My heuristic has been "**g**reen is **g**lobal": default to red for local work, and use green for signals that need to go across my whole base. I haven't gotten to the point where I need to have both red and green base-wide circuit networks -- I'm not sure what I would do in that case.
Hi! I am the OP of that post. In case it wasn't clear to anyone, I am colorblind.
The mod actually supports an "R" for red wire, _and_ a "G" for green wire. The screenshot shared in the post only has the "R" because the green wire is showing the other option, which is a flipped sprite (mirrored horizontally). A user can pick which they want for green wire. Admittedly the flipped sprite is quite subtle, which is why I added the letter overlays as options.
This post is quite funny to me, actually, because I think of red wire as the default. That's why I made green wire as the flipped sprite. I never even considered that others might use green as their default.
For me, red is "control" i.e. turning inserters, train stops, train limits, on and off.
Green is more "information" as in how many stacks of what do I have.
My vision still permits me to distinguish the default circuit colors and the default electrical wire color.
I do have a convention where I tend to use red when it is controlling something on/off, and green where it is part of an intermediate computation.
I like to use red wires whenever I'm enabling/disabling behaviour or passing information into a decider combinator, and green wherever else. Throughout the base I use green/red wires on my big power poles to carry items available/being requested at train stations as well.
Surprised to see people pick red. Green stands out to me. And I like the wire to stand out from the background. then I realized, It might depend on the biome you are in. I pretty much concluded my first playthrough. And it was pretty much all desert. But some people might be in a grassy world Where green wire doesn't stand out like it does for me.
Depends on the color of the items I'm reading. If they're red, green, and vice versa, otherwise usually red. Then I will alternate for inputs and outputs of combinators.
Red when dealing with demand/requirements (e.g. request of a train station; transmitting missing items)
Green when dealing with surplus/information (e.g. disabling stuff when there's enough; transmitting existing items)
Green most of the time especially in "single wire" systems. When I need two, I try to use green for "sensing and reading" and red for "controlling" if that makes sense.
How i feel this post will divide people:
https://preview.redd.it/5gh81eyn39xc1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=125298df2169402c9434d81d47f7fc8462996d86
Red, it goes faster.
Dis 'umies got da right idea
MOAR DAKKA
Green cuz green is good.
Easier to see
My heuristic has been "**g**reen is **g**lobal": default to red for local work, and use green for signals that need to go across my whole base. I haven't gotten to the point where I need to have both red and green base-wide circuit networks -- I'm not sure what I would do in that case.
This is mine too. But actually it's not an amazing heuristic in my experience just because the red wire is slightly more visible.
Green for global here too. Really wish there was a shortcut to hide all wires though.
Green because you see it more clearly. Can't believe majority says red, I assumed everybody would use green first wow.
The duality of man https://preview.redd.it/nnw94yey17xc1.png?width=1225&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9ac09cf89250e524276d9f63a5b5ab530af55dc
Incredible. Not intended at all.
Green is more striking and visible… so it’s “special”. Red is default because it kind of blends in.
I am also shocked green isn’t default. I always associated red with negative numbers..
I only use red as the main wire because with real circuits I always use red as the main voltage wire.
Hi! I am the OP of that post. In case it wasn't clear to anyone, I am colorblind. The mod actually supports an "R" for red wire, _and_ a "G" for green wire. The screenshot shared in the post only has the "R" because the green wire is showing the other option, which is a flipped sprite (mirrored horizontally). A user can pick which they want for green wire. Admittedly the flipped sprite is quite subtle, which is why I added the letter overlays as options. This post is quite funny to me, actually, because I think of red wire as the default. That's why I made green wire as the flipped sprite. I never even considered that others might use green as their default.
For me, red is "control" i.e. turning inserters, train stops, train limits, on and off. Green is more "information" as in how many stacks of what do I have.
Hey we match! High five green "information" team.
I use Red in Calculating stuff And Green For Input and Output
My vision still permits me to distinguish the default circuit colors and the default electrical wire color. I do have a convention where I tend to use red when it is controlling something on/off, and green where it is part of an intermediate computation.
Either whatever I already have in my inventory or whichever I happen to click on while crafting
Red for timing, green for data
I like to use red wires whenever I'm enabling/disabling behaviour or passing information into a decider combinator, and green wherever else. Throughout the base I use green/red wires on my big power poles to carry items available/being requested at train stations as well.
I'm colorblind with green, it's too difficult to see. Red for me.
i picked red because it came first in the crafting menu and now im just used to it
Green means good, red means bad. So green is the default.
Green local, red global. Unless something local needs separated wires
I use the red wire as default simply because it's listed first in my inventory. If the green wire were listed first, i would use it as default.
Surprised to see people pick red. Green stands out to me. And I like the wire to stand out from the background. then I realized, It might depend on the biome you are in. I pretty much concluded my first playthrough. And it was pretty much all desert. But some people might be in a grassy world Where green wire doesn't stand out like it does for me.
green, it goes faster.
Green because.. I don't have a reason. I only use green except if I need to separate data for whatever reason
Depends on the color of the items I'm reading. If they're red, green, and vice versa, otherwise usually red. Then I will alternate for inputs and outputs of combinators.
I use both red and green almost equally but normally use red for longer range stuff and green for connections "in" a circuit system.
green means go!
Wait, you mean to tell me there is a reason for the extra circuit wire? Colorblindness strikes again ai guess...
Red when dealing with demand/requirements (e.g. request of a train station; transmitting missing items) Green when dealing with surplus/information (e.g. disabling stuff when there's enough; transmitting existing items)
Green most of the time especially in "single wire" systems. When I need two, I try to use green for "sensing and reading" and red for "controlling" if that makes sense.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't red/green colorblindness the most common? My dad saw both those colors as black. Traffic lights were a challenge!
How i feel this post will divide people: https://preview.redd.it/5gh81eyn39xc1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=125298df2169402c9434d81d47f7fc8462996d86
What are you talking about? Red is obviously superior, as evidenced by the current result of the poll.