Restock SImulator

[ProfWollhoven]

So, maybe I'm a bit frustrated or I missed an important part somewhere, but after 50 hours this game feels like it was actually supposed to be another Supermarket Simulator. Don't get me wrong, up until I got the barn, everything was totally fine, but as soon as I hit the big facilities, the game changed in a drastic way for me. Instead of going around, delivering drugs to my dealers or selling them on my own, I'm now stuck to my phone, ordering ingredients for the mixers and restocking shelves. Am I doing something wrong? I can't use handlers to unload delivery trucks and the amount I can order, is enough for maybe 1 day.
Any advice?

[Trust]

I have 60hrs played and currently around $900k net worth. This is what my gameplay is like as well. I do a limited amount of deliveries during the "day" and head back to the warehouse around early evening and start my re-stocking activities.

[Oragepoilu]

While I haven't tested it yet, there is a mod that let the small shelve be resupplied by worker. They supposedly buy items back once they deplete a stack.
Might be worth checking it out, since it's clearly the most annoying thing right now when you expand and try mixing.

[My Name Is Mud]

You can re-stock everyday or you could stop selling for a couple days and get your supply up.

[Zexwy]

Originally posted by ProfWollhoven:

So, maybe I'm a bit frustrated or I missed an important part somewhere, but after 50 hours this game feels like it was actually supposed to be another Supermarket Simulator. Don't get me wrong, up until I got the barn, everything was totally fine, but as soon as I hit the big facilities, the game changed in a drastic way for me. Instead of going around, delivering drugs to my dealers or selling them on my own, I'm now stuck to my phone, ordering ingredients for the mixers and restocking shelves. Am I doing something wrong? I can't use handlers to unload delivery trucks and the amount I can order, is enough for maybe 1 day.
Any advice?

Make reg coke into bricks and mix it later in big batches

[careface]

There really needs to be a way to save how you stock the shelf and then either the handlers get deliveries in and place them in their slot or they add a shop runner worker who'll do it for you, make him super expensive to make up for it or something

[DJ ShadowBlade]

Go back to doing things manually you don't HAVE to use workers you don't NEED to make product every day, I agree that that's what the game turns into but it's up to you how you play.

also remember this is early access there's a LOT of content planned for the future go find their content road map

[Amithus]

It's almost like it's a single dev that launched an early access game for $20. Make a new save and start over or check back when there's been more content added. I'd say you got your $20 worth after 60+ hours. He's got a pretty legit roadmap, should be a good game once he's had time to develop more. I'm sure the dude never thought it would blow up like this.

[Guts]

Stop mixing 8 times for one product, and you won't have this issue, With an automated barn you could be making all the money in the game, without mixing at all. I use a 4 step mix to increase addictiveness, but more steps is a waste of time. I restock once a day and get 400+ meth. I don't need to make more product that I can't sell.

[Sir Kepi]

I have the barn and just unlocked the ability to deal cocaine. That's the main thing I deal now (meth being a backup) and I've switched my entire weed op at the Bungalow to growing/mixing a strain that basically turns me into Spider Man when I'm dealing at night. Now I occasionally restock during the day, package a few things in the evening, then grab the Spider Man weed and deal during curfew, leaping all over the map like a radioactive, Addy-addicted jackrabbit, pushing around a dozen deals every night minimum. It's great.

[Cryha]

With all the restocking I need some mules to go and launder my money and deliver to my dealers... So each day isnt 5 hours long irl also only 8 slots per shelf is way too small... Should be atleast 20 or add a auto restock option

[Shaitan]

Agreed. Dev needs to look into QoL updates to reduce the restock grind.
- Past Orders tab on phone (*click* reordered and on its way!)
- Delivery Hauler: Employee who can auto-sort deliveries onto shelves
- Delivery Driver: Employee who can transport goods between properties

Otherwise you're ultimately better off just growing Weed or Cocaine with a single mix to get 100% addiction, and do nothing else. Make lots of money and have minimal restocking grind.

[Riacs]

They Should Add a desk OR an Ipad to have automatic deliveries when assigned to a "Manager" Or something like that. :>

[[HTP]Oxidized]

You're correct, but that's one of the things that's been on the roadmap since it came out already.

Devs have had planned since long ago that a logistics and transport type of worker to move things between facilities were needed. They just aren't in the game yet.

Honestly, I think this should be in the first big content update as it would completely change the current lategame loop into something much more fun.

[Maddriver]

KingPin XII .. not mixing more then 4. And yes half of the day is doing orders. I have the bungalow/warehous/Barn(for stocking up coke in bricks). So i also hope he gets this right.. but then.. at this point in the game.. what else would You be doing with the current content... Love the game

[ʕგҚვֆ]

Yeah that's basically what my lategame loop was too, taking a break until new content. I think that's just what happens with EA games, lategame is always pretty hollow feeling with no end goal and just endless grind, but DJ ShadowBlade has a great point, you can just play however you want since there's really no opposition or upkeep to what you do, like early on I wanted to try out mixing and didn't want to deal with orders at the same time so I just unlisted everything and tested out mixing for a few days, no harm done. Super fun game but yeah lategame QoL is a definitely lacking as expected