Display bug: Staircase (to mines) displaying as a door

[bluemoo]

I hacked a terminal to see branch access points, then went to the closest mine staircase. I expected it to be the usual stair icon, instead it displayed as a door. Maybe this is just my ignorance, and sometimes mine access points display this way?

[Kyzrati]

Yep, normal. That happens because you hacked it and already knew where it led. If you don't know where an exit leads, it will always show as stairs (otherwise it would be trivial to distinguish between Complex 0b10 exits and branch exits, even without properly identifying them). You'll see the same thing happen if you equip any Signal Interpreter and walk up to an unidentified exit.

The reasoning behind using a different representation for the two types of exits (once you do know) is that only stairs will take you to the next depth and allow you to evolve, while door (branch) exits remain at the same depth, i.e. no evolution.

[bluemoo]

Ahh, makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

[Kyzrati]

It's more fun if you can accidentally find yourself in a branch when you thought for sure you were about to evolve. This will be even more fun later when there are more branches actually in there

[bluemoo]

Oh, that's definitely happened Actually, I'm so used to not being sure where I'm going to end up through staircases, that I never thought the icon could change!