Filed / Tracking Constructor using output as input [00606]

Build: 1.2.2
Mode: Default Random
Mode: Dedicated server

SERVER NAME: Nick's Server
SEED-ID: available upon request


Reproducibility: Always
Severity: Minor


Summary: Advanced constructor uses output as input under specific conditions



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Steps to Reproduce:

Start with: 1 input box(100 of each Iron, copper, silicon)
1 output box(100 of each Steel plate, electronic, optical fiber)

Start making computers. After the first computer the constructor will use optical fiber and steel plate from the output instead of the input.

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Seem to happen with any item where you have at least 1 X ingredient required for the intermediate product in the input and enough X in the output to create the product.

 

Happened to me too - with two different Containers designated as Input and Output. Startled me too (wrote even a Bug-Report)

 

Containers assign to different input/outputs. If that's the case it may not be a bug per say. Maybe just counterintuitive? Strange part is it doesn't take material from the output unless the input also has at least 1 of the same material. If the input has at least 1 material it prefers to use the output and not the material in the input first.



The whole reason why I noticed this is because I wanted to stock up on a few hundred of each intermediate product(steel plate, optical fiber, computer) but the constructor would use up the materials I just made for advanced things like computers.

 

i've reproed this (sucessful)

here's the save file for it. as they said. Load, craft computers.

 

This happens to me in bases and CVs. Haven't tried it in SVs or HVs.

 

Build: 3209
Mode: Survival
Mode: Multipplayer

SERVER NAME: Reforged Eden (Spanj's reforged server)
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Reproducibility: Have reproduced myself but only on the server
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Summary: Constructor pulling from both Input and Output container

Description: Playing reforged eden on a multiplayer server. I am building some darkmatter containers (reforged eden end game construction component) and noticed that it was pullign some material from my output container rather than the input container.

One of the components to build dark matter containers is Voidum, a very bulky material, 42 units will almost fill a 320k storage bin.

I only had space for 6 units in my input container but had plenty of space in my output thus had excess held there and was planning to transfer 4 at a time everytime a container completed (4 units are needed for each containter).

I first noticed the amount of voidium in the Input container wasn't decreasing and subsequently realised it was reducing the amount in my output container.

Steps to Reproduce: I had a nearly full input container, an output container which also happened to contain a large amount of a bulky component used in what I was builting. started builing multiple items.

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2 Containers being built, 6 voidium in input, 15 voidium and 1 container in output



First container now built, 6 voidium still in input, 11 voidium now in output, 2 containers in output

 

Dev probably won't pay much attention to this since it's based on a custom item in a custom scenario. Reproduce the issue with a default item in default SP and it might have some traction.

 

One thing that has struck me - I had the constructor interface open when I had this happen (i.e. kept it open, didn't close it and do something else). When I countined building stuff I closed it and at that point it seemed to correctly only take from the input container, when I reopened the constructor interface it started taking from both again

 

I can confirm this is true in vanilla too. It’s an issued that I have noticed for a few versions and was on my radar to report.