[2.0.13] Logistic bots randomly "forget" what they are doing.
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:54 pm
I've had this happen multiple times to me since landing on Vulcanus where a logistic bot will be delivering an item to me (in this case a bulk inserter) then once reaching me it doesn't "deliver" the item and just floats there in place until it needs to recharge. Then it goes to a nearby roboport and recharges....then continues to just float there doing nothing. The logistic network still detects there is 1 active logistic bot but it refuses to do anything until I manually mine it.
Save attached. The bot in question is on vulcanus in the bottom left by my....disaster of a foundry setup.
Not entirely sure but I think what I'm doing when it happens is I'm placing bulk inserters and automatic restock deliveries occur but if I pick up one of the bulk inserters while a delivery is in transit (picked up but not delivered) the bot still delivers 2 of the 3 it was carrying and then just idles indefinitely holding on to that last bulk inserter instead of taking it back to storage or whatever.
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If I place down a bulk inserter so that I'm short of my logistic requests the idling bot holding the inserter is immediately dispatched to complete the delivery to me.
Save attached. The bot in question is on vulcanus in the bottom left by my....disaster of a foundry setup.
Not entirely sure but I think what I'm doing when it happens is I'm placing bulk inserters and automatic restock deliveries occur but if I pick up one of the bulk inserters while a delivery is in transit (picked up but not delivered) the bot still delivers 2 of the 3 it was carrying and then just idles indefinitely holding on to that last bulk inserter instead of taking it back to storage or whatever.
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If I place down a bulk inserter so that I'm short of my logistic requests the idling bot holding the inserter is immediately dispatched to complete the delivery to me.