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Creeper World 3 => Gameplay Discussion => Topic started by: teknotiss on March 02, 2014, 06:29:30 PM

Title: an ore in AC out question
Post by: teknotiss on March 02, 2014, 06:29:30 PM
i'm building a map with a ridiculous AC demand, and so i have quite a lot (296  ::)) of ore mines, and i noticed that a demand of 148 was emptying my AC reservoir while i had an input of (allegedly) 605.
my question is..... Whaaaa  ???
or more usefully..... how's this happening? :)

some mines are stacked in 9's on ore patchs would this affect it?
or is it a packet demand/speed issue? i haven't upgraded speeds etc much, but this isn't an issue for energy so i am a little confused.
Title: Re: an ore in AC out question
Post by: Lost in Nowhere on March 02, 2014, 06:37:09 PM
I'd say that it is that the ore packets are only sent when they are needed, and when they are needed, you are pretty much already out. It would probably have a lesser effect with higher packet speed...
Title: Re: an ore in AC out question
Post by: planetfall on March 02, 2014, 06:38:12 PM
How much AC storage do you have?
Mines will not produce more ore if the total amount of ore en route to the CN will fill up the storage, even if the AC will be dispatched immediately. Try upgrading AC storage to ~500 and see if that helps.
Title: Re: an ore in AC out question
Post by: teknotiss on March 02, 2014, 06:44:41 PM
Quote from: planetfall on March 02, 2014, 06:38:12 PM
How much AC storage do you have?
Mines will not produce more ore if the total amount of ore en route to the CN will fill up the storage, even if the AC will be dispatched immediately. Try upgrading AC storage to ~500 and see if that helps.
ahh good idea, i shall try that now!

Quote from: Lost in Nowhere on March 02, 2014, 06:37:09 PM
I'd say that it is that the ore packets are only sent when they are needed, and when they are needed, you are pretty much already out. It would probably have a lesser effect with higher packet speed...
i was thinking it was something like this, the solution planetfall made may fix this
Title: Re: an ore in AC out question
Post by: Loren Pechtel on March 11, 2014, 11:37:20 PM
Quote from: planetfall on March 02, 2014, 06:38:12 PM
How much AC storage do you have?
Mines will not produce more ore if the total amount of ore en route to the CN will fill up the storage, even if the AC will be dispatched immediately. Try upgrading AC storage to ~500 and see if that helps.

While I haven't been in this exact situation I have noticed something similar with prior versions--you can't spend more than your storage no matter what your income.