Personal construction robots do not work whilst inside a moving Spidertron.

[fred spaghet]

Hello there!

I have just unlocked the Spidertron and I am having a blast. I outfitted it with exoskeletons, shields, batteries, and a personal reactor and myself with personal lasers and roboports.

However, the personal construction robots “get out” and do the work only when the Spidertron is not moving.


Is this a known issue/feature or do I simply need to research more robot speed?

Thank you!

[PunCrathod]

It is a feature. It is to avoid losing your bots when you use the remote to make the spidetron you are in walk across your base and doing something other than watching it walk. It would be mighty annoying having to stop to collect your bots every time you walked near something the bots can work on.

[fred spaghet]

Originally posted by PunCrathod:

It is a feature. It is to avoid losing your bots when you use the remote to make the spidetron you are in walk across your base and doing something other than watching it walk. It would be mighty annoying having to stop to collect your bots every time you walked near something the bots can work on.

That actually makes a lot of sense; I am not that mad about it anymore! Thank you! :)

[Chindraba]

Just to avoid surprise or disappointment, the same feature applies to the train, almost. The bots will start working if you're manually driving the train and moving slow, but not if you're traveling at normal speeds. The while moving slow part makes it handy to use the bots to build rails as you travel along, blazing your own trail (rail) as you go.

My memory is poor, and I don't use either much any more, but I think it will also apply to the car and tank - slow travel and the bots will work, move fast and they just stay put.