Single port tweak Thread - Sky Alchemist

When connecting a tool to a tool with only a single port, could clicking anywhere instead of just the port icon? And if you click on a tool with multiple ports limit it to just showing those ports. Basically, when reduced to a single option, could it be automatically selected?

Yes, I find the clicking business sometimes annoying too.
The single-option automatic connection I see as feasible, I just would not find it then very consistent with the clicking you must do to connect to a double - port tool.

I am not saying you must click a multi port tool to see its ports, I am saying that that would hide the other ports since sometimes they overlap and make it hard to select

I hope I understand this right: Your suggestion is:
a) Single Ports
1. Click on connect symbol of a tool.
2. If there is only one other connectable tool available then connect "automatically" by just clicking somewhere else.

This is technically possible, but actually it would interfere with the current implementation of the "manual" connection, which uses exactly step 1 and step 2
(click on the connection symbol of a tool, then click somewhere on the floor, route the way where you want your pipe to be, then click the tool you want to connect to).

At some point we would need to decide about the manual connection feature - I myself hardly ever use it. If we would do something like you suggested, we would need to exchange the manual connection feature for a feature that lets you change the pipes after connecting. (I think you suggested that already).

b) Multiple Ports
I somehow don't get your suggestion - I am sure it is some language problem on my side ;-)
You wrote: "And if you click on a tool with multiple ports limit it to just showing those ports".
Example:
I got a centrifuge (the only tool with 2 ports). The only other tool this can be connected to is an emitter.
So, If there is no emitter on the field clicking the centrifuge does not show any connection icon. If there is an emitter on the field, clicking the centrifuge shows 2 connection icons to give the player a choice which one to use. This is how it is currently implemented.
I think I need more explanation what you would have different.

As in, if I have two tools near each over their ports can exist in the same spot making it hard to select. So I can limit it to the centrifuge so that I can click the correct port. And the single port idea was for us to click on the tool to select it.

If you click on a destination tool after starting a connection it will automatically connect to the closest port on the destination tool. Is that not what you mean?

No, I mean if I click on a destination tool it will limit the selectable connections