how to automate picking up ore?

[Guitarpunkmasta]

hi 3 of my characters have big backpacks i want them to mine the ore and then put it in their backpack is that possible?

[Morkonan]

When they mine the ore, it stays in the node until it is picked up. (Until you order it or they autohaul it to your Storage.)

IF you have built Storage for it, they will automatically pick up the ore they have mined and then will take it to your storage for it.

If you don't have such storage, the ore will stay there until you transfer it to their pack. (Typically, five ore (copper or iron) will fill up an ore node.)

Note: It has to be a storage type that is designed for that ore. So, "Storage:Ore" is for Iron, "Copper Storage" is for copper ore. (I don't know why they didn't fix the naming convention there.)

They will also automatically haul ore/material to a machine that can accept it and put it in the machine when the space is available. ie: They will put copper ore into a Electronics Bench too, even while it's being used by a crafter.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

there is no way to autohaul it only into your backpack
only to proper storage.

[Guitarpunkmasta]

ok thanks cool game i love it

[sq33k]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

IF you have built Storage for it, they will automatically pick up the ore they have mined and then will take it to your storage for it.

Yeah... I remember when mine used to do that too.

[Me]

If you mine ore close to a town, like say Hub, you can rebuild the house next to the bar, put in ore storage, shift-right click on the storage container, and they will auto haul there.

Additionally, if you use a node that is too far from town to do that, you can build ore storage near the ore node, shift-right click it, and they will auto-fill it. Then you unload it onto your pack beast of choice and haul it to town. The game will however consider your ore storage here an outpost and visit it accordingly.