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Is there any way to prevent a rocket silo from auto launching when filled with cargo that is requested by platforms? I though that was what the "Automatic requests from space platforms" was about, but it seems that only prevents if from requesting from the logistic network. If I manually put stuff in, it will gladly launch any way.

The usecase here is I have a request from my promethium science platform that wants 100 biter eggs. I have a manuall silo I want to fill with 200 eggs to be sent to an other platform (heading to Gleba to pruduce some soil), but as soon as I have 100 eggs in the silo the rocket goes flying.

Not really. If there is an active orbital request it's gonna be fulfilled with anything that's available, including from silos that are not filled automatically. Silos that are not part of a bot network still operate automatically, they are just not filled by bots from logistic network. It would be great to have a platform restriction option on silos, but it's not currently in the game.

The workaround I've been using is to have a platform specific unfullfilable request (like quality burner inserter, something that doesn't exist), which is used to detect which platform it is and move items only when this request is present. But it can still fire when both platforms are in the orbit.