Wiring

Wiring is a building mechanic that lets you connect wires between different components. Two components can be connected by clicking on the first input/output and then on the second one.

A very useful feature for wiring is Multi-Wire placing. It allows you to select an entire row of components and connect them to another row of components all at once.

The default way to place the Multi-Wire is the following:

1. While holding Ctrl, select the first item and drag the selection to the last item.
2. Release all keys. The selected items will become inputs and be highlighted in blue.
3. Drag the mouse on the second row to make it the output.

Multi-Wire connection works in all combinations of items: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and unequal. You can also use offsets to select only specific items in the row, for example to skip every second item. The default keys to increase/decrease the offset are e/q or mouse wheel up/down. Offset can be done after selecting the inputs or during the selection of outputs.

Multi-wiring in progress

Trivia

• Wires have collisions. Using bugs or mods to place wires without collisions is not only a violation of the laws of physics, but is also considered a crime against humanity and must be stopped. You should always see and understand what each wire is doing.
• The maximum length of a wire is 134.

See also

• CustomWirePlacer