Robots to supply character?

[jonbrave]

I think I might be trying to do something which cannot be done...!

In my last game I got the hang of Logistic Network with Logistic Robots, not Construction ones. That was fine, but I don't want to do that this time.

What I wanted is: for robots to keep my character supplied with a stock of items. As I move around I like to construct things as & when needed (yes, I'm that organized!). So I might want a stock of iron plates, or perhaps rail lines which I will want to lay way away from my factory/Roboports. At present I have to return to my factory to collect a stock manually, and I'm getting tired of doing that.

So I built a Roboport & Construction Robots, and equipped my armor with a Personal Roboport Mk II with power. I thought I could somehow set what I wanted on the Logistics tab, and Logistic Robots would bring stuff to me, I suppose as though I were a Requester Chest. But it appears the Personal Roboport works in an out-going direction, making me able to supply robots from what I have in my Inventory, not making them able to supply into my Inventory.

1. Is that right? I cannot get robots to supply my character with stuff no matter what I do?

2. If I build Construction Robots, can I use them to build things without yet having to understand Blueprints? That would not equip me for long-distance work, and since it has to be buildings I can't just get them to build, say, rail line items for me, but it might be better than nothing.

[The_Mell]

To be supplied by logistic bots you need to be within their working range generated by roboports (building).
Personal roboport is for construction bots that you carry with you only - no effect on logistic bots.

Placing ghosts of buildings is possible without blueprints - just hold Shift while clicking to place it. Then bots will do it if it's within their range.

[jonbrave]

@The_Melt
> To be supplied by logistic bots you need to be within their working range generated by roboports (building).

Sorry to be dumb. Let me confirm: there is no way via this that I can say: I want to be filled up in my personal Inventory with, say, 1000 iron plates + 500 rails? I'm not ready to construct yet, and I will want to construct way away outside Roboport range, but I'd just like you 'bots to come top me up (not just leave stuff in the Logistics Network/chests)? Or perhaps that can be done and I am failing to grasp this...?

[The_Mell]

Yeah, you just misunderstand it at the moment...
You must exactly specify what you want in your 'Character logistic slots'. When in range of bot network, bots will try to deliver these things if your inventory is lower than specidifed.
It's a technology to research and adds additional options to your inventory.

*edit*
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1457764805
In the middle between inventory and crafting - do you have it?

[jonbrave]

OK, I think I've just been even dumber than usual on this one. I did say I had Logistic Robots working preoperly in my previous game, I seem to have forgotten even that.

So I never needed Personal Roboport for this. All I need is Roboport, Logistic Robots, Passive Provider Chest. If Passive Provider has 50 Coal, I have 0 coal, and I set my Logistics to demand 50 Coal, they do supply me. I don't know what I did wrong to test that an hour ago which didn't work, but now it does.

So I always had what I wanted. Now that I have a Peronal Roboport I can use that as supply for Construction Robots, if I ever build them, that's all it's for.

[Warlord]

Originally posted by jonbrave:

OK, I think I've just been even dumber than usual on this one. I did say I had Logistic Robots working preoperly in my previous game, I seem to have forgotten even that.

So I never needed Personal Roboport for this. All I need is Roboport, Logistic Robots, Passive Provider Chest. If Passive Provider has 50 Coal, I have 0 coal, and I set my Logistics to demand 50 Coal, they do supply me. I don't know what I did wrong to test that an hour ago which didn't work, but now it does.

So I always had what I wanted. Now that I have a Peronal Roboport I can use that as supply for Construction Robots, if I ever build them, that's all it's for.

Yep. personal roboport is simply to make you a mobile roboport for construction ONLY, and your robots (meaning robots in your inventory) will only build with what you have on you. They will not use a nearby provider chest as a supply to build. If you do blueprinting (which is handy, you should definitely look into trying it out) it is way more handy to use a personal roboport to build than it is to plop down a roboport somewhere, power it, give it robots, put down a source chest, put in materials.

Blueprints are pretty simple. What turns you off of them? The many buttons and areas of the interface? Not knowing where to find them or store them? I'd like to help you get to use them.

[jonbrave]

Thanks, I'm getting there. Actually managed to use a blueprint-copy and a deconstruct to start moving things!

One thing: will construction bots actually help me construct things --- not buildings --- I order in my inventory? Say I order 200 plates in my inventory to start being turned into cogs (no cogs in the Logistics network). Would bots come help me do the work? I suspect not...

[piccolo255]

Originally posted by jonbrave:

One thing: will construction bots actually help me construct things --- not buildings --- I order in my inventory? Say I order 200 plates in my inventory to start being turned into cogs (no cogs in the Logistics network). Would bots come help me do the work? I suspect not...

Nope. Crafting is not constructing!