[2.0.76] Space platform requests with maximum sometimes drop items on the wrong planet

Things that has been reported already before.
jpicone
Manual Inserter
Manual Inserter
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:44 am
Contact:

[2.0.76] Space platform requests with maximum sometimes drop items on the wrong planet

Post by jpicone »

I have a number of space platforms with a section requesting 0 depleted uranium fuel cells with a maximum of 0 depleted uranium fuel cells, from Nauvis - see image Image.

I'm finding that inconsistently these ships are dropping their used fuel cells on other planets they are visiting. There's no apparent pattern where they're dropping them; i've seen them dropped on Fulgora, Gleba, and Aquilo. I've got at least one of these ships going to every planet, but only one going to vulcanus, so maybe it's just gotten lucky so far. The cargo bays on these planets are not requesting used fuel cells. I've caught ships with used fuel cells in the to-drop list while travelling between planets (see attachement Image); when this happens I can't get the fuel cell back in the inventory by clicking on it the same way you can if you drop other items.

I have no mods enabled; just Space Age / Quality / Elevated Rails. I've got platforms just hanging around planets with this setup with depleted uranium fuel cells not dropping them; this behaviour is inconsistent.

My expected behaviour is that that configuration would result in platforms dropping all their used fuel cells when they're at Nauvis, and hanging on to them otherwise.
Attachments
20260412215122_1.jpg
20260412215122_1.jpg (534.1 KiB) Viewed 159 times
20260412214329_1.jpg
20260412214329_1.jpg (546.33 KiB) Viewed 159 times
Genhis
Factorio Staff
Factorio Staff
Posts: 924
Joined: Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:19 am
Contact:

Re: [2.0.76] Space platform requests with maximum sometimes drop items on the wrong planet

Post by Genhis »

Thanks for the report. I think this is a duplicate of 129341 and 123347.
jpicone
Manual Inserter
Manual Inserter
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:44 am
Contact:

Re: [2.0.76] Space platform requests with maximum sometimes drop items on the wrong planet

Post by jpicone »

It does seem like a similar issue to what 123347 was seeing.

I don't think this can possibly be working as intended. It neither behaves like the drop order is planet agnostic nor does it respect the planet; it's halfway in the middle, where it respects the planet except for a tiny window sometimes when it's leaving a planet. That's super weird! Either it should respect the planet or it shouldn't (but in the latter case why is the option to specify a planet even there?)
Post Reply

Return to “Duplicates”