not enough resources

[John Helldiver]

ive had 2 runs of the story that were literally unplayable as all the ore you start with ran out and there was only water underground, this leave you with only the MDR to attempt to complete the laser mission which requires incredible amounts of resources with a very limited timeline.

[resonance]

What do you mean "it ran out"? I have two deposits that are depleted but the extractors on them still produce regolith at full speed.

[DarkDestroyer]

Originally posted by resonance:

What do you mean "it ran out"? I have two deposits that are depleted but the extractors on them still produce regolith at full speed.

Not me. I have 6 deposits now that have run out and produce nothing at all. Dismantle the extractor and there is nothing there anymore.

[Tekcruzer]

Originally posted by DarkDestroyer:

Originally posted by resonance:

What do you mean "it ran out"? I have two deposits that are depleted but the extractors on them still produce regolith at full speed.

Not me. I have 6 deposits now that have run out and produce nothing at all. Dismantle the extractor and there is nothing there anymore.

What is a precise way of knowing whether its empty from the info box for the extractor?

[Schobbob]

usually when extractors are empty they complain about having no power lol

[resonance]

Why would I dismantle the extractor when it is still producing for me? To tell if it is there anymore or not, just enter mining mode. It will no longer show the deposit tag. If there is still one there you can check how much is left by hovering on it.

[The Illusion]

Id agree, but not for the same reasons. I got the MDR early on, before the laser mission. The issue is not the MDR nor the normal resources. Its the amount of time to complete vs the amount of time to produce. You can buy small amounts on the market. But this project needs thousands of the target resources. Most stages need 1000+ carbon fiber. You can buy at most 300 per cargo container at ~200K at its lowest (at least that I have so far seen). The game is very much in a place where making things is slower than your requirement of them.

How I would like to see this entire issue fixed is by changing how colonists work (they should remove the need for CPU from assigned buildings), make things cheaper to build, add an option to build power and belts with resources only, add more prompts and goals before the laser mission to ensure the player has the production and storage to actually finish the mission and maybe make it possible to add your own contracts to the list that other AI companies could fill (this last one would be amazing honestly).

[NNTorro]

Originally posted by Schobbob:

usually when extractors are empty they complain about having no power lol

Originally posted by Schobbob:

usually when extractors are empty they complain about having no power lol

press CTRL to display the resources on the screen. Hover your cursor and see how many resources are left in the mine or miner

[JeanDeaux]

The sounds more like poor resource management more so than a bug.

[Nexus]

Originally posted by Schobbob:

usually when extractors are empty they complain about having no power lol

You have to mouse over the resource node your extractor is covering to get the total quantity, but your right if it is empty it just says no power, there is no indicator as to what is left on the extractor itself which is odd.