Active Provider Chests and Storage Chest (stupid robots)
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:12 pm
I'm having a weird issue when I'm transfering items between an active provider chest and storage chest. I'm using bots for everything, no belts... So when a train pulls in I have stack inserters load the items into active provider chests. I then have a big chunk of storage chests nearby that the robots dump the raw materials into (ores, coal, etc).
The problem I'm having is that if any space opens up in a storage chests (say 50 items... 1 stack) robots jump on it and try to cram 500+ items into the chest. Obviously they can't do that with the available space, so they just float there... above the chest... doing nothing... Why?
I tried to replicate the problem on a smaller scale.
I had 3 active provider chests, a roboport with 50 logistics robots and 1 storage chest. This also happens with 1 active provider chest I fill the storage chest, and put a few stacks in each provider chest Now I take out a stack And the little idiots just float there once the chest is filled. Is this intended? It's really annoying and the only way around it is by wasting lots space having passive provider chests going to requester chests with inserters into storage chests. Surely the bots can figure out how much space there is in storage and only grab that much...
The problem I'm having is that if any space opens up in a storage chests (say 50 items... 1 stack) robots jump on it and try to cram 500+ items into the chest. Obviously they can't do that with the available space, so they just float there... above the chest... doing nothing... Why?
I tried to replicate the problem on a smaller scale.
I had 3 active provider chests, a roboport with 50 logistics robots and 1 storage chest. This also happens with 1 active provider chest I fill the storage chest, and put a few stacks in each provider chest Now I take out a stack And the little idiots just float there once the chest is filled. Is this intended? It's really annoying and the only way around it is by wasting lots space having passive provider chests going to requester chests with inserters into storage chests. Surely the bots can figure out how much space there is in storage and only grab that much...