imrpove canConnectToExternal()

src/main/java/crazypants/enderio/conduit/AbstractConduit.java

@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractConduit implements IConduit {
 
     protected boolean connectionsDirty = true;
 
-    /**
-     * This shows if the currently running connection update should not finish with settings connectionsDirty to false.
-     * If this is true, it will trigger a reconnection on the next Tick.
-     * <p>
-     * Use the method needUpdateConnections() instead of setting this to true.
-     * 
-     * @see needUpdateConnections()
-     */
-    private boolean needUpdateConnections = false;
-
-    private boolean isUpdatingConnections = false;
-
     protected AbstractConduit() {}
 
     @Override
@@ -446,13 +434,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractConduit implements IConduit {
     }
 
     private void updateConnections() {
-        if (!connectionsDirty && !needUpdateConnections) {
+        if (!connectionsDirty) {
             return;
         }
 
-        isUpdatingConnections = true;
-        needUpdateConnections = false;
-
         boolean externalConnectionsChanged = false;
         List<ForgeDirection> copy = new ArrayList<ForgeDirection>(externalConnections);
         // remove any no longer valid connections
@@ -477,21 +462,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractConduit implements IConduit {
         }
 
         connectionsDirty = false;
-        isUpdatingConnections = false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method prevents connection update from getting completed successfully by not settings connectionsDirty to
-     * false. This will trigger an connection update at the next Tick.
-     * <p>
-     * Only use this while executing updateConnections().
-     * <p>
-     * See this PR for more info: https://github.com/GTNewHorizons/EnderIO/pull/111
-     */
-    protected void needUpdateConnections() {
-        if (isUpdatingConnections) {
-            needUpdateConnections = true;
-        }
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/crazypants/enderio/conduit/me/MEConduit.java

@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ public class MEConduit extends AbstractConduit implements IMEConduit {
                     node = part.getGridNode();
                 }
                 if (node == null) {
-                    // The GridNode has not been initialized yet, let's try on the next Tick.
-                    needUpdateConnections();
+                    return !isDenseUltra();
                 }
             }
         } else if (te instanceof IGridHost) {