65535 max slots on a ship?

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65535 max slots on a ship?

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Hi, whenever i try to make a huge ship, if i add more than 1.3 k storages number shows still 65535k slots (promethium ship ofc) .. is this real or just the number doesn't grow, but actual slots do if i add more storages...i cannot test this as im halfway i building the ship yet.

and, one more q:
is it a tremenduous loss in FPS / UPS if i use the holy "underground belts stacker" method?

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The 65535 is a limitation of how this piece of the game was programmed. The developers chose to use a type variable for this number that has a maximum of 65535: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65,535
You'll also see this limitation when you look at the total number of missing items needed for the bots to build stuff, too.
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so , i can actually can have more slots yes? but game wont "show" them in the total
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Eternal wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:22 pm so , i can actually can have more slots yes? but game wont "show" them in the total
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thank you !!, i really didnt wanna finish the ship and reach the prometeum rocks and find half of ship is not actually real slots :)))
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Eternal wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:22 pm so , i can actually can have more slots yes? but game wont "show" them in the total
No, it maxes out at 65535 slots. You can build more cargo bays but it will not make the inventory bigger.
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Oh geez, I'm sorry about that! Thanks for correcting me.
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Rseding91 wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:31 pm
Eternal wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:22 pm so , i can actually can have more slots yes? but game wont "show" them in the total
No, it maxes out at 65535 slots. You can build more cargo bays but it will not make the inventory bigger.
Thanks, just noticed myself aswell and came here to provide feedback, oh well, gotta cut 3/4 of ma giant ship then :D:D
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Eternal wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:14 pm and, one more q:
is it a tremenduous loss in FPS / UPS if i use the holy "underground belts stacker" method?
Shouldn't be.
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