Metal Plating Refiner

[bozair]

I love this game, but having to click E on the metal plating icon to make metal plates is a boring chore, especially when I need hundreds of them. I'd love to see Hello games give us a Metal Plate refiner - a machine we could feed Ferrite Dust into and let it turn out Metal Plates by the dozens. Any chance of that ever happening???

[Sentient_Pickle]

i just buy them, they're relatively cheap and in pretty much every trade terminal or off of pilots in stations. I really only craft some when I fall short while out building a base but always keep a stash on my ship. It's possible they add the ability to chose a quantity to build, but don't see a dedicated refiner just for metal plating

[Guyver8]

yup, buy them ...less hassle, keep a few stacks on a 'dropship' (with other common building components) that you summon planetside when you need it ...or stuff a few stacks in your freighter

[bozair]

I've bought them but there never seems to be enough for sale. One storage thing costs 10 plates, and that adds up fast if your trying to build a major mining storage facility at a base. I just thought a plating refiner would be a neat add on to the other refiners.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by bozair:

I've bought them but there never seems to be enough for sale. One storage thing costs 10 plates, and that adds up fast if your trying to build a major mining storage facility at a base. I just thought a plating refiner would be a neat add on to the other refiners.

If you need more than you can buy, you are probably going for something too big. There is a base piece limit and an overall total parts limit. You have been warned, stay safe out there.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by bozair:

I love this game, but having to click E on the metal plating icon to make metal plates is a boring chore, especially when I need hundreds of them. I'd love to see Hello games give us a Metal Plate refiner - a machine we could feed Ferrite Dust into and let it turn out Metal Plates by the dozens. Any chance of that ever happening???

Instead of clicking "E" over and over, when you go to make a single one (from an empty inventory slot), use the keys to increase the quantity being made to however many you need first. You can then make all of them in one go.

[Creative Guy1]

Xaine's World has some Auto-Hotkey macros. One is if you hold shift+d it will rapidly increment the quantity as mentioned in Jaggid's post above.
Great for creating 100 x Glass used in building Stasis Devices.
For the technically minded, here is the Auto-Hotkey script code...
;~ Left Shift fast repeater D key ( for crafting)
<+d::
Send, +d
sleep 500
while GetKeyState("d", "P") {
Send, {d down}
SetKeyDelay, 18
Send, {d up}
SetKeyDelay, 18
}
return

[Zigamus Wizard]

There is a mod that provides instant crafting by holding the LMB or E I think, don't recall the name right now

[bozair]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by bozair:

I love this game, but having to click E on the metal plating icon to make metal plates is a boring chore, especially when I need hundreds of them. I'd love to see Hello games give us a Metal Plate refiner - a machine we could feed Ferrite Dust into and let it turn out Metal Plates by the dozens. Any chance of that ever happening???

Instead of clicking "E" over and over, when you go to make a single one (from an empty inventory slot), use the keys to increase the quantity being made to however many you need first. You can then make all of them in one go.

I think this solution wil work best for me, thanks. But I still think a metal plate refiner would be cool.

[Foxglovez]

Be aware that since a few patches ago there is diminishing returns on all farms. And it is strong nerf. Anything past saving maybe 10k gas or metal is not worth your while but you might want to test it for yourself. This is what made the activated indium farming come to a grinding halt for most of us. Timing of regen added insult to injury but it was probably overdue anyway. Units are so limited it was silly to have those farms bring in so much so quickly.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by bozair:

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Instead of clicking "E" over and over, when you go to make a single one (from an empty inventory slot), use the keys to increase the quantity being made to however many you need first. You can then make all of them in one go.

I think this solution wil work best for me, thanks. But I still think a metal plate refiner would be cool.

I agree with you. The game could do with several different kinds of manufacturing devices, imo. I know it's not 'needed', of course, it would just be nice.

[tkwoods]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by bozair:

I think this solution wil work best for me, thanks. But I still think a metal plate refiner would be cool.

I agree with you. The game could do with several different kinds of manufacturing devices, imo. I know it's not 'needed', of course, it would just be nice.

Maybe allow the player to pin the BP along with a quantity and have the plates made automatically as you mine the base materials.