#4727 Modified code to skip to the next cardinal direction pair when doing power delivery instead of always doing a 0-5 search. This should help simple "straight cables with machines attached" prefer to power the closer machines first, especially for NS runs.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/metatileentity/implementations/GT_MetaPipeEntity_Cable.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/metatileentity/implementations/GT_MetaPipeEntity_Cable.java
index 267287c430..5b75b89d23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/metatileentity/implementations/GT_MetaPipeEntity_Cable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/metatileentity/implementations/GT_MetaPipeEntity_Cable.java
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ public class GT_MetaPipeEntity_Cable extends MetaPipeEntity implements IMetaTile
 

         long rUsedAmperes = 0;

         final IGregTechTileEntity baseMetaTile = getBaseMetaTileEntity();

-

+        byte i = (byte)((((aSide/2)*2)+2)%6); //this bit of trickery makes sure a direction goes to the next cardinal pair.  IE, NS goes to E, EW goes to U, UD goes to N.  It's a lame way to make sure locally connected machines on a wire get EU first.

         aVoltage -= mCableLossPerMeter;

-        if (aVoltage > 0) for (byte i = 0; i < 6 && aAmperage > rUsedAmperes; i++)

+        

+        if (aVoltage > 0) for (byte j = 0; j < 6 && aAmperage > rUsedAmperes; j++, i=(byte)((i+1)%6) )

             if (i != aSide && isConnectedAtSide(i) && baseMetaTile.getCoverBehaviorAtSide(i).letsEnergyOut(i, baseMetaTile.getCoverIDAtSide(i), baseMetaTile.getCoverDataAtSide(i), baseMetaTile)) {

                 final TileEntity tTileEntity = baseMetaTile.getTileEntityAtSide(i);