotuck]

post this in the suggestions and feedback section

[goatt]

Just now, Neotuck said:

post this in the suggestions and feedback section

i will later, thx, but i also want to see if this is a good idea.

[Nitroturtle]

I'd prefer they just add the automation directly to the reservoirs. 

[beowulf2010]

35 minutes ago, Nitroturtle said:

I'd prefer they just add the automation directly to the reservoirs. 

The question is then, is it a shutoff automation input like transformers, generators and oxygen diffusers? Or do you want automation output to signal when it is full like refrigerators and smart storage? 

[Kabrute]

both

Just now, beowulf2010 said:

The question is then, is it a shutoff automation input like transformers, generators and oxygen diffusers? Or do you want automation output to signal when it is full like refrigerators and smart storage? 

 

[beowulf2010]

1 minute ago, Kabrute said:

both

 

Assuming the code allows for it, I'd be happy with this.

[Nitroturtle]

8 minutes ago, beowulf2010 said:

The question is then, is it a shutoff automation input like transformers, generators and oxygen diffusers? Or do you want automation output to signal when it is full like refrigerators and smart storage? 

I'd be happy with a setup just like smart batteries.  Adding this to refrigerators and smart storage would be great as well.

[Neotuck]

@goatt

A few problems with your idea,

first how would a pressure plate distinguish between a building and any dupe that run past the building, you are dealing with an overlapping issue

second I just realized pressure plates are activated by any objects effected by gravity (dupes, critters, items, water, sand) for buildings to be recognized by pressure plates buildings would need to follow the same rules and fall like sand every time tiles under them are removed, I don't think that would be a popular change

[goatt]

1 hour ago, Neotuck said:

first how would a pressure plate distinguish between a building and any dupe that run past the building, you are dealing with an overlapping issue

yeah, you would be dealing with the sum, which isn't much harder. For example, a dupe standing in front of liquid reservoir.  Then it's 5000kg content/2tiles width + 200kg dupe = 2700kg weight

1 hour ago, Neotuck said:

second I just realized pressure plates are activated by any objects effected by gravity (dupes, critters, items, water, sand) for buildings to be recognized by pressure plates buildings would need to follow the same rules and fall like sand every time tiles under them are removed, I don't think that would be a popular change

I understand what you mean, it would indeed be strange for structures to fall. But the warning "invalid location" is another way of saying building needs a base tile and it reside on it, which means they are supposed to fall, but they don't. So...