Check my Questions post. When feeding a shape, one is twisted 90 degrees, the loading progress bar reverses and flashes the shape icon. I would suggest either new shapes don't attempt to load, or an error triangle pops up. Or something more intuitive. I would find the experience better if the UI shows what's wrong. An item flashing and disappearing in the train loader, my first reaction was it was a glitch.
#Train Loading Looks Glitched if not done right
eager token
neon galleon
agreed. but I also think a better visual for this is planned? I might be misremembering though
hasty fjord
Someone mentioned, that in an earlier version of the game the shapes refused to load into the train station if they were wrong - and it was a nightmare for MAM! Because you cannot clean the previously collected shapes after switching to a new one, you'd have to manually click every station and clean it up.
While I don't like the shapes go to waste, the current behavior is way better from the point of view of automation.
And while it could be technically adjusted to accept shapes in any rotation - that would mess up the factories. Because if you auto-rotate shapes when loading onto the train, how would you know in which orientation it will unload? Not all trains go directly into the Vortex, many people use them to transport shapes between different stages of processing. And orientation affects the processing.
tribal orchid
Right now is the best mechanical option, and the team is working on better visual feedback for what's going on