Storage drone range

[Moyocoya]

It seems that storage drones have a very short range of action, a few paces away from the pod, that is they work in my base and just around it.
Is there any way to make them work further away from the base and be helpfull for gathering resources at some distance ? Because they are too they're too expensive just to tidy things up a bit in the house and the garden...

[flo125]

drones are sometimes a mystery for me too. letting them time to realize that there is a new ressource is sometimes needed. But not enough sometimes.
i give ex for carbon from scorpions nest: after mining, rarely drones go hold, but usually i have 2 solutions to initialize the work: 1. i select a drone and make him move till the place, then i make it free, he starts to collect carbon and will continue till the end.
2. i can start a building that needs carbon, that makes it move, but he will hold first the nearest ressource, needs micromanagement sometimes. if the ressource is needed somewhere drone will hold it.
.. and sometimes he starts to collect a ressource but stops for some unknown reason and go to his spot and stops working. do drones have a planning? or energy autonomy and need to reload electricity?

[Moyocoya]

Originally posted by flo125:

1. i select a drone and make him move till the place, then i make it free, he starts to collect carbon and will continue till the end.

I did not even noticed one can move it In fact I tried but did not find how to do it... Moyocoya <- idiot

[Flin Fredstone]

In my current game i have 5 harvester bots and 6 or 7 delivery drones for now.
I have removed mining, salvaging and delivery from all my survivors and the mechies take care of it. No need for my people to travel long a** distances to mine and haul.

[jamesglen7]

The OP seems to be describing a camp management area. My drone goes long haul when I want but I also keep it maintained. You need a good power grid to keep your drone functional. I need to experiment with camp management as I've never used it.

[Moyocoya]

I am sorry, but I ask again, I am not sure I understand you : do storage drones have a maximum range ?

[Flin Fredstone]

When set to global they don't. They can fetch stuff on the other side of the map. But depending how busy delivery tasks are in your camp they might need a manual order.

[Treveri]

Originally posted by jamesglen7:

The OP seems to be describing a camp management area. My drone goes long haul when I want but I also keep it maintained. You need a good power grid to keep your drone functional. I need to experiment with camp management as I've never used it.

I think you nailed it.