I spent too much time trying to figure out why my research was slow even when every lab had the "working status". It turns out it had a tiny bottle neck with white science because the inserter wasnt keeping up. The working status should not have been solid working every tick when the lab was not working every tick.
What happened?
The lab status was "Working" even when the lab was not processing recipes for a couple ticks at very fast lab speed. The inaccurate working status caused me issues. The white science slot in the lab is constantly full with 1 visually even though for at least a few ticks there is not a white science in the lab, causing bottleneck.
What did you expect to happen instead? It might be obvious to you, but do it anyway!
I expect the status to not be constantly "Working" if the lab is bottle necked. I also expect the white science to be missing from the slot if there is a white science bottle neck (which there is).
Does it happen always, once, or sometimes?
All the time (at least with very very fast crafting speed labs). I have attached a screen shot of my science production after i fixed the bottle neck to prove the bottle neck existed.
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Please either make the working display accurate or give the labs a processing speed stat in the description like every other machine has so that I don't have to rely on the working status. I have heard of other people running into the same issue.
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