Will resources/parts move automatically from station storage to builder's storage?

[bsrlinmaz]

This is 'vanilla' X4 game, with no mods.

If my station/factory is producing 'energy cells', for example, and I later build more 'stuff' on the station/factory will needed energy cells be taken automatically from the station's regular storage to be used by the builder, or do I need to move them from station storage to builder's storage?

And does this work the same for any other products/wares the station is producing and may be needed by a 'builder' which is building additions onto the station?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

[🎮 PalkoVvodets 🔑]

You can set selling prices at station and buying prices at building storage (additionally you can specify construction site to buy from player owner stations only -> trade rules from station info page). If station has cargo drones they will be moving (by selling) wares from station to construction site.

[trooperrob]

probably better to do it manually before setting the budget. I suspect the station will probably buy stuff in from outside unless your station has stuff for sale cheaper....

[Wraith]

Yes it does I have a video of it
https://youtu.be/qHlp_MmCE3Q

Need cargo drones
Need active sell order and preferably make it enticing

[Von Pink]

Originally posted by trooperrob:

probably better to do it manually before setting the budget. I suspect the station will probably buy stuff in from outside unless your station has stuff for sale cheaper....

doesn't matter what prices you set when dealing with in-house transfers. your own build storage "buys" stuff from you at no cost, the build budget can be 0 if you produce everything needed. you just need drones and a sell order on the required wares. you can have your build storage set to only buy at the lowest price and the sell order for your produced ware set to the maximum and your build storage will still take the transfer if you have available items to take because, well, it's free. the only thing you need to do if you don't want anyone else taking your things is set a trade rule on the sell order that only your faction can trade that ware. that won't stop any station traders you have from selling it, though. if you have traders assigned to the station and you don't want something sold so its available to the build storage, set the price to maximum so the ware is rarely taken by any traders, if ever.

[Oddible]

Yeah, it will even show in the wares needed for build that it doesn't need Energy Cells or Hull Parts or whatever you've got in storage. Either your own trader or drones will do it for ya.

[ouch67]

If you have a cargo hauler set to buy for the storage it does go by price even if you set it to your stations only.

I can have all of my haulers sitting there doing nothing until I lower the price of my stations goods.

It's super annoying as it actually costs them nothing and I make no profit either... So why do they care what price it is?

[bsrlinmaz]

Thank you for replies and information.