Autocrafter collect algae/seaweed but it dont grow back again 30.10.22 old version!

[Ares]

You can build an autocrafter near the water and it can collect the algae next to it, but the algae dont grow again... Test it over an period of time, but it looks like the game dont check, that its gone. Test it on flat and deep water, but nothing change^^ Auto produce bacteria so dosnt work.

[akarnokd]

They regrow, but outside the range of the auto crafter.

[Ares]

But is it like that on purpose? i dont think so... why the autocollector can pick them, if they should not get in its range ? XD

[Banzai]

Originally posted by Ares:

But is it like that on purpose? i dont think so... why the autocollector can pick them, if they should not get in its range ? XD

Picking them by hand resets the spawn point properly, the autocrafter is probably grabbing them without properly resetting the spawner so it never regrows. I doubt it's intentional.

[akarnokd]

What auto collector? The mods are unlimited range.

Whenever an algae is picked up, another starts to grow at a random position around the grower. Since you can't place the crafter and grower onto each other, there will be always a zone that is unreachable and all grown algae will end up there.

[Ares]

@akarnokd they never grow in the range of the Autocollector... you build the algae grower and first time, a few grow in range, but they never respawn in range... and i have test it, you can build autocolletor all over the algae, they dont regrow in range XD dont know why, but think it is a bug O.o

[MrDammit]

I use this combo with no problems. My autocrafter is on a lake surface, on a platform in the middle of 4 seaweed beds with a lake water collector right next to the platform. I often grab the extra, unpicked algae for use elsewhere when I collect from the crafter but Iv'e had no troubles with it not producing, although its not very fast.

[Ares]

Did u test it over a longer time @MrDammit ? The first few where no Problem, but then it dosnt produce over hours... mhh maybe i will test it in a new savegame again...

[Anacro]

Same issue, AC doesn't pickup the algae up, got them plastered all around the AC.

[apolo00]

Guys in this version if you want your auto crafter to work just build algae tier 1 not 2 as i had the same problem, tier 1 range is smaller and it grow at the same speed if i remember corectly .

[avitous]

I never saw the autocrafter harvest algae at all in my current playthrough; the autocrafter wouldn't produce unless I placed a storage unit on the platform next to it and deposited harvested algae there for pickup by the autocrafter. An idea to help with this would be to either change the algae growers to automagically harvest algae and store a few in local storage for later pickup, or introduce a T3 algae grower that does autoharvest its crops and make them available to other automation.

UPDATE: Followed a suggestion earlier in this thread about using the T1 algae grower. Built a "pier" 3-4 foundations long stretching out over lake but close to water, build 3 T1 algae growers around the end, put the autocrafter on the foundation in the center of this cluster. 3 foundations long allows autocrafter range to include 1 or more ore extractors at the shoreline. Algae is indeed harvested, a lot of it is produced, and at this point I'm autocrafting so much of the different things I need I haven't had to go harvest algae by hand in a while. Works great.

[inthebag]

How to get your algae to regenerate:
1. Save Game
2. Quit Game.
3. Reenter Game.

All your algae will be picked up by your Auto-Crafter again. In fact, since the Auto-Crafter doesn't wait for the Algae to reach 100% maturity, your Auto-Crafter will immediately start processing all the Algae. And yes, you can quickly quit the game and reenter over and over again to process a ton of Algae very quickly (though that'd be a pretty lame way to play the game). I built an Algae farm with enough resources so that I don't have to think about closing and reopening the game. All my crafting of Bacteria Samples, Fertilizer, and Fertilizer T2 occur when I open my game and that's enough for my needs. I imagine this has happened to many people without them noticing and is likely why the responses to this thread seem inconsistent.

I believe that since the Auto-Crafter pulls the Algae before it reaches maturity, this somehow leaves behind an algae spawn point that is no longer able to grow. And since many of these spawn points still exist, the algae generator determines that it doesn't need to spawn any more algae spawn points. So basically, every time your Auto-Crafter pulls an algae, it leaves behind a dead algae spawn. Quitting and reentering the game deletes all of these dead algae spawns, and so the algae generator creates a bunch of new good algae spawns as you enter the game. This is why reentering the game works.

[Hitosura]

How to get your algae into automation:

#1. Don't use Auto-crafters. Move them out of range.
#2. Use your drones. Place a locker near the autocrafter and have it demand algae.

Enjoy.

[bwix]

I collect both ways, drones, and auto-crafter. For the auto-crafter, I extended a 2x2 building out over the lake , and then placed the algae generator and 2 water collectors in the water under the 2x2. The auto-crafter sees all of the algae and water, and creates bacteria automatically. I have the drones move the bacteria to storage.

[Wolf9]

Oh, please, this question is from last year. Different Algea grower behaviour and no drones these times.

[Calydor]

Great necro, though.