how exactly automations work?

[m007kuzya]

I turn on automation on planet and transfer minerals to shared pool. but nothing happens.
This planet has jobless and AI can build districts - but he is not build. I even turn on automation in sector - but still nothing happens.
I turn on automations in all my planets and sector, skip 1-2 year in fast time - and nothing happens in any of my planet. Everyveare i have jobless, homeless and etc. I have tons of resurs in sector and shared resurses - but AI don't build anything.

Is automation broken or how it must work?

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[Seaghauwn]

okay I am currently testing this now but first, do you have any mods enabled?

[m007kuzya]

Yes, i have few mods:
~ StarNet AI
Archaeology Story Pack
Extra Events Unoffical fix
At War: Better Admiral Experience
Stellaris Dashboard
T's Small Exhaust Trails
!!Universal Modifier Patch (3.0.*)
Russian Loc and GUI Fix by GEKS
Diverse Rooms
!!!Universal Resource Patch [2.4+]
Mod Menu
More Events Mod

[Seaghauwn]

Originally posted by m007kuzya:

Yes, i have few mods:
~ StarNet AI
Archaeology Story Pack
Extra Events Unoffical fix
At War: Better Admiral Experience
Stellaris Dashboard
T's Small Exhaust Trails
!!Universal Modifier Patch (3.0.*)
Russian Loc and GUI Fix by GEKS
Diverse Rooms
!!!Universal Resource Patch [2.4+]
Mod Menu
More Events Mod

hmmm, okay well I am playing vanilla and the sector AI as built according to what I wanted produced in the planet, it appear a mod is bugging the sector AI

[Terijian]

When trying to find the source of bugs, use this handy flow chart

Do you have mods installed? --------> Yes --------> its a mods fault

[Ryika]

It's a bit of a long shot, but as far as I know, there's a bug where automation does nothing if you're producing an energy deficit.

[m007kuzya]

Originally posted by Ryika:

It's a bit of a long shot, but as far as I know, there's a bug where automation does nothing if you're producing an energy deficit.

yes, you are right. When i change my energy income to positive value - AI begun to autobuild...
But... This is annoying... but this is paradox and how they works, ok.

Thank you!

[mss73055]

Automation is not bugged. It's not playing the game for you. In particular when it is the player running the empire into the ground.

Automation does not invest on its own. It takes resources to make the balance better. It will not use the resources to make even bigger red numbers.

If automation can not build anything suitable it will build nothing. Like when you have slaves all over the place while no buildings suitable for slaves can be constructed.

Also automation will not fix riots. If the planet is in disarray and revolution then automation will do no good.

The usual scenario in this forum is some authoritarian militarist maniac running his empire into the ground, then expecting automation to magically fix it.

[m007kuzya]

Originally posted by mss73055:

Automation is not bugged. It's not playing the game for you. In particular when it is the player running the empire into the ground.

Automation does not invest on its own. It takes resources to make the balance better. It will not use the resources to make even bigger red numbers.

If automation can not build anything suitable it will build nothing. Like when you have slaves all over the place while no buildings suitable for slaves can be constructed.

Also automation will not fix riots. If the planet is in disarray and revolution then automation will do no good.

The usual scenario in this forum is some authoritarian militarist maniac running his empire into the ground, then expecting automation to magically fix it.

Nowhere in game or tutorial are written, that automation need positive energy income.This is totally absolutely counterintuitively and useless. For buildings it is need only mineral in present. I have many minerals (more than 4k). In what reason automation must stop to produce buildings?Why only energy negative income prevent automations? Why not food or even mineral negative income stop automation? This is not what i expect from automation on. I order it to build buildigs, so it must build buildings if they have enough mineral. I not order them to "think". If i will see that my economy can be damaged by uncontrolled building - i will stop automations, and manualy repair economy.