What production module makes smart chips?

[[PBS] epsilonion]

I have looked all over the map and not 1 station that sells smart chips...
you dont get any information like what makes what until you have bought the modules..

Any idea what production module makes smart chaips?

[ImHelping]

At least in this case, the straight up "Smart chip production". I've got some notes and I saw it listed for sale by ANT, but not ARG in my launch playthrough.

It's perfectly understandable to assume Microchip production would make Smart chips becayse, you know, that's still a microchip.

I agree the lack of initial info can be silly. Take the Teladi start for example.

You are given a free sunrise flower factory. But your encyclopedia doesn't come with any information on what is needed to make your own factory's production. Yes, the menu of the factory itself shows it, but that's a big catch 22.

[[PBS] epsilonion]

thank you.. :P

[eXisor]

You can use the map trading system to find out. Simply type Smart Chips into the Search top right and hit Enter. When you then zoom out on the map, you're looking for Smart Chips under Sold Wares on the Trade overlay, top right. Hold your mouse over Smart Chips and it'll show you which station on the map sells Smart Chips.

[Mnemon]

Smart chip factories, they seem to be very rare.

You can see the station production chain by scanning it and going to the logical view.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by eXisor:

You can use the map trading system to find out. Simply type Smart Chips into the Search top right and hit Enter. When you then zoom out on the map, you're looking for Smart Chips under Sold Wares on the Trade overlay, top right. Hold your mouse over Smart Chips and it'll show you which station on the map sells Smart Chips.

I mean, trade overlay working for that requires trade to not be busted at the time.

Whole lot of false positives "Oh, THERE is the Meat sales-wait, no. It's just a HAT freeport stockpiling it" style results, when the actual productions you even went out of your way to mark with satellites are not selling anything.

[eXisor]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

Originally posted by eXisor:

You can use the map trading system to find out. Simply type Smart Chips into the Search top right and hit Enter. When you then zoom out on the map, you're looking for Smart Chips under Sold Wares on the Trade overlay, top right. Hold your mouse over Smart Chips and it'll show you which station on the map sells Smart Chips.

I mean, trade overlay working for that requires trade to not be busted at the time.

Whole lot of false positives "Oh, THERE is the Meat sales-wait, no. It's just a HAT freeport stockpiling it" style results, when the actual productions you even went out of your way to mark with satellites are not selling anything.

The functionality I pointed you to works well. Use it, or don't, but it's the quickest way to find where you can clear excess from a Traders inventory. It also tells you where to go for blueprints.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by eXisor:

Originally posted by ImHelping:

I mean, trade overlay working for that requires trade to not be busted at the time.

Whole lot of false positives "Oh, THERE is the Meat sales-wait, no. It's just a HAT freeport stockpiling it" style results, when the actual productions you even went out of your way to mark with satellites are not selling anything.

The functionality I pointed you to works well. Use it, or don't, but it's the quickest way to find where you can clear excess from a Traders inventory. It also tells you where to go for blueprints.

That's the thing. It won't "Tell you where to go to scan for blueprints" if they don't have any wares to make the trade overlay display them

A straight text filter search can work (Which has it's own imperfections. Like trying to search for ARG showing ANT stations because of naming conventions).

But white knighting the trade overlay's known flaws just means encouraging the OP to be misslead further in trying to find a desired production module.

They should certainly TRY to make use of it, because it COULD work. But making players aware "Hey, might not work because demonstrated repeatable reasons." will help them far better than a brush off.

[KrazieFox]

Energy Cells + Silicon = Silicon Wafers || Energy + Silicon Wafers = Smart Chips

However, my Smart Chip factory remains devoid of Smart Chips. I see the manufacture and I will have a few Smart Chips for a few minutes, and then ... they are gone. I have "Restrict Trade with other factions" ticked, so it's not selling them, and my factory's Drone count remains zero, so it's not using them ... they simply disappear.

I have used the search and then bought up ALL the smart chips in the galaxy, and stored them in the HQ wares (with the restrict trade with other factions ticked), and I had 2x 55K Shuyaku Sentinel's full with them - yet the smart chips are no longer there ... they simply disappear into a deep black hole somewhere.

I'm assuming X4 Foundations was alpha & beta tested but sometimes I wonder if the 'testers' actually tested as opposed to played. Smart Chips are like Ice Bullets in a warm room, except I don't even have the water puddle to show for it :-(