Dumb drones?

[Okies]

Anyone else having a problem with drones NOT finishing a building that I've set on HIGH priority, even if I have AMPLE resources... Instead they rather haul regolith on the ground that I've set on LOW priority?

[Keldrath]

Their AI is frustratingly dumb yeah there's numerous issues with them sometimes you have to save and reload the game to fix their AI and get them to move to what you want. Thing is they'll pick a task and like nothing can stop them or distract them from that task til it's finished and for whatever reason they ALL have to do that task they can't prioritize at all and do multiple things at once like some doing one thing while others do other things. Even with simple tasks like mining their behavior is entirely illogical, sure they'll focus certain tasks with priority settings but say you have a big square around your base for them to mine out and its all the same color they'll go to one random corner and mine one cell then randomly pick another cell to mine anywhere one the map and just run to the other corner to mine out the next cell then run to another corner and mine out another cell they can't even they can't even just pick the cells nearby where they are already mining they jump all over the place randomly.

There's still a long way to go with them it can be very frustrating watching stuff just not get done even when you tell them to do it with priorities

[OKOK]

Not sure the priority is working.

[Demonocolips]

there seems to be a glitch with building right now. there is some sort of building priority list and sometimes it gets hung up on a certain task and only when you cancel that one building will they go back to actually building. its only happened a couple times for me but i need to cancel a building task or two for them to actually start building again.
priority does work but this glitch seems to supercede it.

[Okies]

I've experienced that ALL drones gets stuck, and you have to save and reload to unstuck them.

I've noticed that the drones have a "priority list" they follow and whatever priorities you set affects new orders, not existing ones... Like say you start building a large building like the logistics hub... Then you are low on power.... You build more batteries and solar panels.... And production is grinding to a standstill because machines are breaking down because they need repairs...

Even if you set the logistics hub to LOW priority, and everything else on high.... They'll still insist on transporting a vast number of resources to the hub before anything else because that's above the rest on the list.

I wish there was a task manager to the drones too in addition to the crew. Like I want repairs to be the highest priority, or let me assign drones for special tasks.... I have 5 hauler drones for hauling.... I don't need my normal drones to haul regolith from the ground when things needs building.... That's why I have the hauler drones dang it!

[DarkBlueAgent]

It sounds like a very rough early access release that really tests your patience. I've been reading the forums since yesterday. I might wait sometime before considering buying.

[JeanDeaux]

Pathing for drones is also very wasteful. When I mark a large area for mining/drilling, they'll drill one spot and then move to the opposite side to make the next drill, repeat. They could have mined several sections already had they just stayed where they were and mined an adjacent spot vs spending all that time travelling.

[Schobbob]

I'm not sure priorities work at all, the drones just seem to do whatever they want, sometimes i had to wait a long time for all other tasks to be done for the drones to actually do the one "high priority" task

[OKOK]

What is required is an explanation on drone logic.
Notice hauling drone prefer pickup fallen regolith to brick factory instead of to landing pad.
Maybe it trying to prevent factory to go idle.

Is prevent factory idle the top priority?

[Taddy Mason]

i'm also having this issue with drones refusing to do anything other than haul regolith. i have things i want and need them to build and plenty of resources for them to do it, but they just keep hauling regolith. saving and reloading it seems to fix it for a moment or two, but then they go right back to picking up the regolith-even if i have the brick factory turned off and not even running.

[Keldrath]

Originally posted by Taddy Mason:

i'm also having this issue with drones refusing to do anything other than haul regolith. i have things i want and need them to build and plenty of resources for them to do it, but they just keep hauling regolith. saving and reloading it seems to fix it for a moment or two, but then they go right back to picking up the regolith-even if i have the brick factory turned off and not even running.

One thing I can suggest to stop them from focusing on regolith is you can disable the regolith storage by disallowing drone supply. If they have no place to bring the regolith to they will just ignore it and leave it on the floor. The biggest issues seem to be with the expedition center it just supersedes everything and hauling drones can’t even interact with it and there’s no way to disallow drones on it.