A method to detect if welders are actively welding.
The Issue:
Currently it is difficult to reliably determine if a welder is actively doing work. This information may be useful for ship printer systems where you are using a few amount of welders and have to move the welders around to print a craft.
Solution A:
Simply add something like an "Is Welding" event to the event controller. This is the most simple way to implement this feature. However, I think it will add unnecessary clutter to the event controller menu.
Solution B:
This will call for two changes. Firstly the welder will not draw constant power and will draw more power than idle when actively welding a block. Secondly add an event to the event controller to determine a block's power draw. Not only does this allow you to detect if welders are working but there are several other use cases where reading a block's power draw directly can be helpful.
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