"Code for rush mode doesn't get applied in practice...", that's hilarious. It works as expected now though. Thanks for your help steveman0.

Double checked and found the code for rush mode doesn't get applied in practice in vanilla code. I've updated the mod to match the real values used so it should match properly now.

Odd... I copied the code as is. Will verify.

I just gave it a quick test, and now the crafter is runnning with a 3.8s cycle time when feed by the ms manufacture and 7.3s from a hopper. I guess that is 1/8th of regular time instead of 1/4. Not that I'm complaining.

I found the issue. The GAC separately updates the timer for difficulty after the fact. I've copied this to the mod code and pushed a new release so now the timers should match regardless of settings.

Err wait... rush mode... might be the time reduction for that is handled independently in the GAC. I might need to add a hook for that calculation.

I'll have a look. I can only guess there's some recipe confusion in the xml because I rely on the machine's configuration.

Definately not the feed rate... the mass storage has 1500 plates in it. I actually watched the crafter info while it was working and the countdown started at 30s and went down to zero when using the ms manufacter but started at 7ish and went down to zero for the hopper. I also watched the two side by side and the hopper system produced multiple housings during a single cycle of ms manufacturer.

Are you sure it's not just the rate at which you're providing the resources? The manufacturer doesn't do anything specific to the crafting time, it just initiates the crafting cycle.

Just found a odd bug. Playing in rush mod, linux build. My titanium housing crafters take 30s to do a production cycle when feed with a mk3 MS manufacturer, but 7ish seconds when feed with a hopper. In retrospect, I think that this may also have affected my Hiemal block assemblers as well as they had quite poor throughput when I was building the magmabore.

No plans. Don't consider it necessary. Anything requiring that high volume should just get direct connects.

This mod is absolutely fantastic! I just have to wonder if there's an I/O port version (don't have those unlocked yet). If not, that would be the only thing on my feature wishlist.

Fair enough. Thanks for all your hard work on all the mods and Freight by the way.

In principle yes, but how would that be different from just using an output port set to the ore type? There's no complex balancing of ingredient types so the gains of that is trivial for the amount of work it'd take. I don't have free time to tackle that over other priorities.

Hey! Random question, Would it me possible to have this support Ore Smelters by any chance? Potentially leveraging a UI like the research pod assemblers?

In theory yes, in practice time is my limiting factor. :(

Could you have the user choose a recipe like with research assemblers?

Oh yeah, I think someone mentioned that it doesn't work well with multi-input recipes. I haven't had time to look into a way to fix that unfortunately.

Found a bug when connecting the Mass Storage Manufacturer to an Organic Reassembler. Instead of feeding materials to the reassembler when it has pulled 10 of one of them from mass storage, it feeds materials to the reassembler after it has pulled 10 of ALL of them from mass storage and apparently feeds 10 of each type into the reassembler at once. Haven't yet finished a cycle to find out if it uses them all up in one pass, or if it runs multiple cycles on this overstock.

That's OK, just wanted to bring your attention to it. I really like your mods. Haven't played with them all yet though.

I have a note to look into this. Unfortunately a bit busy with the freighter merger right now. Sorry!

It seems to no longer work with the lab or research assemblers. I have restarted the world, replaced the machines, reset their settings, everything I can think of. I'm using the tier 1 versions and the items are in storage yet the Manufacturer Ports all show no plates in storage.

I don't understand what you are asking? What does mass storage inventory have to do with this?

i can in the display of the mass storage open the configuration menu but cannot change any settings in that pop up menu any help with key i have pressed every key on my keyboard, and this is how i use to set the quantities in the mass storage

Edit: That was not the issue steve, messaged you in the FCE discord

Thank you for confirming the recipes Steveman0.

There are a few conversion recipes to make upgrading easier. The vanilla recipe has not been changed however.

Hi Steveman0. Just wanna check to make sure the recipes are right and I haven't borked something. Should Mass Storage Output ports require the Manufacturer MK1 to craft with this mod enabled?

Your comment is much appreciated. I did indeed want the GAC support to be generic so all mod GACs are supported just the same. Glad you are taking advantage of it!

