losing production

[Btkidd]

I have read a lot similar to my issue but nothing really fits. I am just starting a game, don't really know what I am doing but I have a production chain for iron - drill to storage container to 2 smelters conveyors to 3 production units making plates and rods into 1 storage container. Plenty of power was on the grid only at half capacity Whole thing ran perfectly fine for 2 days no issues. I put in a new biomass burner independent completely from the hub running the iron setup to a limestone drill and a storage container haven't even started making concrete yet when I notice all the smelters and producers are yellow and shut down the only thing still running in the circuit is the drill coming off same pole going to 1 smelter not working. I am completely lost why it all quit the only change was starting the new setup for concrete like I said it has its own biomass burner no connections to the other setup at all? Checked all storage none are full it was working perfectly fine until the new setup. Burners on hub are both green full of biomass reset breakers half a dozen times no luck other than the drill. I had shut down the drill and was letting the container feed the smelters as it was close to full for quite a while seemed to run great. Is this a bug cause I put a new biomass burner and a new circuit or what I'm at a complete loss. Made no changes to that chain at all I was just letting it do its thing and it was then bam???

[Wolfgang]

You don't have a power problem but either it sounds like your outputs are full or your inputs are too low.
Generally with issues like these screenshots are always very helpfull.

[Grandaddypurple]

Isn't your final storage container full with plates and rods? That would mean the constructors back up with plates and rods, then because they stop producing, the smelters eventually back up too etc...
If they show yellow, it's not a power issue

[NocheLuz]

If it is yellow, it just means something stops its production. If it loses power, it'll be red.

I can only suggest you check all your connections in the grid again. The only thing I can remember that can turn off your power is that you didn't connect the 2 Biomass in your HUB together and one of them is overloaded (I think it might be the one connected to the Miner/Drill). So, check those 2 if you connected them or did any of them ran out of Biomass/Leaves/Wood.

[Btkidd]

Last storage container for plates and rods is no where near capacity, the ore storage was headed there that's why I shut down the drill. It isn't a power issue I am positive of that they are yellow no red the whole operation ran perfectly fine until I started the limestone and like I said it is not connected into the iron line in any manner by power. Maybe it is the input vs output I will have to check because the drill will fire up and start filling the container nothing after that works I don't understand how it ran without issue for quite awhile then just quit. And it did it right after I started building the concrete production. I guess it must be an issue with input at the producers the smelters are providing plenty of ingots then it stops . Looking at the settings in everything they look fine maybe the producers are plugged? Thanks all.

[RadioIesbian Fluid]

you'll have to check the production chain to see why they're yellow. Yellow means the machine is in waiting mode, its either waiting for resources or its waiting to empty produced materials.

You're writing you took iron production to limestone. Did you put the limestone on the same belts as your iron? that would block inputs to the machines using iron if there is limestone on the belt blocking iron from coming in.

Generally you want to keep materials on separate belts, mixing items on same belt is not recommended until you have smart splitters.

[Porked!]

Is that miner on normal or impure quality node?

[Gal Kraft]

also a small chance the constructor/smelter was changed to produce something it cannot produce (copper based items, for example). As mentioned above, checking the machine will likely uncover the mystery.

[Grandaddypurple]

Provide a topdown view screenshot of your setup, showing most of the belts possible

[ThanatosX]

Are you producing enough iron ore to feed your production. It might have been working properly because you buffered the miner into a crate, but now can't keep up.

Are all the belts moving products, have you stuffed something up.

[Btkidd]

Ok get a load of this, I started eliminating machines in the chain nothing made any difference the storage is half full of ore that wasn't the problem in fact I had shut the miner off so it could empty out some but anyway as taking things apart there was one of those great big headless creatures in the middle of a conveyor so I took out that conveyor it walked off put the conveyor back in and all is back up and running???? Bug or he was stepping on the belt and stopping it. LOL oh well I was just ignoring it the whole time. Guess zap off those guys and keep them away from your operation.

[Btkidd]

This is crazy, I paused the game to make above entry went back into game and he walked right back into another conveyor and shut everything down. Chased him down a field zapping him to get rid of him. I'm beginning to wonder if they are uncontrollably drawn to conveyor belts or what not.

[Gal Kraft]

I double down on my theory. The machine that was replaced might have been inadvertently switched to the wrong recipe at some point. I say this because I'm no stranger to the phenomenon.

[Grandaddypurple]

Originally posted by Gal Kraft:

I double down on my theory. The machine that was replaced might have been inadvertently switched to the wrong recipe at some point. I say this because I'm no stranger to the phenomenon.

My theory is he accidently put a stack of another item in the storage between his miner and smelters and polluted his conveyor belts. When he deleted the belts it cleaned them.
OP, mobs don't alter production in any way, and you don't need storage containers between production steps

[Gal Kraft]

Very plausible [more likely] theory. Nothing wrong with storage in between, but yeah it's only optional. I advise against using it for mined ore though. Reconstruction will be more tedious.

[Btkidd]

Well you can say whatever but I eliminated to drill - storage - smelter - production - storage and no go. There was a beast on/in a conveyor when I took out the beast put back conveyor it all took off then turned around literally after doing that and the beast was in another conveyor stooping everything and again all I did was take out conveyor run off beast put conveyor back in and off it went I did not have wrong recipe or ingots or ore never changed that or power only finally the conveyors 2 times to get rid of the beast it all starting running again each time, say what you will. I spent last night combing through everything after it had been running fine for 2 days and nothing was out of place until I found the beast! I do agree having storage for ore is bad idea. When it runs dry I'm taking it out.