Any chance on getting an upgraded Winch after unlocking Spidertrons with longer/unlimited range (for the command and control, not the unload distance itself)? Since Spidertrons can be remote controlled, it would be handy to be able to ship a few out on a train, and unload it at the remote site without having to be there yourself.

That's a really great idea! I'll give it a try.

Note that I'm probably waiting for 1.1 to be released so that Spidertrons will correctly save all their parameters.

Maybe you can help me figure this out. There doesn't seem to be a perfect option at the moment. You can't use capsule items in map view, so it's not as simple as changing the existing winch's capsule_range parameter.

Option 1: Change the winch to a "selection box" tool. You can click on things like normal, but if you click and drag you get a box which is confusing. It would have to display an error if too many things are selected at once.

Option 2: Make Spidertrons automatically load themselves when they finish a move standing on top of a vehicle wagon. Then make them automatically unload when a train gets to station with a signal? (You can't get any events from un-paired spider remotes to trigger unloading.)

I implemented Option 1 and it works pretty well. The only annoyance is that when you move your cursor, it looks like a vehicle is selected. But the selection box only registers if you select the ground footprint of the entity, which is toward the bottom of the sprite. But I really like the ability to load by selecting the vehicle and wagon at the same time! I'm working on instant-unload and group load/unload as well.

Very nice, I'm looking forward to trying it out. I recently started my first Space Exploration run so expect Spidertrons on multiple surfaces to be quite interesting to move long distances.