[2.0.73] Inserters taking from chest close to trains may accidentely connect to the rail instead

[AntiElitz]

https://youtu.be/wfRkU1oO1tk

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[Loewchen]

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[Rseding91]

I looked into this case and found a small tweak around inserters, ghosts and curved rails. For 2.1 when the inserter is sleeping on the ghost chest (waiting for it to be revived) and then it is revived, it will keep using the chest instead of switching to rail-only mode.

[Zulan]

I looked into this case and found a small tweak around inserters, ghosts and curved rails. For 2.1 when the inserter is sleeping on the ghost chest (waiting for it to be revived) and then it is revived, it will keep using the chest instead of switching to rail-only mode.

This does fix the use-case with blueprinting and when the chest is destroyed. However, just with build order, or by removing and undoing the chest, you can still run into situations where the inserter is hooked to the rail.

[Rseding91]

This does fix the use-case with blueprinting and when the chest is destroyed. However, just with build order, or by removing and undoing the chest, you can still run into situations where the inserter is hooked to the rail.

Yes. If the inserter ever finds that the chest doesn't exist it will hook to the rail and then it's hooked there forever. That's simply how inserters work.