I just want to report that this is working fine with other GAC mods, like simtropbuggi's new Advanced GACs mod:

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=956706389

Not every message should be a bug report! :P Thanks!

I believe that's a GAC like any other. Would need to look into it but I don't have a clear idea why that would be a problem.

It currently doesnt seem to feed the lens polisher despite detecting ingredients and fetching (some of )them

Correct, it'd be a bit cheaty if it did.

It doesn't seems to work with organic reassembler.

Don't feed them to all one plant. Give each port its own plant. As with everything else in this game, if one isn't enough, build more.

"just use more manufacturers"

It does not work. For example, i want to craft 10 mass storage port. it require 20 basic port.

I builded 2 mk3 manufacturer.

One manufacturer drone gets all 20 items, and then only this drone can feed manufacturing plant. Second just stay on base.

Looks like manufacturing plant cant take one type of items from one drone port, and another from another. Only all the entire set at once.


It seems to have to rebuild my factory.

One trick I found is to place the ports on the interior of the mass storage array. A port that is feeding off the storage and right back into it to stock can be mixed in the center somewhere, it doesn't need to be on the exterior. You can easily place a half dozen in that system surrounded by additional storage to link everything.

The parts are being distributed over a fairly large area there so the distances the drones will have to go is pretty far. For high volumes I aim to deliver everything within about 3-5m. I can do this more easily by using my freight system where all the items are delivered around the station. If you don't want to compact it down to that size then just use more manufacturers. It shouldn't take more than a few to keep up with the volumes of even realatively commonly used machines.

The thing to remember is that these will run continuously. It might seem slow at first because you really want a few right away but once you've got a buffer built up you'll never even think about it after that. I tend to keep a sizable buffer of machines on hand since there's basically no cost for extra storage up to what a full mass storage crate can store (aside from the continual drain on production until it fills).

http://i.imgur.com/qh4uL5w.png
At screenshot a factory which which simplifies the construction of complex items. For example, i can automate crafting of 20 basic input storage for i/o port.
But even mk3 manufacturer delivers parts too slow.

"Don't make such a large storage?"
Can you advice how to resolve this?

Don't make such a large storage? Part of the idea of my mods is to make managing manufacturing in specialized systems much easier because it's a bad thing from a technical point of view to encourage large storages. Small ones are far more efficient. If your system is too slow consider breaking down your storage into several smaller ones devoted to a particular task.

I've never had an issue with the ports being too slow. Even in my already oversized storage I only run at most two ports in parallel for high volume goods. That has been plenty if I maintain an appropriate stock level to absorb periods of high demand. You can also consider where goods are in storage to minimize drone travel distance. My highest throughput ports are kept close to the source ingredients to maximize speed.

Hello. can you add i/o manufacturer? (and stockpiler maybe).
mk3 manufacturer flies too slow when storage area is large.

Although... I may want to disable that case anyway since it's kinda cheaty to bypass the cryohoppers as this trivializes reassembling on the surface... I'll investigate adding it for other machines though. I'm not sure what else uses optional ingredients though.

Ahh, it might not handle optional ingredients properly. I'll have to check how that's handled to see if I can mimic it.

I've noticed that the Mass Storage Manufacturer fails to work with the Organic Reassembler despite it being able to detect the recipes for it and pull items from mass storage, it appears that the ORs refuse to accept the items from the local inventory of the MS Manufacturer

Ahh, that's what I needed. I had not reated a Basic Output port yet. Until this mod Mass storage was next to useless.

For which tier? The basics are just the vanilla output port and PCBs I think.

For some reason I have Unknown Material and cannot craft this, Any idea what I am missing?

Err that's the mass storage crate function that's erroring out! Not sure what would make that different in multiplayer. If you could get me the log maybe it would have more clues but it may be partly a vanilla bug.

On latest beta: https://images-na.curseapp.net/1c36ccbd-a918-43d9-9108-d5763f204907/console-error.jpeg

Network clients seem to see some wanings mentioning the MS Manufacturer, but don't see them on host.