i making labs and haven't got any packs so i cant research anything am i cooked?!?!?

[Gorbo]

just made research lab tried to unlock electric mines then realized i cant because i dont have the option to make red flasks( research pack) what did i do wrong?

[Fel]

Crafting the lab (finishing the craft) should unlock the "automation science pack" research (and the red science pack as a result).

EDIT: Double-check in the tech tree (top right corner or T) to see if you have the pre-requisite technologies already.

Just to double-check, are you on the demo or on the full game?

[PunCrathod]

Check the research tree and figure out what you are missing. You need to complete the previous steps before you can unlock the recipe for the science pack. Also make sure you are looking for the research pack in the right tab in the crafting menu. Use ctrl+f and type the name of the item in the search box in the crafting menu just to be sure.

[Jake]

place the lab to unlock red science

[Vano-san]

Originally posted by Jake:

place the lab to unlock red science

no. you just have to craft it.

[SSJKarma]

Mods might be locking you out. i have instant crafting mod and its literally stopping me from unlocking science. disable it, re enable once you are done unlocking the tutorial.

[RiO]

Originally posted by SSJKarma:

Mods might be locking you out. i have instant crafting mod and its literally stopping me from unlocking science. disable it, re enable once you are done unlocking the tutorial.

If that mod is doing what I think it's doing, you should turn it off and never turn it back on.
If it's doing what I think it's doing, it's essentially cutting out the entire craft and just immediately dumping an additional copy of the item into your inventory using lua script. Which bypasses actual triggers on several things, including notifying the game that the player finished crafting something.

Which will break a number of technology unlock triggers that require you to craft something.
I.e. it is fundamentally incompatible with the game progression and will hard lock you, numerous times.