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(Large) Power Transformer: No power wire connected when is disabled by automation


Daroou
  • Branch: Live Branch Version: Windows Pending

This has been happening since patch 452481 (last patch).

View on a game created with patch 445987 and a new game test  with patch 452481

 

When the Power Transformer or the Large Power Transformer is disabled by automation, the No power wire connected notification appears.

When the game is loaded, this notification does not appear, but only after an enabled / disabled sequence.

 

 :arrow:  After load saved game:

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 :arrow:  Enabled Power Transformer

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 :arrow:  After Disabled Power Transformer

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 :arrow:  Same for Large Power Transformer

LPT_nowireconnected.png.9cf1f765c38a55fbff6b9c789ae5aa5c.png

 

 


Steps to Reproduce

1. Load Saved Game

2. Move to only two (Large) Power Transformer

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3. Unpause and wait for enabled / disabled sequence

 

Terrier 452481 Cycle 23.sav




User Feedback


Bug ist still around. ALSO, if the automation is removed, the transformer will be stuck on disabled by automation. Even after rebuilding it it was still broken. I now have an automation switch right beside it to turn the thing on...

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Confirming that this still exists in the latest version as of 7 May 2022, at least for the small transformer. This is a substantial usability issue - it forces me to ignore lots of red icons all over my screen, which trains me to ignore ALL of them, even the useful ones. It really wrecks the typically-amazing signal-to-noise y'all have created.

Manually disabling/reenabling does not fix the issue, nor does reconstructing everything in-place.

Photo shows a sample setup; the battery has thresholds [10,90] and is connected to the transformer via automation wire. It is currently discharging down to 10%, so the transformer is disabled. During the recharge to 90%, the transformer is enabled, and the warning disappears.

I understand this is a nonstandard architecture, but it's not a mistake - I want this battery on the small side (there are plenty on the large side, not shown here), and I want it to manage the transformer to minimize heat.

small_transformer_repro.png

Edited by neomagus00

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