Construction queue stuck until any UI action

[sneakyfildy]

I am producing Energy Bars right from Vegetables, smart crafting system allows to skip the crafting of Plant Protein.
Everything is fine until you go to sleep in a tent (I've just started playing Empyrion on that "hard" desert planet and my every day is gathering vegetables) OR until you go far (700m+) away from crafting device.
When it's stuck a queue is not moving, crafting is not being executing. To "fix" that I need to do something in crafting UI - click somewhere, drag an item into inventory, add an item from inventory into a crafting. That's weird and it significately distrurbs me since crafting times are not "immediate" so it is important for crafting to go on while you leave it and go do your things.

Crafting is stopping at "random" quantity of items already produced - 6 or 11 for energy bars, I dunno how it can conflict with other stacks of same item.

p.s. Version is "current", I dunno - Alpha 8? I've just bought the game.

[NimrodX]

Does it happen on an HV with the mobile constructor? This might be an intended limitation of the portable constructor, though with some UI jank. I don't think I've seen it happen with other constructors.

[sneakyfildy]

Nope, it's just a portable constructor on a ground. It doesn't use any power source, so it's unlikely caused by power outage for example

[NimrodX]

I barely noticed this problem because I didn't use the portable constructor that long.

After getting the mobile constructor, the only thing I did with them is use three of them to turn wood into biofuel. I dropped them outside the door of my base while they were doing this. They may have exhibited this problem but I didn't really notice as I was already ahead on fuel production.

[Anthony]

Are you certain it has stopped crafting?

I've noticed the progress indicator will not refresh, yet items are still being crafted. It also does not refresh the "component list" underneath the object you've selected to craft.

Regardless of all that, it still will craft the item, just doesn't keep me informed of its progress.

(To test, make something easy like a chainsaw/drill/shotgun and wait for the "bug" to show up, then just walk away for a bit. (Pick some flowers) Come back and check to see if it worked.)

[sneakyfildy]

Originally posted by Anthony:

Are you certain it has stopped crafting?

I've noticed the progress indicator will not refresh, yet items are still being crafted. It also does not refresh the "component list" underneath the object you've selected to craft.

Actually not, I am not sure. Since I am still in this "primal age" of using a portable constructor, I will try to reproduce and wait for a while with this "frozen" state of UI, if in the end an actual queue will be fulfilled, then it can be assumed as a minor UI glitch.

[Anthony]

Originally posted by sneakyfildy:

Originally posted by Anthony:

Are you certain it has stopped crafting?

I've noticed the progress indicator will not refresh, yet items are still being crafted. It also does not refresh the "component list" underneath the object you've selected to craft.

Actually not, I am not sure. Since I am still in this "primal age" of using a portable constructor, I will try to reproduce and wait for a while with this "frozen" state of UI, if in the end an actual queue will be fulfilled, then it can be assumed as a minor UI glitch.

Personal constucors are my favorite types, moreso with the new logistics/volume coming.

I noticed what you are noticing, and figured out what I figured out because I forgot to empty one of my personals. Went to pick it up to move, and what's this! My stuff did complete! Woo!

Now I watch it, it completes items and will leave "locked" sub-items in the under queue. Have to open/close menu to refresh it.

Other folks have mentioned it in the bug reports, so I've kept quiet myself. Let them hit bugs everyone is upset about (and tweak mechanics folks are beefy with too)

Hope this fixes it for ya! Until a real fix shows :)

[NimrodX]

I have also noticed the problem where the animations stop but the constructor keeps working. This seems to happen occasionally with all constructors, but sit there for a bit and you'll see that things are still being built.

[sneakyfildy]

I see. Thank you mates.

[Anthony]

Originally posted by sneakyfildy:

I see. Thank you mates.

HUZZAH!

And you're very welcome :D