technic.network_infotext(network_id, text) sometimes returns nil

[nics-le]

As the heading says technic.network_infotext(network_id, text) sometimes returns nil which will lead to this deprecation notice:

2025-06-15 21:03:45: WARNING[Server]: Value passed to set_string is nil. This behaviour is undocumented and will result in an error in the future. (at ...game/mods/technic/technic/machines/switching_station.lua:129)

I'm running Luanti 5.12 and use recent master of this mod

Feel free to ask if you need any further information.

Sincerly, Nico

[S-S-X]

Issue might be real but log does not make sense assuming you are really using Technic Plus Beta (master branch on this repository) as this is what there's on line 129 in master branch:

technic/technic/machines/switching_station.lua

Line 129 in d469c2a

-- mesecons

It could be on line 119 but that's far from line 129 stated in log line:

technic/technic/machines/switching_station.lua

Line 119 in d469c2a

meta:set_string("infotext", infotext)

[nics-le]

@S-S-X oh sorry for confusing you. In real it's line 119, I just added some lines for debugging and forgot it when I copied the line.

[S-S-X]

@nics-le should be fixed now though didn't really test at all.

Update/fix itself was pretty simple but in case there was actually issues somewhere deeper then this update could potentially change infotext behaviors in some situations (switching station or generic all round behavior).

If you know how to reproduce this issue reliably and would like to test then would be nice to hear if it got fixed, and of course also in case you happen to notice anything else related to this update (in case something breaks for some reason).

[nics-le]

@S-S-X thanks a lot for fixing this bug so fast! :)
In my case it helped: the warning did not occur again. Of course I will keep you informed about unintended behaviour.