Bot Exclusion Zones

[KeyCollector]

I'd like to suggest a tool for marking chunks as restricted zones for logistic robots, preventing them from flying over dangerous areas. For example, in Fulgora, robots often take the shortest path across a U-shaped zone covered with lightning rods, only to get struck by lightning. Similarly, on Nauvis, they might fly over enemy nests and get attacked. I’ve added a screenshot of Fulgora to demonstrate this. With this tool, you could redirect the robots to safer paths, ensuring their protection.

[Koub]

[Koub] Merged into an older thread with the same suggestion.

[Tinyboss]

What is your attrition rate? Is it significant for a base like that?

[KeyCollector]

What is your attrition rate? Is it significant for a base like that?

What do you mean with "attrition rate"?

[Tinyboss]

What is your attrition rate? Is it significant for a base like that?

What do you mean with "attrition rate"?

How many bots are you losing per hour?

[KeyCollector]

at 1000 logistic robots working, I lose 500 to 600 per hour. Assembler is crafting new bots until there are 1000 in the network.

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[stormtrap]

TL;DR

Can we get a feature to implement drawable no fly zones for robots?

What?

A feature where you can draw an area where the robots will not fly through, they will have to find a path around the NFZ (No Fly Zone). Alternatively you could setup a safe fly zone where your drones either have to fly through or will prefer to fly through.

Example image 1;

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In this image is a space between my main base and a copper mine, there's an iron mine far north from there too. but if I could tell my bots to not fly where the bugs keep spawning then i could avoid deaths.

Example image 2;

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This is the base in Fulgora. Fairly often, logistic bots will fly over the oil lakes which cant be protected without foundation (which I'm far from) and will be struck and killed by lightning. The green line is a pretty common path over the lake they take.

Why?

On Fulgora and Nauvus (not sure about other planets, haven't been that far yet), I find that I get unnecessary robot deaths from either the lighting storms or the aliens. These deaths would be avoidable if either the bots would follow paths from the roboports or if players could set up No Fly Zone's.

[crimsonarmy]

Rseding91 mentioned in another post on something similar that this won't happen for performance reasons.

Would be a better solution to force bots to follow roboports during travel? Like if there is a port nearby then that area is considered safe and being allowed for bots to fly over. In other words to disallow bots to make shortcuts through areas without logistic/construction coverage.

That is also not going to happen for performance reasons. Robots don’t do any path finding - they move directly towards their target.

[Stargateur]

not going to happen ever.

[Koub]

[Koub] Merged into an older thread with the same suggestion.