Pac Man generators are unable to be turned on

[HalfdeadKiller]

Bug Description: Pac Mans are unable to be turned on when wrenched down on a wire knot.


Steps to reproduce:
1. Get a Pac Man
2. Put Phoron in
3. Wrench Pac Man onto wire knot
4. Attempt to turn the Pac Man on

[kurugi]

I noticed this too once. It was only in a certain area. I'm not sure if it's a bug or just improper use. I moved the generator to another location and it turned on. Moved it back and it refused to work.

[Gentlefood]

When I inspected a pacman it stated it needed uranium sheets instead of phoron. Not sure if related or typo.

[GingerCultLeader]

I remember coming down to the surface once to help a fellow MT deal with that issue. Turns out, you have to have equipment on before you can turn on the pacman.

[Astralenigma]

Yeah, the bug is that you can't use the pacman interface without the place it is having the APC running.

[Neray]

Tested it out just now. Works fine, at least in APC'ed areas. Meow.

[Mac]

Common errors in Pacman operation are 1) not wrenching it in place and 2) no APC power. It's why when no one charges the SM a jump start needs to be done by loading the APC then turning it on. Also depending on the type of Pacman it could require phoron, uranium, diamonds with each one being able to generate more power.

[Neray]

In fact, pacmans are working with power grid, so you can totally ignore APC if you'll connect something like emitter to pacman via direct cable.

Back in old days we used zone-power for all machines, thanks goddess those days are gone not entirely though