Farm-, Power-Station ignoring Automation

Hello!

This feature was introduced for the Bionic DLC update. It's sadly a side effect of official tweaks to the game.

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This is what should happen after the Bionic update. Automation on the Farm Station or Power Control Station only turns off that station. It does not turn off the logic in the Greenhouse or Power Plant room. The room is still valid, so dupes can still get fertilizer or do tune-ups in other rooms.

red signal does not mean room disabled
It only blocks that one station.

agreed that it's bad UX for farms with more than one room. Either automation should make the room bonus useless or completely stop related tasks. Right now, the rules for automation and the room don't match up.

They should just have moved the production to the crafting station instead. let the stations work as they used to.

2 Birds 1 stone situation as it would also add more value to the crafting station, which otherwise is hardly used in game as is.

Agree completely. Removing this functionality was a bad idea. We now have to construct elaborate door + dupe sensor automation to block off rooms we don’t want to be fertilized or tuned up. Could we at least get a duplicant room sensor (like the critter sensor but for dupes) to simplify things?