Smart chips

[BWithers]

Hi, how do I find the blueprints for smart chips? The Argon rep doesn’t have it.

Also, is there an easy way to transfer materials from my station to the build section?

Thanks

[Bomada]

you can find a smartchip factory and scan for it or try the other factions theres 2 argon blueprint faction reps argon antigone if one doesnt have it other probly will same for all factions they

[BWithers]

Ok thanks

[Gregorovitch]

The Antigone Republic (ANT) have the smart chip blue prints. You need 20 rep with them to buy it. And of course you've got to find them.

The other alternative is to steal them from the Argon prime smart chip factory. This is an involved and sculdugerous process. Ther are vids explaining how to do it better than I could. However if you need to get your rep up with ANT a long way it could be quicker. Having said that getting in with ANT is going to serve you well exploration- and trade-wise so it's a bit six of one half a dozen of the other.

I've just been through the process of getting this damned blueprint (via the ANT rep method) so can attest to the effort required to do it.

The good news is that that you've hit on a very good plan and rewards for all that effort are pretty considerable. I simply can't make enough smart chips it seems.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Originally posted by BWithers:

Also, is there an easy way to transfer materials from my station to the build section?

Thanks

If the resources are in the same complex.
Go into plan build and set the resource buying limit to max and restrict trade to other factions.
Go into logical view and set the prices for needed resources to low and restrict trade to other races.
Put a 2-3 million credits into build funds.
Assign 1-2 container freighters to the staion to autotrade.
If the freighters don't do there thing there is a mod on nexusmods that can fix this. The use of mods will prevent you from sending ships via ventures but you can still receive them.

I don't have small stations setup so unsure if the above works the same when trying to supply from different stations. Technically it should but whether or not it does?

[Kal]

The cheapest way to get new building blueprints is to use EMP bombs.

Make sure to buy a bomb launcher for your space suit, and either buy (sometimes availible from scaleplate or hatikvah stations) or make (at the crafting table) some EMP bombs. Fly up to the module you want, get in your space suit, shoot an EMP bomb at it, get back into your ship, set the EMP off, then back to your space suit, turn on scan mode and scan all 4 data leaks. You should pretty much always get the blueprints on the first leak, then a permanent trade subscription to that station on the 4th leak (2nd and 3rd do nothing).

This is how I get almost all the blueprints that cost over 1mil (especially habitation modules).

[guttural]

Originally posted by Kal:

The cheapest way to get new building blueprints is to use EMP bombs.

Make sure to buy a bomb launcher for your space suit, and either buy (sometimes availible from scaleplate or hatikvah stations) or make (at the crafting table) some EMP bombs. Fly up to the module you want, get in your space suit, shoot an EMP bomb at it, get back into your ship, set the EMP off, then back to your space suit, turn on scan mode and scan all 4 data leaks. You should pretty much always get the blueprints on the first leak, then a permanent trade subscription to that station on the 4th leak (2nd and 3rd do nothing).

This is how I get almost all the blueprints that cost over 1mil (especially habitation modules).

Hey man, thanks for the info. Is there a way to display which module is which? I am searching for a habitation module :(

[Kal]

Hab modules have lots of windows, Argon ones are especially obvious (look kind of like skyscrapers), Teladi are domes on the top of the stations, while Paranid ones annoyingly blend in with the other Paranid style modules. They still have a bunch of windows though.

Otherwise just fly near the station, without it targeted, and as your ship scans the modules, it should highlight and target the module it just scanned, showing you the name of the module.