processed material storage question

[m11kire]

so why are there separate compartments for each material instead of just one large compartment for all the stuff you process and then when it's full you just can't process stuff anymore?

[andreykl]

Originally posted by m11kire:

why are there separate compartments for each material instead of just one large compartment for all the stuff you process

Personally I consider it to be 'expected' downside to automated mining. Ex: money bill accepting machines also have fixed compartment sizes.
Or ship is using some kind of standard 14t containers. Makes sense to me. Processed ore doesn't automatically mean 'bars', it is likely to be something like 'iron sand', mixing iron sand with some other ore doesn't sound like a good idea.

But I hope mechnics or some other professions will get a skill to reconfigure 'processed ore' compartments before launch to store more of certain ores, less of others.

Originally posted by m11kire:

when it's full you just can't process stuff anymore?

You can keep processing, it will just get vented. Unfortunately you can't disable ore processing, so anything above the treshold just wanishes.
Hovewer if pick something non-processable, like life pod, it will prevent ores from getting into processor, it will stop working.

[Wayland]

You can disable the ore processor. Just go into the 'j' window and click the power button next to the processor.

[andreykl]

Originally posted by Wayland:

You can disable the ore processor. Just go into the 'j' window and click the power button next to the processor.

Thanks... apparently it just has an unfamiliar name in UI, and easy to miss.

[TurielD]

I would love to be able to manually set how that 'cargo hold' is divided. I'm never going to pick up 7k V, or Fe, I'd much rather have 21k room for W.

[Dahak]

Originally posted by TurielD:

I would love to be able to manually set how that 'cargo hold' is divided. I'm never going to pick up 7k V, or Fe, I'd much rather have 21k room for W.

THIS! I would love to be able to just ignore V and Fe. Not worth the weight. Or maybe re-purpose specific holds. One thing that might be interesting is if the tanks worked by density. AKA You can fit WAAAY more mass in tungsten or iron into a tank than beryllium.

[andreykl]

Originally posted by Dahak:

THIS! I would love to be able to just ignore V and Fe. Not worth the weight. Or maybe re-purpose specific holds. One thing that might be interesting is if the tanks worked by density. AKA You can fit WAAAY more mass in tungsten or iron into a tank than beryllium.

I think some kind of 'container count' will be better: ex, a ship has 7 standard 7T containers, if by the time you fill a container with W to 7T you have one more free container, excess will go to that container. Hovewer if you picked a bit of each mineral, there won't be any free containers to use for additional W.
And some profession to customize otherwise standard containers.

[Uriel]

Originally posted by andreykl:

a ship has 7 standard 7T containers

The game uses quite realistic physics, so there couldn't be "standard 7t containers". If it's standard, it's gonna be a volume, not a mass. And how much mass you can fit in there would depend on the volumetric mass density of the material.

That's one thing that's been puzzling me for a bit now. How, in a game where most things physics are well made and accurate to the point you have to forget game reflexes and get back to thinking real life in some cases... How do we have a MASS limit for processed materials, when the situation you described with "standard" container is probably used ?

Maybe it's a way to simplify calculations for Delta V. But IMHO it would make more sens to have "standard" volumes, and masses that vary according to material density.