Gold bug
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Unless this is somehow intended behaviour, gold is able to be sparked if there is exactly 3 pixels between it and another metal, Even if insulation is inbetween! Here is an example:https://powdertoy.co.uk/Browse/View.html?ID=3266574
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Intended, as explained on https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Element:GOLD.html
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I see, although the wording is a little off. On the page it states: "is able to conduct across up to a 3 pixel gap", That isnt true it ONLY conducts to a 3 pixel gap. Not 2 or 1(if there is insulation between atleast). It also doesnt say things can conduct to it from that 3 pixel gap, just that it can conduct across that gap. In the attached save INWR(You can replace this with PSCN, METL, NTCT, ect ect) conducts to the gold but the gold will not conduct to it. Gold will not conduct to another metal except gold across that 3 pixel gap.
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Hm, indeed, that's not explained too well. The way to summarize it concisely is that "in addition to typical sparking behavior, GOLD takes sparks from across an exactly 3-pixel gap in the four cardinal directions".
Huh, my save (that someone else linked lol) explains it better than I remembered.Edited once by LBPHacker. Last: 31st July -
I meant to edit the wiki when I saw this thread a few days ago. I added some more clarifications now. I didn't explain it precisely (that can be left to save demonstrations or the code), just clarified how the gap works and mentioned GOLD receives sparks across the gap, not sends them.
it is intended to cross insulators, but IMO it's a bug and I wouldn't have done it that way. But it's important now, there's definitely people who use that mechanic.
