Stellar extractor in freighter always empty

[GhostRat]

WTF Stellar extractor in freighter always empty

[Mr. Bufferlow]

The only way I have found that those work is if you leave your freighter in a specific system for at least 24 hours. I usually get the condensed metal full at that point.

Not sure exactly how it works, but from my limited experience, I think it starts filling the next in line for the next 24 hours and so forth until in theory they are all full. It could also matter what system you are in to get the gases. *

At least for me, I like to have the freighter nearby because the matter beam is just so useful. I rarely wait long enough to get beyond the first material full or at least slightly full.

* Edit: I have come back after taking several days off from playing to find most of them full or at least partly full which is why I believe they may fill in series in 24 hour periods.

[Shermyth]

It's very buggy. Some days they work. Some days they don't. Some days some of them work and others don't. Other days they all work. One thing that does seem to matter is actually opening the interface. If you don't open it, they never work.