Protip: To prevent accidentally removing logic or used rails place a filled chest nearby

[JinM]

Protip: To prevent accidentally deleting rails with docked entities to it, or to secure complex logic, place a chest next to it.

I just have deleted some of my rails that are bound to some complex logic, now I have to redock the entities to this rail and rebuild the logic. I hit undo and it didn't let me, because the undocked entity prohibitted building.

 

[Nauvran]

just move the undocked entity out of the way and press redo again then redock your thing.
How is placing a storage next to it going to help in any way?

 

[Tydeth]

Nauvran , Power 2.0 update did this little number as well:

Added safety checks for removal of an in-use inventory, warpgate with set destination, faction module and shop module

So if you put that chest block and stick 1 rock in it, you'll have to confirm nuking it in build mode.

 

[Lancake]

It might be possible to extend this safety check to rails (that are in-use by logic), but I think it gets more in the way than to be useful.
Same could be said by adding it to in-use logic blocks, must be a frustrating experience to confirm removals every time you work on it.

I suppose some sort of safety check toggle could work,... clunky though, and probably never on when you need it ^^

 

[Nauvran]

It might be possible to extend this safety check to rails (that are in-use by logic), but I think it gets more in the way than to be useful.
Same could be said by adding it to in-use logic blocks, must be a frustrating experience to confirm removals every time you work on it.

I suppose some sort of safety check toggle could work,... clunky though, and probably never on when you need it ^^

just having it so you get a warning before removing a rail with a docked entity on it would be amazing to have.
Would save a lot of builders from a lot of trouble and frustration over a simple mistake.

 

[Lancake]

just having it so you get a warning before removing a rail with a docked entity on it would be amazing to have.
Would save a lot of builders from a lot of trouble and frustration over a simple mistake.

That is true. I'm wondering if there's a good way of handling many different potential mistakes without straight up interrupting your removal actions. I definitely don't want it to get in the way of everything you do. I remove in-use rails plenty of times on purpose for example, as it's a quick way to undock something (especially during testing).

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

I was live streaming once when I realized I left symmetry mode on and took out a good chunk of a carriers logic. It took a while to fix.

 

[Endal]

You could have an override switch in the build menu or an ad hoc hotkey combination to disable the pop-up warnings, instead showing a little warning icon in a non-obtrusive part of the screen when the override is active.

 

[Nosajimiki]

Simple, use one alert for all warnings.

"Warning, you are about to remove a Faction Block, an In-use docker, connected logic, and an in use storage."

If I had to confirm this every time I mean to remove these things, I'd still save more time than what I've lost on a single such mistake.