Station construction supply

[Lokki]

Hi, I've started to build some station since my PHQ produce some goods for construction.

Since i've a lot of needed materials for construction i'm looking for the way to supply my own station build with them but i didn't find a way to tell to my trader to supply the station constructor.

How can i do that for not loosing tons of money for nothing ?

Thanks for the answer :)

[Mysterial]

You can tell a ship to do a single trade with the build storage by right clicking on the station icon and picking the "Trade with Build Storage" option. You unfortunately can't automate traders to do it by themselves on a pending station. However, once the station is operational and has a manager, you can order ships to work for the build storage to handle future expansion.

[Lokki]

okay thanks for your answer :)

With this way, will they take ressources for my storagr first or just buy them from everywhere ?

I've an other in the same style. Is there a way to automate traders for supplying factories with their needed goods for production ? I know i can ajust price for traders to buy but if i do that i will loose money from the sell with other faction.

[Hannibal]

Pretty much trying to achieve the same thing as you Lokki. But I havent found a way to tell my traders to only supply construction of new station modules with stuff ive produced myself on the same station. Very annoying ...
Does anyone have a solution? Looking for an automated one, not clicking 100 times manualy

[Wraith]

Originally posted by Hannibal:

Pretty much trying to achieve the same thing as you Lokki. But I havent found a way to tell my traders to only supply construction of new station modules with stuff ive produced myself on the same station. Very annoying ...
Does anyone have a solution? Looking for an automated one, not clicking 100 times manualy

Make a trade blacklist banning trade with other faction but don't tick civilian or military as it just make it the default for EVERY civilian and military ship which is a big NO.

Assign said blacklist to your trader and he will go for the only available trades which are your stuff.

[Hannibal]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Originally posted by Hannibal:

Pretty much trying to achieve the same thing as you Lokki. But I havent found a way to tell my traders to only supply construction of new station modules with stuff ive produced myself on the same station. Very annoying ...
Does anyone have a solution? Looking for an automated one, not clicking 100 times manualy

Make a trade blacklist banning trade with other faction but don't tick civilian or military as it just make it the default for EVERY civilian and military ship which is a big NO.

Assign said blacklist to your trader and he will go for the only available trades which are your stuff.

Well this is a nice solution. But its not working. My trader does only "looking for available trades" .. idling aroung :(

[HoloByteus]

Originally posted by Hannibal:

Pretty much trying to achieve the same thing as you Lokki. But I havent found a way to tell my traders to only supply construction of new station modules with stuff ive produced myself on the same station. Very annoying ...
Does anyone have a solution? Looking for an automated one, not clicking 100 times manualy

Using trade rules, you really don't need blacklists if that's all you desire, there's a default trade rule, "trade with my property only", you can set it in the build plan, strange how people keep missing it, it's the last section where you set global pricing, right above it I believe. Also need to set the supply station sell order with the same rule since you'll also want to make the price minimum.

[Hannibal]

Allright so I think I have the problem. But no solution tho:
There are reservations on the station to take hull to the construction storage. No indication who is supposed to trasport those orders and no way to cancel them. I guess Im stuck with my mainstation now.

[Wraith]

Originally posted by WarCrime:

Using trade rules, you really don't need blacklists if that's all you desire, there's a default trade rule, "trade with my property only", you can set it in the build plan, strange how people keep missing it, it's the last section where you set global pricing, right above it I believe. Also need to set the supply station sell order with the same rule since you'll also want to make the price minimum.

It a new solution to an old problem I'm guessing and I'm still using the blacklist method until I decide to start over and check out all the fancy new stuff in 3.2

[Gimp]

The Mule mod on workshop has scripts to do this, if you are not opposed to modding.