Freewheel Clutch does not reactivate as expected

[mikkolukas]

Thank you for a great mod and especially the nice functionality of the Freewheel Clutch. It is very useful for building more elegant contraptions. It have a quite serious bug though, that stops it from being used, except in very simple setups.

To minimize confusion, I have made the setup here as simple as possible. The bug have much wider impact though, as it shows itself regardless of what mechanism is used for breaking/reconnection the system. Especially a problem when using other clutches, in other parts of the system before the Freewheel Clutch.

Step-by-step

1. Let's make a very simple setup: A motor and the Freewheel Clutch, connected by some shafts.
   Everything works; we can see the Freewheel Clutch connects (the indicator is white).
   

2. We remove the shaft, separating the motor from the Freewheel Clutch.
   

3. We place a new shaft.
   

4. The Freewheel Clutch is now in "buggy mode".
   Expected result: The Freewheel Clutch should reconnect.
   What actually happens: The Freewheel Clutch do not connect.
   From this step we can repeat from step 2 if we want to; the Freewheel Clutch stays in "buggy mode".

5. With the shaft in place between the motor and the Freewheel Clutch, we do a single attempt to remove the Freewheel Clutch, but it doesn't get removed (the graphics show it as if it gets removed and then instantly replaced).
   The Freewheel Clutch is now in "non-buggy mode" again, shown in step 5 and 6 below:

6. We remove the shaft, separating the motor from the Freewheel Clutch.
   

7. We place a new shaft.
   Everything works again; we can see the Freewheel Clutch connects (the indicator is white).
   We are now back at step 1.
   

Observations

Instead of step 2 and 3, we can use the Wrench to rotate the Freewheel Clutch four times (so it returns to its original position). This also brings us to "buggy mode" at step 4.

Test cases

The bug has been observed in these two cases (I have not tried others):

FIRST CASE
Dedicated server
Server OS :: Linux
Minecraft :: 1.19.2
Forge :: 43.3.5
Create: 0.5.1f
Create: Connected :: 0.2.0
+ a lot of other mods, but as shown, the issue can be reproduced without.

SECOND CASE
Local game
OS: Windows 11
Minecraft :: 1.20.1
Forge :: 47.2.19
Create: 0.5.1f
Create: Connected :: 0.2.0
No other mods installed (other than JEI, thanks for the fast fix in 0.3.0).

edit: Damn, you are fast with the updates! :) You just pushed 0.3.0 while I was writing this issue.
I have re-tested with 0.3.0 in the SECOND CASE and the issue is present there too

edit2: Added that a lot of other mods was also installed in FIRST CASE (had totally forgot), but I still believe the issue is narrowed down to Create: Connected alone.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Best regards :)

[hlysine]

Thanks for the high-quality report! This is a regression from my attempt to fix a crash when the overstress clutch and freewheel clutch are put on the same network. The fix is simple and will be released in the next update.

Here's a dev version if you'd like to test the fix:
UNZIP ME create_connected-0.3.0-dev-mc1.20.1.zip

Update: published a hotfix release because this bug is quite annoying

[mikkolukas]

Wow, you are a champ! So fast ❤️🙂👍

I'll need to get some sleep, but I will check it ASAP, as it will help a lot on my server 🙂

[mikkolukas]

Hi again.

I have tested it in the SECOND case and it works beautifully! 🙂

I have full confidence it will work on the server too (FIRST CASE) so I will update it there and only return to this thread of it turns out it didn't.

Again, thanks for your fast response and solution. Good work 🙂