Mining Bots & Planets

[Damiani]

Hello Developer!
Great game.
I got to the Robot Mining drones and base, but -- there's some odd logic/issue with them actually doing their 'job' at the moment.

Now, it's possible I needed to create a tube (further down the tech tree though?) so they could fly across the Harpoon Anchor bridge, though not sure, but that makes using these drones pointless until that tech is learned.

I built an Assembler on my floating base, then a mine on the base, two drones swooped in, were on the two landing spots. All good. They ignored the coal on the planet I was docked with (did not move from mining station).

So, I went and built a new mine on the planet, with power, and no drones went from my floating base to the new mine, even after trying various attempts with the P (NPC Management button) and turning things on and off.

I didn't reload the game though-- that was a suggestion.

Is there a form of logic that should be followed? I'll try report this as a bug per your pinned message as well.

ps: Building new ship floor and structure pieces seems a 'wee' pricy, over all. Still enjoying the game though, nicely done. Bring on some alien threats!

[fierykilljoy]

just build a robot assembly on the planet and rip it down when your done its less hassle otherwise i think you need the full size connector (the one for astronauts) to send bots from your ship to the planet as i don't think the small one can do it.

[Dirtycocks]

Here's how they work:

1) You need to DOCK (not Harpoon Anchor, but DOCK).
2) You need to click them and ASSIGN them the now available planetoid as a station.

Basically, you need to tell them which station they belong to: your platform or the planetoid (once docked).

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid, and they start flying about searching for the resources you selected in the miner.

This way, you don't need any infrastructure to completely strip mine every planetoid and the same miners and same drones always remain in the same place on your platform. I believe this is how the game is meant to be played when it comes to mining drones since I've encountered resistance and things not working smoothly if I tried it any other way.

Everything you describe what you did is perfect - except one thing: you didn't dock, but instead used the harpoon anchor.

[GrazzMan]

Originally posted by Dirtycocks:

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid

Ok, If this works, im going to have to change my entire base and way of thinking.... going to be a long night now.

[Neoclue]

Originally posted by GrazzMan:

Originally posted by Dirtycocks:

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid

Ok, If this works, im going to have to change my entire base and way of thinking.... going to be a long night now.

If it makes you feel any better, I just learned last night you can drag planetoids around by docking them and just taking them with you instead of moving on. This is apparently? common knowledge. I like restarting anyways, so I will be restarting soon, just because.

[Tachyon]

Yep, my first couple of game sessions in any survival game are throwaways, just to learn the ropes. In my current game I'm going to drag my glorified asteroid over to one that has the new resources I need.

[SirSmokezALOT]

Originally posted by Dirtycocks:

Here's how they work:

1) You need to DOCK (not Harpoon Anchor, but DOCK).
2) You need to click them and ASSIGN them the now available planetoid as a station.

Basically, you need to tell them which station they belong to: your platform or the planetoid (once docked).

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid, and they start flying about searching for the resources you selected in the miner.

This way, you don't need any infrastructure to completely strip mine every planetoid and the same miners and same drones always remain in the same place on your platform. I believe this is how the game is meant to be played when it comes to mining drones since I've encountered resistance and things not working smoothly if I tried it any other way.

Everything you describe what you did is perfect - except one thing: you didn't dock, but instead used the harpoon anchor.

So people don't get confused and waste hours of their time attempting this, from everything i've read, watched, and attempted this isn't possible.
there's no way to get the mining bots/drones to function without building miners (building) on planetoids. Even the devs and "Experts" in the discord express that you "MUST" build miners on the planetoid.

Seems extremely ridiculous that they cannot cross the dock, mine ore, then return to the mining station to deposit, but that's the way it seems to work.

[Hakgova]

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

Originally posted by Dirtycocks:

Here's how they work:

1) You need to DOCK (not Harpoon Anchor, but DOCK).
2) You need to click them and ASSIGN them the now available planetoid as a station.

Basically, you need to tell them which station they belong to: your platform or the planetoid (once docked).

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid, and they start flying about searching for the resources you selected in the miner.

This way, you don't need any infrastructure to completely strip mine every planetoid and the same miners and same drones always remain in the same place on your platform. I believe this is how the game is meant to be played when it comes to mining drones since I've encountered resistance and things not working smoothly if I tried it any other way.

Everything you describe what you did is perfect - except one thing: you didn't dock, but instead used the harpoon anchor.

So people don't get confused and waste hours of their time attempting this, from everything i've read, watched, and attempted this isn't possible.
there's no way to get the mining bots/drones to function without building miners (building) on planetoids. Even the devs and "Experts" in the discord express that you "MUST" build miners on the planetoid.

Seems extremely ridiculous that they cannot cross the dock, mine ore, then return to the mining station to deposit, but that's the way it seems to work.

This is has my experience as well. I always have to build miners on the planetoid as they DO NOT migrate from my base to the planetoid when docked.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

Originally posted by Dirtycocks:

Here's how they work:

1) You need to DOCK (not Harpoon Anchor, but DOCK).
2) You need to click them and ASSIGN them the now available planetoid as a station.

