Supply Factory help

[shydilla]

I'm trying to get res from one sec to another to my stations. i have made a trade ship and a yellow trade system in it. when i try to use the "supply Station" command its telling me there are no trade routes?!?! but the sectors are right next to each other.

is this a bug or am i missing something?

[shydilla]

no one got me sad face :(

[umop-apisdn]

It's typical to not comment unless one has an answer, to avoid clogging the discussion with useless information. Speaking only for myself, I subscribed to this discussion without saying anything in order to see what the answer might be, because I haven't yet managed to make the "supply factories" command do anything useful.

It would appear that no one has an answer. Perhaps that command is as useless as it seems, or perhaps none of us has puzzled out the "correct" way to use it.

My "answer" has been to not use the command, and just put all my mines/stations into a single sector so they can supply each other:

Add a Dock block to a ship with big engines and lots of thrusters, put the mine or station into Transport Mode, then push or pull it to the sector with the other station/mine. Convert the mine or station back to production mode, wait 10 minutes for it to start working again, and tell one to supply the other via the Trade Goods interface.

To make the transport easier:

• Go into build mode.
  
• Save the current design.
  
• Strip off everything but the crew quarters, to minimize the mass/bulk of the station. This especially includes the giant rocks; as one might expect, they weigh a lot.
  
  If you've already added fighters, then you should also keep a large enough hangar to hold them.
  
• Transport the station to the new location.
  
• Go into build mode again.
  
• Apply the previously saved design, restoring full functionality.
  
• Game on.

[Ethonal]

With this command you have to own the stations in question, if you dont own the station you want to get goods from this command wont show anything. The command itself is working ok for me.

Also remember that its the lower chain you select in the left hand menu as its sender>receiver, but i suspect your issue is you dont own the station you want the goods from.

[Hashy1000]

You need to own both stations to use the supply command, but as stated above, its far better just to move the station.

save the station (you want to move)
then load a small ship design to the station
engage transport mode
dock a bigger ship to the small station

move to desired sector
undock
load station back to station design
re engage station mode, takes 10 mins

[shydilla]

i might have to look into towing them into one sector, i own all the stations and are in sectors right next to each other, but when trying to use the command i get a red "we don't know of any trade routs" so i can choose who to supply but then the other side shows no stations to pull supply from and wont let me start it.