I noticed that when PRTI is added to conductors near PSTN, the PSCN and NSCN no longer extend or retract the PSTN. Also, the PSCN and NSCN both heat up to 392 degrees when sparked and are left with a ctype corresponding to the element name (i.e. PSCN (PSCN) and NSCN (NSCN)).
If you keep sparking the conductors, the PSTN will work normally again after a period of time. Is this caused by the PRTI reaching the maximum number of particles it can hold?
Adding PRTO of the same channel as the PRTI seems to prevent the PSTN from working at all, even if the conductors are sparked for a long period of time. Note that no SPRK exits the PRTO.
Is this a bug with PSTN, a bug with how PRTI interacts with SPRK, or is this intended behavior?
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