Basically, you need to tell them which station they belong to: your platform or the planetoid (once docked).

The way to use them is this:
1) You build the miners ON YOUR PLATFORM not on the planetoid.
2) You fly around and dock with different planetoids
3) Once docked, you simply assign the bots to that planetoid, and they start flying about searching for the resources you selected in the miner.

This way, you don't need any infrastructure to completely strip mine every planetoid and the same miners and same drones always remain in the same place on your platform. I believe this is how the game is meant to be played when it comes to mining drones since I've encountered resistance and things not working smoothly if I tried it any other way.

Everything you describe what you did is perfect - except one thing: you didn't dock, but instead used the harpoon anchor.

So people don't get confused and waste hours of their time attempting this, from everything i've read, watched, and attempted this isn't possible.
there's no way to get the mining bots/drones to function without building miners (building) on planetoids. Even the devs and "Experts" in the discord express that you "MUST" build miners on the planetoid.

Seems extremely ridiculous that they cannot cross the dock, mine ore, then return to the mining station to deposit, but that's the way it seems to work.

Works as long as you have the big docking port on both objects.
Not with the small ones as mentioned. Used it earlier today.

[SirSmokezALOT]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Works as long as you have the big docking port on both objects.
Not with the small ones as mentioned. Used it earlier today.

Yes, the drones can move back and forth by assigning them to different areas, but you can't just build the miners(building) on your platform and get them to mine from the planetoid UNLESS you place miners(building) on the planetoid itself.

if we're talking about the same thing here, i'd love for you to share how you made this possible, because everything i've attempted failed to work. A breakdown of how you made it work, or a simple video even showing it would be great.

there seems to be some misconception about this being possible, the entire discord community included the devs say you MUST place the miner buildings on the planets themselves else the miners won't function.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Works as long as you have the big docking port on both objects.
Not with the small ones as mentioned. Used it earlier today.

Yes, the drones can move back and forth by assigning them to different areas, but you can't just build the miners(building) on your platform and get them to mine from the planetoid UNLESS you place miners(building) on the planetoid itself.

aaah yeah got you, yeah I assume you need the "drone base" or what we wanna call it there yeah.

[SirSmokezALOT]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

aaah yeah got you, yeah I assume you need the "drone base" or what we wanna call it there yeah.

yeah, it just seems silly to have to do that.
it takes building a whole setup on each planetoid until its stripped, tearing it all down,then doing it again on the next one.
when to me, it would be a lot simpler to just build the infrastructure on your base/platform and send them through the dock.

maybe i'm expecting too much? idk.. lol

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

aaah yeah got you, yeah I assume you need the "drone base" or what we wanna call it there yeah.

yeah, it just seems silly to have to do that.
it takes building a whole setup on each planetoid until its stripped, tearing it all down,then doing it again on the next one.
when to me, it would be a lot simpler to just build the infrastructure on your base/platform and send them through the dock.

maybe i'm expecting too much? idk.. lol

I kinda enjoy doing that to be fair, helps me get used to building mechanics and how to efficiently get a set up running.
Stays there for quite a while before stripped after all :)
But ofc matter of taste more than anything I do see your point for sure.

[Jeo]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

yeah, it just seems silly to have to do that.
it takes building a whole setup on each planetoid until its stripped, tearing it all down,then doing it again on the next one.
when to me, it would be a lot simpler to just build the infrastructure on your base/platform and send them through the dock.

maybe i'm expecting too much? idk.. lol

I kinda enjoy doing that to be fair, helps me get used to building mechanics and how to efficiently get a set up running.
Stays there for quite a while before stripped after all :)
But ofc matter of taste more than anything I do see your point for sure.

Personally I would love the thought of having a miner colony filled with hundreds of drones that I have roll up to a planet, strip it for all resources, and come back and dock with the main base to unload their haul.

It's a little sad that I can't come up with a way to do that aside from manually building out either a massive drone layout on each planet or more likely building giant miners.

[Hakgova]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Originally posted by SirSmokezALOT:

So people don't get confused and waste hours of their time attempting this, from everything i've read, watched, and attempted this isn't possible.
there's no way to get the mining bots/drones to function without building miners (building) on planetoids. Even the devs and "Experts" in the discord express that you "MUST" build miners on the planetoid.

Seems extremely ridiculous that they cannot cross the dock, mine ore, then return to the mining station to deposit, but that's the way it seems to work.

Works as long as you have the big docking port on both objects.
Not with the small ones as mentioned. Used it earlier today.

But you have to have the mining machine actually on the planetoid you wish to assign the miners to. You can make them back at your home base and then assign to a mining machine on the planetoid. You still need power and then if you wish to convey them off planetoid you have to do so through that astronaut bridge.

[saykiro]

I'm find with building the infrastructure on planet, but how to quickly transfer the mining drones? Seems to be one-by-one only using "astronauts" screen.