#[0.0.8-rc3] Building Crystal Factory, every change keeps turning blank

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empty steppe
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Have completed the challenge level at 100%. I have 604k buildings placed. Busy with a MAM for the shapes with crystals, build the first MAM. For the rest only the buildings to keep pushing through the operation levels and blueprint. I have a saved copy in which, if I change one small thing (tried several different changes, like adding an item, moving an item or removing the item) the whole screen goes blank. Dark blank. If you hover the mouse over different parts you know there is something there but you cannot see it.
I do not want to lose this save file. But I believe a bug fix is needed. Each time it happens I quickly close, because I do not wish to lose all my progress. Turned the graphics down to minimum, hoping that would help... but no difference. First picture: what I see when it happens, last picture where I am busy trying to fix the NOT (it is in the wrong place). 2nd and 3rd my stats.

I play on MacOS (MacBook Air M2).

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mental sun
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can you send what's inside the signal producers that are producing the pin and crystal shape signals (screenshot or text) ?

empty steppe
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I can, but I do not believe the problem is actually here... I will first try edit another section. 🙂

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I jumped to the Vortex, added some stuff and removed it - that all worked well. I then went back to the wires. Tried to create a "=" from scratch and it went blank again. Made a screen recording of what the blank screen looks like.

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The crystal is: cu------, the pin is: P-------

mental sun
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ah then that's the cause, those shapes need to have 6 parts instead of 4

empty steppe
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well yes, that is the issue - as this was a copy of the 4 one, but I was busy replacing it all 🙂 how do I stop the screen from going all purple 🙂

mental sun
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you'll either need to delete a wire so the simulated stacker no longer has both its inputs connected or restore a backup of your save

empty steppe
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I have changed all the signal producers to 6 sections instead of 4, and saved the file. I will now try to delete a wire for the simulated stacker. Thanks for the help thus far!

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It worked!! Thank you very much. Strange visual effects for this problem. But glad the change helped 🙂

mental sun
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iirc the visual effect is semi intentional so that unwanted errors don't go unnoticed

empty steppe
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Ah, but everything freezes and. you cant change a thing lol. So glad I can finish the MAM now 🙂 thank you very much for your time!