CRAFTBOOK-2257 - Reported by Cormac.Dubh

if i place a [savearea] sign on both ends of a drawbridge it will mess up the area.
what happens:

• lowering drawbridge means sign1 gets switched from "up" to "down", sign2 still shows "up"
• moving across
• activating sign2 on the other side now saves the "down" state to the "up" area
• now we have 2 areas showing the state with the lowered bridge making the drawbridge rather pointless.

craftbook 3.3.7 with bukkit 1.4.2R0.2

Comment by me4502

The best way to do so, would be to just have the other side of the bridge toggle it via redstone

Comment by Cormac.Dubh

this will also trigger the same effect - just tested

Comment by me4502

I don't know what you mean, how?

Comment by me4502

This is caused by 2 signs trying to access the same area at the same time... But with only 1 sign this wouldn't occur.

Comment by Cormac.Dubh

if you apply redstone power to the sign - lets say with a lever - then move across the bridge the redstone power is still there when you click the sign.
And, voila - again messed up.

The only workaround i see is hiding the sign and doing the switching all in redstone.
But that's by far not as elegant as with the gates..

Comment by me4502

Wait... Do you mean you still used to signs? You can only use 1 sign

Comment by Cormac.Dubh

No, just used 1 sign

After playing a bit with the setup I found the problem.
I was supplying the power to the sign with a redstone lamp - no problem so far - but the lamp was within the area.
In that case the powered lamp gets saved into the area, messing it all up.

Comment by me4502

Okay...

Comment by Cormac.Dubh

Anyway it would be very elegant to be able to have two signs without having to use redstone wiring around the bridge.
Maybe linked by one or both of the areas.

The redstone wiring across a deep gap can be quite extensive.

As originally said - not a bug, but a nice to have

Comment by me4502

I'd do that, but how would I link them? You could always use wireless redstone IC's anyway

Comment by Cormac.Dubh

Maybe it could work to just link them with the content of line3.

Using wireless redstone for linking them manually might be an option, but it means relying on an additional plugin.

Comment by me4502

CraftBook works as one plugin, so it's not really relying on many plugins... Also it's almost impossible to link the 2 signs properly without limiting the areas they can be placed