TheEllimist Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 It's sort of bleh to spend an hour trying to figure out why something is idle just to figure out 1 piece of pipe in your system was broken or not built. Instead of just "X idle" maybe have it say "no output" "no input" "output is blocked" "input is blocked" "power circuit incomplete" etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLance Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 They usually do say these but only if you hover over them, it would be nice if they could pop up like other things on the top left, but alas that does not happen. There must be a way for it to be possible as it updates you if something is broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEllimist Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, BlueLance said: They usually do say these but only if you hover over them, it would be nice if they could pop up like other things on the top left, but alas that does not happen. There must be a way for it to be possible as it updates you if something is broken None of the problems i've had today had anything when I hover over them =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 It's already done in most cases so if you have some particular machine on mind, it might be good to post it in the bug reports section (if it's not reported there yet). If possible include screenshots and/or save files with the situation, it makes fixing much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Depending on the machine, you normally do get a brief description of the problem. Here I nipped off a piece of pipe between the pump and the filter on the left, and it says "pipe blocked" as the gas has nowhere to go. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEllimist Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Ok well all these problems were related to power (natural gas generator) and wiring. I had various problems and the wires never give you any information and the generator just says "generator idle" when it has any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLance Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 The generator will be idle if the generator isn't the issue I think, For instance the gas output might be overpressurised, this is usually shown on the vent itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumina Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, Lifegrow said: Here I nipped off a piece of pipe between the pump and the filter on the left, and it says "pipe blocked" as the gas has nowhere to go. Problem (for me) is that pipe blocked is sometime also used when you have, for example, a liquid pipe full of water, but nothing consuming the water at the other end for the moment. I understand that "building not working because of gaz pressure" "no power somewhere" and "there is a small pipe missing" result in the same error for the pump ("pipe blocked") since making the difference could be hard, but it could be very confusing not understanding why something isn't working, because the message don't give you a big clue about what is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n37runn3r Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I get a lot of "not pumping" errors. occasionally I think it's something to do with the direction the material flows through the pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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