Dupes get stuck on oil well if Backpressure Release Threshold is met, AND the Oil Well is Disabled by Automation. (Reposted in correct forum)

I've been experiencing this bug for so long I didn't even realize it was specific to the DLC. To get around this, I've instead resulted to never using automation to control the oil wells themselves. Instead, I use a liquid shutoff to cut the water supply going into the oil well room. Yes, you will end up having the oil well run a bit longer after the shutoff signal is given, but I've never had that be a problem by just having it shut off a bit earlier. Another side benefit of this is that you lower the risk of your water boiling over in the pipes because it doesn't just hang out in the oil room when its not flowing.

I don't think it's just the DLC, I just moved it to this forum because I am using the DLC currently. Smart idea creating a water shut off instead though. Even this isn't a huge issue for me, I just wanted to bring some light to it.

This also has been reported some time back:

So far i have not yet seen a response from Klei so maybe it is designed this way, you can work around this by using a duplicant motion sensor to activate the well if a dupe is around.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Upload

This bug isn't limited only to oil wells that are disabled via automation. I've had this error with the building disabled manually as well. 

This also happens when the oil well becomes unpowered. They will still have a work bar and will just stand there doing nothing. 

I guess it's pretty challenging to get a posted noticed, which is understandable. I'll give it this little bump and move on. Otherwise, the game is totally the best, especially with the new dlc stuff. 

I also just had this bug, very annoying.

I was wondering why a different task wasn't performed when I noticed. No Idea how long this dup was trying before though. 

BUMP - this bug is still around as of DLC Build U37-484114-S. Wicked annoying

Same here.
And it seems that the bug is not just bound to a red signal.

The well is linked to the liquid sensor.

It is currently sending a green signal, but the oil well stop release pressure.

 

Removing the automation, disabling/enabling manually the building : none of these solved the problem. -_-

On the other hand, as soon as I've forced some water into the oil well, the duplicant start releasing pressure.

 

I've join my save file.

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Edited November 11, 2021 by Gwido