Drones should restricted to only being allowed to fly within the zone of the roboports themselves

[kingboomy2]

I have a massive base. Been working on a few projects all the while i lose tons of resouses to biters. Please give me the option to restict drone movement... its game breaking at this point. if there is a mod for this let me know

[fractalgem]

In the mean time, if you want to micromanage your bot flow, you'll have to make sure to keep the roboport networks seperate.

[jmsbrone]

that would require robots to pathfind which will affect ups drastically considering amount of them. it is easier to just go all in robots speed research, so long distances become no issue at all if it is that important to use robots over trains

[Killcreek2]

Choice 1: Smart pathfinding bots. Allowed up to 100 of them, before the average PC has a seizure.
Choice 2: Dumb straight-line bots. Allowed 10+ thousands before you even notice any PC slowdown / issues.

I firmly believe the devs have made the Right Choice.


It is not the bots fault that you left holes in your coverage areas for them to get lost in.
Either design a better coverage network, or split it into smaller isolated networks [with easy to setup "item bridges" between them, if needed].

Calling it "game breaking" is rediculous nonsense, when the fault is actually that your design does not take their straight-line pathing into consideration.

[kingboomy2]

I was quick to jump on the forms I was losing 100s of drones a min after a base expand. I quickly learned the best way to expand my base was to do so in rectangles. Making the rectangle expansion the same length as my base this is a massive undertaking each time but it fixed it. ill snap a picture next time I play!