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Inserters don't interact with cargo bay (MR)
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:58 am
by i-make-robots
Cargo bay attached to a hub increases inventory of hub but does not contain any of the cargo and cannot be used as an extension of the hub container?
Cargo bay makes more cargo in hub but doesn't contain cargo? what?
Feels fishy, but only in a rare quality way.
Example: Purple flow does not work...
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This also does not work...?
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Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 8:03 am
by Rseding91
Thanks for the report. That is correct.
Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:49 pm
by i-make-robots
So is it broken or not? Cargo bay is for cargo. it extends cargo of hub. it's not a +size module.
Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:50 pm
by Rseding91
It is not broken. You can not use inserters to interact with the cargo bays. You can notice that when you go to build an inserter next to one it does not highlight the entity as a valid source or destination.
Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:08 pm
by 42atomys
Hi, that should be a nice to have feature to implement
Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 10:32 pm
by Rseding91
42atomys wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:08 pm
Hi, that should be a nice to have feature to implement
It is intended to not interact with inserters. It's not a lacking feature or a future to-do but a purposeful game design decision. If inserters could interact with them it would make for one big item teleporter on platforms.
Re: Cargo bay extends inventory but can't deliver?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 3:17 pm
by jdrexler75
Rseding91 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2024 10:32 pm
It is intended to not interact with inserters. It's not a lacking feature or a future to-do but a purposeful game design decision. If inserters could interact with them it would make for one big item teleporter on platforms.
It would be very helpful to have that crucial information in the item description at least. Since this behaviour is unlike every other storage item in the game. Granted we haven't had any storage extension items before, but finding this out just a little too late will be very annoying.