Power Propagation

by cfcluan

Allows powered buildings to extend the power network to adjacent buildings with a configurable range.

Tweaks
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2.0 - 2.1
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Power

Changelog

Version: 1.6.0
Date: 2026-09-27
  Changes:
    - Update for Factorio 2.1
Version: 1.5.3
Date: 2026-09-27
  Bugfixes:
    - Prevent physical damage from destroying invisible extenders while their owners remain
Version: 1.5.2
Date: 2026-09-27
  Changes:
    - Refresh the mod thumbnail and correct author metadata
    - Narrow full-surface scans and avoid rebuilding extenders when poles are placed
  Bugfixes:
    - Track each entity's own extender so overlapping buildings remove the right pole
    - Keep power connections within the same force and avoid duplicate wires
    - Only extend through tracks when the rails setting is enabled, not trains or signals
    - Rebuild extenders when entities are cloned without keeping orphaned cloned poles
    - Skip entities larger than the available extender prototypes
Version: 1.5.1
Date: 2024-12-16
  Bugfixes:
    - Made invisible poles immune to electric damage (Thanks to @coalgardner)
Version: 1.5.0
Date: 2024-12-08
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed bug where power poles were not connected to nearby entities when poles are placed after the entity
    - Fixed bug where power extenders weren't properly connecting to each other
    - Improved connection logic to better match vanilla power pole behavior
Version: 1.4.0
Date: 2024-12-07
  Features:
    - Added support for revived entities (blueprint sandbox, god mode, etc)
    - Made power poles create connections more aggressively
Version: 1.3.0
Date: 2024-12-01
  Features:
    - Ability to disable power propagation through powered buildings
    - Compatibility with Picker Dollies
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed bug in 1.2.2 where we stopped placing extensions
Version: 1.2.2
Date: 2024-12-01
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed crash with size 0 entities
Version: 1.2.1
Date: 2024-12-01
  Bugfixes:
    - Only refresh poles when settings changed for this mod specifically
Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2024-11-30
  Features:
    - Added settings to control whether power propagates through walls and rails
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2024-11-30
  Bugfixes:
    - Better handling of > 1 range
    - No longer create power poles on surfaces with a global electric network
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2024-11-30
  Features:
    - Initial release