Remote connector not working

[Edgecrusher]

i've set up my combiner factory and ive finally unlocked remote connectors,but ive set them up and theyre intaking fine but theyre not delievering to my combiner

[tripodalt]

the remote relly on a tank you select the same color
its really stupid but descripted in the tip

[Edgecrusher]

yeah i figured it out after some tinkering

[lozacenz]

Nothing stupid about it.
The remote connectors operate exactly the same way as the connectors that are physically on the container. Which, of course, requires that you specify which container they are connectors for. Hence the colour coding.

They are literally exactly what they say on the tin and behave accordingly.

[25hz]

Originally posted by lozacenz:

Nothing stupid about it.
The remote connectors operate exactly the same way as the connectors that are physically on the container. Which, of course, requires that you specify which container they are connectors for. Hence the colour coding.

They are literally exactly what they say on the tin and behave accordingly.

Aside from colour, no they aren't "literally exactly what they say on the tin and behave accordingly." In the description it says "Directly connects to a container within the same factory", but the don't "directly connect" to ANY container or machine. They only function when you connect them to transfer tubes, nothing else. Mind you, it isn't exactly quantum theory to try adding a transfer tube between the connector and another machine/container to see if that works, but still, the description needs to be changed. I hooked them up, including choosing the colour, EXACTLY as the description explained, and they didn't work. When a tube was added, they worked.

While there's nothing "stupid" about the description, it IS wrong.

[lozacenz]

Originally posted by 25hz:

Originally posted by lozacenz:

Nothing stupid about it.
The remote connectors operate exactly the same way as the connectors that are physically on the container. Which, of course, requires that you specify which container they are connectors for. Hence the colour coding.

They are literally exactly what they say on the tin and behave accordingly.

Aside from colour, no they aren't "literally exactly what they say on the tin and behave accordingly." In the description it says "Directly connects to a container within the same factory", but the don't "directly connect" to ANY container or machine. They only function when you connect them to transfer tubes, nothing else. Mind you, it isn't exactly quantum theory to try adding a transfer tube between the connector and another machine/container to see if that works, but still, the description needs to be changed. I hooked them up, including choosing the colour, EXACTLY as the description explained, and they didn't work. When a tube was added, they worked.

While there's nothing "stupid" about the description, it IS wrong.

You're right about it not being quantum physics. It's fairly basic English grammar and vocabulary. Maybe a little logic for error checking.

Because what you described is, in fact, it connecting directly to the container.

Note that it does not tell YOU to connect it to the container. You don't need to. It's already done when you build it. That is the entire point.
It is a connector, for the container, that is remote from the container. You then use transfer tubes to connect That (just like any other connector on the container, mind you) to whatever you want to move the material into.

Really, all they need to do is replace 'connects to' with 'is connected to' and any understandable confusion vanishes entirely.