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increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:44 pm
by ichVII
TL;DR
Uncap the output of pumpjacks

What ?
Increase the internal buffer in oil pumpjacks in order to make outputs of more then 100/cycle actually work.
Why ?
Outputs above 100/s can be created with vanilla map gen and the player is not informed about the restriction to 100/s in the game. This seems weird and inconsistent.

Re: increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:04 am
by TheoMarque
I agree. Now I using a mod to resolve this.

Re: increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:02 pm
by Bilka
The buffer was increased to 1000 fluid in 0.18.37.

This is an undocumented change, which is why I am replying to this old post instead of just moving it.

Re: increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:24 am
by Stargateur
Could this be a configurable property ? I need a way to output at least 1200 to simulate offshore pump. This is a hidden property even for modder :cry:

Re: increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:15 pm
by Bilka
Stargateur wrote:
Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:24 am
Could this be a configurable property ? I need a way to output at least 1200 to simulate offshore pump. This is a hidden property even for modder :cry:
It is a configurable property. All that 0.18.37 did was change the pumpjack's output fluid box base_area from 1 to 10. It can be increased further by mods.

Re: increase pumpjack buffer

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:13 pm
by Stargateur
damm I even read this doc but miss it https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/typ ... #base_area. For my defense I was search "buffer" and "fluid" keywords :p. Thanks a lot for the quick answer.