backwards connecting logic lines

[Fellow Starmadian]

Pretty simple, but very useful! If people could hit V on a block, and hit C on all the blocks it needs to be connected to, it would greatly help in shortening build times. I suppose there could be a mode-changing button or keyboard shortcut, whatever works best.

example: memory storage module, 8 1byte locations, and a shift register to go between them. To meausure the output of each mem-loc, I use a line of 8 OR gates. to connect them, I need to connect 8 * nth (nth being the number of memory locations, 8 in this case) connections, and each connection I need to hit C again on the output AND gate and look back to the line of OR gates. When connecting the input, I simply have to hit C on a single OR gate, and run up the line of input AND gates spamming V. Why shouldn't I be able to do this the other way around?

 

[Trekkerjoe]

This would be excellent for debugging complex logic like adders and decoders.

 

[rocketman221]

That would be quite useful. It should work the same with storage and factories too, such as when you have a bunch of factories that all need to pull from the same storage.
Maybe the keys could be setup so that Shift+C allows you to select more than one block then pressing V connects all of the selected blocks.

 

[Calhoun]

I like the thought, but how would you implement it?

 

[Fellow Starmadian]

rocketman221 You can already do that with V, it selects multiple gates at the same time, it might be too confusing. I'd also like it to act the same way as the normal C + V method. so instead of hitting SHIFT+C, Id rather just change modes, hit V on a block, and start spamming C, or even SHIFT+C in the same way you can hit SHIFT+V to select multiple blocks.

Calhoun probably a hotkey, or an advanced build menu option. Maybe hit ALT+C to switch modes?

 

[Trekkerjoe]

I suggest that the cursor changes depending on mode.

 

[Fellow Starmadian]

yup! Definitely needs some method of easily checking which mode you are in. I rather like the cursor idea.

 

[Spindizzy]

Meh nevermind

 

[Fellow Starmadian]

Spindizzy nevermind to what?

 

[Lukwan]

Bump. I have seen this idea come up before, a few times. Popular & practical.

Agreed!

 

[Nickizzy]

+1 anyone who does logic wants this. Especially if and only if gates. Sheesh.

 

[Fellow Starmadian]

Lukwan, I didn't check the forum thoroughly so I guess I missed the previous suggestions :/

 

[jayman38]

This is actually pretty different from the typical "color the master blocks" suggestion.

 

[Fellow Starmadian]

"color the master blocks" that does sound a little strange.. so you would select everything to be C'ed, then hit V on the block/blocks to connect to? A little more abstract than my suggestion, but it might actually be better! It gives you more control because you could probably select more than one V block that way.

 

[DrTarDIS]

Pretty simple, but very useful! If people could hit V on a block, and hit C on all the blocks it needs to be connected to,

Better yet. C to select, X to "backwards" connect,
V to "forwards" connect. Why? Because ZXCVB

 

[Benevolent27]

Pretty simple, but very useful! If people could hit V on a block, and hit C on all the blocks it needs to be connected to, it would greatly help in shortening build times. I suppose there could be a mode-changing button or keyboard shortcut, whatever works best.

example: memory storage module, 8 1byte locations, and a shift register to go between them. To meausure the output of each mem-loc, I use a line of 8 OR gates. to connect them, I need to connect 8 * nth (nth being the number of memory locations, 8 in this case) connections, and each connection I need to hit C again on the output AND gate and look back to the line of OR gates. When connecting the input, I simply have to hit C on a single OR gate, and run up the line of input AND gates spamming V. Why shouldn't I be able to do this the other way around?

For anyone that does a lot with logic, this is very much so needed. I'd suggest making it work by using CTRL + C. This does a reverse connection. pressing CTRL + SHIFT + C would additionally do reverse connections to a whole group.