[2.0.14] [macOS] Big mining drill mining very slowly

[bauerlaci]

UPDATE: This is not an issue. Big mining drills are still outputting at the expected speed but in stacks instead of single pieces because of related research. See comments for more details.

Big mining drills are mining much more slowly than expected. Previously they were working as expected. I'm attaching two saves: the first one called "Space Age Game 1 - 2024.11.03." where big mining drills seem to work correctly. The second one called "Space Age Game 1 - 2024.11.04." where they are working slowly. The issue seems to happen pretty consistently, even after reloading the save, restarting the whole game, etc. I checked that it's not due to low power in the network.

Attached screenshot: big mining drills not filling the red belt even with mining productivity +40%, so one big mining drill should mine 3.5 ore per second, 5 should be more than enough to fill one lane.

Attached screen recording: when selecting a big mining drill, the green bar seems to work at the expected speed. But it is visible that the big mining drill not actually outputs an ore every time the bar fills up.

I have no idea what have I done to trigger this behaviour. Between the two saves I was mostly working on a new space platform, doing research, not really interacted with mining drills, but I'll examine the two saves a bit more to hopefully find a way to trigger this.

[bauerlaci]

Adding log files as well

[Zanthra]

Big mining drill outputs stacks. Unlocked with stack inserter and upgraded with transport belt capacity.

[bauerlaci]

You are right, thanks for the clarification. I just wasn't used to that feature visually but yeah, the furnaces were still working at full capcity so should have checked more carefully.